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Yellow-Billed Hornbill, South Africa
February 23, 2009
Yellow-Billed Hornbill, South Africa
This Month in Photo of the Day: Your Photos
A yellow-billed hornbill rests its beak on the camera hood at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens, South Africa.
—Caption by Daniel Born
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