African Images one does not forget:

Sometimes you take a picture which, for some reason or another, sticks in your memory.
It has something to do with the composition, the moment, surrounding circumstances or just the mood you were in when you tripped the shutter.
These images you just never forget and when they re-surface, while prowling through your picture laden treasure chest, the moment comes back exactly the way it was then.
You feel the temperature, you smell the odors, you hear the wind in the bush and foremost you see the image in front of you.
There are, of course, many pictures which fall into this category.
Below here, are some of them:

There are many members of the stork family. 

The "Saddle Bill" is my all time favourite. 

The body in Black and White, 

The long beak in three parts, red-black- red

the yellow flap between his eyes

and the pink knee guards.

Was Nature drunk or just in a good mood when it designed "the Saddle Bill." ?

The "Vervet Monkey"

In a densely overgrown area, only one branch, sticking out,

making sort of a window.

First one adult came forth, likely to check out the neighbourhood.

Shortly thereafter its mate slowly and carefully also examines  the surroundings.

A shrill whistle seemed to call the "all clear" when the two youngsters  made an appearance.

For the next 500 meters, or so, the Zambesi river features a vertical shore line.

This fairly large male, ( he only looks small in the distance )

had plowed his way through the shallows and started to feast on a field of water plants.

Boldly in front sits a Cattle Egret awaiting what will inevitably be his reward:

Some juicy Elephant droppings.

After a long wait, hidden behind a make shift blind

and without the guide,

this Rhyno presented herself. Almost like a reward.