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“What’s the meaning of all this preening?”

19 December 2013


Without doubt one of the most ornate and memorable birds in the Serengeti National Park, a Grey Crowned Crane has to work for the image.


Preening is an essential part of the morning routine, re-aligning feathers and coating them with an oily secretion from a gland near the base of the tail helps keep things subtle and shiny.


Turn into the wind to blow dry and add a little "bounce" to the coiffure.

Have a partner double check the back......


....and I'm ready for my profile.

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