I took this picture in October, just before the rains. The lagoons and pools are drying up fast under the intense heat and life is a lot easier for all the fishing birds as the fish don't have deep water to escape the beaks that are looking for them.
I took this picture from a safari car, with my 500mm lens on a monopod.
Date: 14/10/2009
Location: South Luangwa National Park, Mushroom Lagoon, Zambia
Photographer: Arnaud Germain