{"id":6259,"date":"2017-06-23T10:09:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T10:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isibindi.co.za\/?p=6259"},"modified":"2023-04-03T05:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T05:41:32","slug":"ground-hornbill-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoridge.co.za\/ground-hornbill-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground hornbill lament"},"content":{"rendered":"
I wake early to the lament of the ground hornbill as they pick their way across the Timbitene Plain in the Kruger National Park. Doo, doo, doo-doo calls one gently. Dow, dow, dow-dow-dow replies the other. I sit up in my bed and quietly lift the front of my tarpaulin tent so that I might watch them walk in their funny way across the plain. It is a privilege which fills my chest and after they have passed, I snuggle back into bed and whisper to myself \u201cDoo, doo, doo-doo. Dow, dow, dow-dow-dow\u201d as I fall back asleep.<\/p>\n
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