There is always an anxious reserve while waiting next to raptors to see if one’s reaction speed is going to be quick enough to capture the moment of the bird’s diving into the wind. This Juvenile Pale Chanting Goshawk taken in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park was worth every second of the anticipation.

Crowned Cormorant photographed by Hannelie de Klerk at Grotto Bay on 17 December 2011.