Portrait of Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Mabamba bay, Lake Victoria, Uganda

balaeniceps rex freshwater lake adult alone beak glance posing lying in wait close up portrait front shot uganda look funny head vulnerable freshwater swamp ramsar convention site shoebill balaeniceps rex balaeniceps october nobody lake victoria freshwater lakes fresh water lake fresh water lakes adults single lonely only solo one lone beaks glances looking at camera posed pose settlings settling watchful be on the watch stalking being on the watch stalk at steal portraits front views front sights front sight front shots front view looked looking peculiar face vulnerable species freshwater swamps fresh water swamp fresh water swamps bog bogs ramsar convention sites with nobody freshwater wetland area area stage of development individual enumeration morphology zoology morphology organism hunt behavior shot east africa africa threatened endangered species species environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment shoebill surfbird bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal balaenicipitidae ciconiiformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota african great lakes world lake