{"id":16254,"date":"2022-11-27T04:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T09:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=16254"},"modified":"2022-11-27T04:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T09:45:41","slug":"yellow-billed-oxpecker-on-african-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=16254","title":{"rendered":"Yellow-billed Oxpecker on African Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"16253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=16253\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?fit=2000%2C1449&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661138325&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;192.73&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc08941\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?fit=904%2C655&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?resize=904%2C655&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-16253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?resize=1024%2C742&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?resize=1536%2C1113&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?resize=904%2C655&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dsc08941.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yellow-billed Oxpecker on African Buffalo: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 \u2014 Pretty much your classic shot of a Yellow-billed Oxpecker\u2026and pretty much your classic portrait shot of an African or Cape Buffalo. Oxpeckers are actually parasitic on some animals, like Giraffes, where they open wounds on the animals hide to attract insects, but in the Buffalo it is a symbiotic relationship where the Oxpecker eats the insects that would eat the Buffalo. Sony Rx10iv at 526mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. 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