Leopard in black and white - Okavango delta Botswana

Cats hate being wet and I guess leopards feel the same way. Looking a little bedraggled, but none the less still magnificent is this female in the Okavango delta as she slinks away to find some shelter from the rain.

A gorgeous bird indeed.

One day I might just be lucky and get one of these in flight - they're not easy since the first  you normally see of them is the bright red flash of their wings in flight. So I had to make do with this one on the ground waiting it's turn at an Mkuze waterhole in Zululand. It is of course a Purple Crested Tauraco.