Birds on guard at the watering hole

In On Guard, Holder watched birds keep company with larger beasts: oxpeckers on a wallowing rhino, magpies with a resting pig, and pelicans lined along a dock—sentinels, hitchhikers, and lookouts from the same chapter family.

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Oxpeckers perched on a rhino at the watering hole
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Magpies keeping company with a resting pig
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Pelicans lined along a wooden dock
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Birds on guard at the watering hole

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