Botswana : Photos

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Flap-necked Chameleon Portrait

I nearly ran over this this morning on my my to a job on the mine. Luckily, I passed over it between the wheels of my 4x4.......




Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Rotschnabel-Madenhacker

Rotschnabel-Madenhacker auf Impala im Chobe NP




Capped Weatear (Oenanthe pileata), Erdschmätzer

Erdschmätzer im Chobe NP




Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Karminspint

Karminspint im Chobe NP




Holub´s Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops), Safranweber

Safranweber bei Kasane




Bradfield´s Hornbill (Tockus bradfieldi), Felsentoko

Felsentoko in Chobe NP (Savute)




African Darter (Anshinga melanogaster rufa), Schlangenhalsvogel

Schlangenhalsvogel am Chobe River




Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)♂

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Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)♂




Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

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Hamerkop  (Scopus umbretta)




Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) ♀

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Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) ♀




Friendly greetings

2 litters of 3 lion cubs each were born in April and May this year. We saw them when they were between a month and 2 months old, but then didn't seen them again until this weekend.

We are happy to report that 6 months later all 6 cubs have survived the winter and are looking nice and healthy - quite suprising since lion cubs only have about a 40% chance of survival I think. They still have a while to go before they're out of the woods though - I think they need to be about 2 years before they're independent enough to fend for themselves.

We spent about half an hour with all 6 and the 2 mothers lying on the road, being playful and feeding before they headed off into the bush. They greet each other constantly by rubbing heads together - real show of affection :)

Khutse GR, Botswana




Who needs sunscreen?

Mud-covered elephant drinking from the Chobe River, Botswana.




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Egret watching a crocodile on the shores of Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Egret avoiding being eating by a crocodile on the shores of Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Impala at Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Egret avoiding being eating by a crocodile on the shores of Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Impala at Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Egret avoiding being eating by a crocodile on the shores of Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Egret avoiding being eating by a crocodile on the shores of Chobe National Park, Botswana




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Egret avoiding being eating by a crocodile on the shores of Chobe National Park, Botswana





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