Close-up of a female Saddle-Billed Stork

This Saddle-Billed Stork or Saddlebill, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, is huge. I’ve seen them already, back in the Masai Mara.

Here’s my post all about the male and his dangling wattles:

A Saddle-Billed Stork and its dangling wattles

Today I’m getting a much closer view. This is a female. It has golden-yellow irises and lacks the wattles of the male.

I love the look it’s giving me. Its colours look like a great combination for a rugby kit.

I can remember my mum giving me that look. Not often, but I recognise it.

Who used to give you that look?