marabou stork (leptoptilos crumenifer) in search of food : (pix sanjiv shukla)

marabou stork leptoptilos crumenifer wading bird family ciconiidae undertaker cloak-like wing white leg hair span naked bare head neck huge bill pink gular sac throat pouch black gregarious tree nest bill-rattling scavenger vulture feathered corpse powerful eat carrion scrap opportunistic faeces animal matter swallow chicks flamingos prey fish frog insect egg mammal reptile lizard inedible food natural cleaning ingestion waste garbage africa