African Fish Eagle.

It’s not every day you come across an African Fish Eagle. However, cruising up these Gambian rivers in a small manoeuvrable boat presents unexpected photo opportunities. In my experience the bigger the bird the more spooky they are and I was terrified this magnificent bird would fly off.
We must have been within its comfort zone because it tolerated our little boat with strange people pointed things in its direction. We quietly inched nearer until I could get a shot and Susan could get good binocular views.
Lovely experience to see these superb birds up so close.