Spike-heeled Lark |
Klipspringer |
Spreetshoogte Pass from the top. |
Dawn breaks at Deadvlei. |
The sun is coming. |
Deadvlei at sunrise. |
Warm colours in the sandpit. |
We are not alone. |
A pair of Oryx appear. |
They approach us unconcerned. |
And walk straight passed. |
Making a classic scene. If only he had waited for the sun! |
He now approaches Elizabeth. |
So she gets a better angle. |
Now warming up nicely. |
David moves in for a better view. |
Hartlaub's Gull. Walvis Bay. |
Greater Flamingo. |
Little Egret |
Caspian Terns. |
Lesser Flamingos. |
Greater Flamingos, |
Little Egret. |
Lesser Flamingos. |
Header |
Knot. |
Avocets. |
Grey Heron. |
Peringuey's Adder. |
Lying in wait for prey. |
Namaqua Chameleon. |
Shovel-snouted Lizard. |
Web-footed or Palmated Gecko. |
No size at all. |
Trac Trac Chat. |
Wedge nosed Desert Lizard. |
Avocets. |
Chestnut-banded Plover. |
Laughing Dove. |
Barking Gecko. |
Barking Gecko. |
Dancing White-lady. |
I won't dance. Don't make me! |
Fierce lady. Those fangs can do serious damage. |
Wreck of the Zeila. |
Cape Cross Fur Seals. |
The rookery contains about 250,000. |
Golden Jackal seeks dinner. |
White-fronted Plover. |
Gate to the Skeleton Coast. |
Kakaoland Day Gecko. |
Welwitschia. |
Angolan Giraffe. |
Red-eyed Bulbul. |
White-browed Sparrow Weaver. |
Groundscraper Thrush. |
African Paradise Flycatcher. |
Kokaboom tree. |
Pearl-spotted Owlet. |
Spotted Pigs. |
Epupa Falls. |
Epupa Falls. Looking into Angola. |
Wood Sandpiper. |
Ludwig's Bustard. |
Acacia Pied Barbet. |
Pale-winged Starling. |
Cape Glossy Starling. |
Great or Rufous Sparrow. |
Meyer's Parrot. |
Three-banded Plover. |
Sanderling. |
Puros Panorama. |
Ruppell's Bustard. |
Puros sunrise. |
Familiar Chat. |
Desert Black Rhino. |
Ground Squirrel. |
Bare-faced Babbler. |
Hammerkop. |
Hartman's Mountain Zebra. |
How these creature's eke out a living is amazing. |
Desert adapted Elephant too. |
Family group. |
Madagascar BeeEater. |
African Rock Python. |
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar. |
Cape Hare. |
Northern Black Koorhan. |
Ardvaark. |
Ardwolf. A termite eating relative of the Hyena |
Southern Masked Weaver. |
Congo rope Squirrel. |
Monteiro's Hornbill. |
Martial Eagle. |
Trio of Burchell's Zebra. |
Namaqua Dove. |
Black-backed Jackal. |
Blue Crane. |
Namaqua Sandgrouse. |
Honey Badgers. |
Mother and cub. |
Caped Wheatear. |
Kori Bustard. |
Sabota Lark. |
Red-crested Bustard. |
Greater (White-eyed) Kestrel. |
African Cuckoo. |
Fawn-coloured Lark. |
Elephant family. |
Nice family party. |
Greater Kudu. |
The lion claims possesion of the Waterhole. |
Red-capped Lark. |
Curious Giraffe. |
Common Fiscal Shrike. ssp. coronatus. |
A Black Rhino arrives at the Waterhole. |
He moves the lions on. |
They know better than to argue so withdraw muttering under their breath.. |
Leaving the Rhino in possesion to drink. |
Having done so he moves off. |
He pays little heed to us either. |
This ellie was happy to share the road with us. |
He took a long drink from the roadside puddle. |
The traffic can wait. |
Even the road grader. |
Scaly-fronted Finch. |
Two lions seeking shade. |
Walks right by us. |
This Spotted Hyena had a den under the road. |
Cute cub. |
Greater Kudu. |
Waterhole scene. |
We are lucky to find a leopard approach. |
And cross over the track. |
And climb a tree, |
Cleaning her muddy paws. |
Before trying a nap. |
Can't get comfey. |
So tries somewhere else. |
Feels better. |
Cape Teal. |
Barn Owl. |
African Scops Owl. |
Bat-eared Fox. |
Three cubs too. |
Pale Chantng Goshawk. |
Gymnogene (African Harrier Hawk.) |
Don't feed the Squirrels. |
Emperor Moth with hangover. |
Squirrel with indigestion! |
Southern White-crowned Shrike. |
Steinbok. |
African painted Snipe. |
Rufous-crowned or Purple Roller. |
We met this lion and followed her. |
She was looking for her pride and ignored these Springbok. |
