Pale-winged Starling Perched on Roberts Bird Book, Sossusvlei

A candid and humorous capture of a Pale-winged Starling (Onychognathus nabouroup) perched atop a copy of Roberts Bird Guide during a desert stop in Sossusvlei, Namibia. This intelligent scavenger is a characteristic inhabitant of the arid rocky outcrops and sandy plains of the Namib Desert. Photographed with a Nikon D3200, the image captures a unique "meta" moment between a wild bird and the guide used to identify it.