Jackals got too close and one died for its folly. |
The others kept up the pressure for her to keep movng. |
That told her! |
Red Hartebeeste turn up. |
and suddenly their calves rise out of the grass. |
to suckle carefully. |
Oops! Probably too fast. |
Red-necked Falcon. |
European BeeEater. |
Lesser Grey-backed Shrike. |
Kori bustard displaying. |
Burchell's Courser. |
Another Black Rhino. shy. |
Hoba Meteorite. The world's largest. |
Emerald-spotted Wood-dove. |
Red-billed Quelea. |
Red-billed Francolin. |
Rosy-faced Lovebirds. |
Grimm's Duiker. |
Black-faced Babbler. |
Southern Carmine BeeEater. |
Hartlaub's Babbler. |
Trying to photo White-backed Night Heron is never easy. |
There are two. |
Blue-cheeked BeeEater. |
Deidrick's Cuckoo. |
Water Dikkop. |
African Darter. |
Day Water Lilies. |
Long-toed Lapwing. |
Okavango skyscape. |
Grey-backed Cameroptera. |
Wire-tailed Swallow. |
Blue-cheeked BeeEater. |
Broad-billed Roller. |
Malachite Kingfisher. |
African Pygmy Goose. |
Giant Kingfisher. |
Purple Swamphens. |
Lesser Moorhen. |
Collared Pratincole. |
Heuglin's Robin Chat. |
Pel's Fishing Owl. |
African Pied Wagtail. |
White-fronted BeeEater. |
Female Bushbuck. |
female Black-backed Puffback. |
Common Waxbill. |
Brown Firefinch. |
Woodland Kingfisher. |
Little BeeEater. |
Spotted Flycatcher. |
Green Bug. |
Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch.) |
Blue Waxbill. |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker. |
Blue Darter. |
Maeve's Long-tailed Starling. |
Crocodile. |
Roadside Elephants are common. |
David gets a visitor. |
Friendly soul. |
Leaves by the front door. |
Common House Gecko. |
Yellow-billed Hornbill. |
Steppe Eagle. |
Loving Speckled Pigeons. |
Grey-headed Kingfisher. |
Red-winged Lark. |
Slender Mongoose. |
Desert Agama. |
European Roller. |
Magpie Shrike. |
Elephant. |
Burchell's Sandgrouse. |
Ambitious Smooth Skink. |
Abdim's Stork. |
Southern Carmine BeeEater. |
Shaft-tailed Whydah. |
Charging Warthogs. |
Cape Dwarf Gecko. |
Black-shouldered Kite. Fell out of tree. |
Black-shouldered Kite. |
Sedge Warbler. |
Meeting David Livingstone. |
Victoria Falls. |
Very little spray to spoil the view. |
Team photo. |
Chinspot Batis. |
Chinspot Batis. |
Victoria Falls bridge and spray. |
Impala. |
Spur-winged Goose. |
Hippo. |
Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard. |
Howling Jackal. |
African Hunting dogs. a pack of 23. |
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Lovely animals. |
Just taken an antelope. |
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Giraffe. |
Black Heron. |
Water Monitor Lizard. |
White-crowned Lapwing. |
Kitlitz Plover. |
Holob's Golden Weaver. |
Spotted Hyena. |
Mother and cub. |
Cute cub. |
Blue Grey Flycatcher. |
Swamp Boubou. |
Black-backed Puffback. |
Blue-grey Flycatcher nesting in the bar. |
Striped Kingfisher. |
Spectacled Weaver. |
Black Crake. |
Hadada Ibis and nestlings. |
Red Lechwe. |
African Stonechat. |
Kwando evening. |
Storm clouds over the Kwando. |
Greater Kudu. |
Coppery-tailed Coucal. |
Giraffe. |
Sable Antelope. |
Cardinal Woodpecker. |
Marico Flycatcher. |
Impala lamb. |
Wattled Cranes. |
Luapula Cisticola. |
Wattled Crane. |
Squacco Heron. |
Wood Sandpiper. |
Shrikra or Little-banded Goshawk. |
Leopard Tortoise. |
Rufous-breasted Swallows. |
Southern Reedbuck. |
Tsessebe. |
Wattled Lapwing. |
Pied Babblers. |
Red-headed Weaver. |
Purple Grenadiers. |
Blue Wildebeest. |
Swallow-tailed BeeEater. |
Common Buzzard. |
Warthog family. |
Crimson-breasted Shrike. |
Crested Francolin. |
Swallow-tailed BeeEater. |
African Paradise Flycatcher. |
Yellow-bellied Greenbul. |
Arrow-marked Babbler. |
Yellow-bellied Greenbul. |
Roan Antelope. |
Cinamon-breasted Rock Bunting. |
Running Cheetah. |
Striking Cheetah. |
Resting Cheetah. |
Striped Leaf-nosed Bat. |
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