Saddle-billed Stork. |
Saddle-billed Stork and Spur-winged Goose. |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher. |
Nile Monitor |
White-browed (Heuglin's) Robin-chat |
Green-backed Heron |
Black Egret fishing. |
Comes up for a look around. |
Takes a bow. |
Leopard cub peering at us. |
We watched for some time. |
African Rock Python. |
Another view |
The full measure. |
Puku ram. |
Black-collared Barbet. |
Black-collared Barbet. |
Black-backed Barbet. McBride's Camp. |
Zach. Our guide. |
female Kudu. |
Black Crake and Hippo. |
Tropical Boubou. |
The Lone Ranger in camp. |
Nightjar chick. |
Fiery-necked Nightjar |
Spotted Thick-knee or Dikkop. |
Half-collared Kingfisher. |
Half-collared Kingfisher. |
Long-tailed Cormorant. Kafue river. |
African Darter. Kafue river. |
Squacco Heron |
Giant Kingfisher. |
Storm clouds over McBride's Camp. |
Little BeeEater. |
Black-bellied Bustard. |
Reed Buck. |
African Crake. |
African Crake. |
Little BeeEaters. |
African Pipit. |
Black-backed Puffback. |
Thick-billed Weaver. |
Ellies. |
Lilac - breasted Roller. |
Four men birdwatching. |
Long-billed Crombec |
McBride's Camp. |
David cuts his cake. |
Bush Pig. |
Bush buck. |
White-throated Swallow in my bathroom. |
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Gwabi sunset. |
Little Swifts. |
Little Crocodile. |
Wire-tailed Swallow. |
White-browed Coucal. |
Purple Heron. |
Black-winged Stilt. |
White-faced Whistling Ducks. |
SouthernCarmine BeeEaters. |
Kariba Dam. |
Lake Kariba |
Zambezi below the dam. |
Lake Kariba |
Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin |
Zambian Tiger |
Friendly Elly. |
Osprey n Zambezi. |
White-crowned Lapwing |
Goliath Heron |
Glossy Ibis. |
A less friendly ellie shakes his head, |
Then joins his chum in the river. |
Come on in the water's lovely. |
Told you! |
Tsika Island with our camp. |
D relaxes in the Lapa. |
Netted bed. |
The hut is open to the air. |
Outside view. |
Hippo making a splash. |
Crocs eating hippo. |
Zambezi sunset. |
Lightening strike over the Zambezi. |
Dinner of steak under the stars. |
Violet backed Starling. |
An ellie and friends join us in camp. |
Retz's Helmet Shrike. |
Verreaux's Black Eagle. Juv. |
Cat calling. |
Resting. Lion's don't do much. |
Unlike this lovely leopard who took an early lunch. |
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Bush Pig. A first for me. |
Common Genet. South Luangwa at night. |
Red-billed Hornbill. |
Crawshaw's Zabra and foal. |
Malachite Kingfisher. |
Piggy and mum. |
Don't ask what we had for Christmas lunch. |
Lions still not doing much. |
Spotted Hyena. |
Temminck's Courser. |
A tower of giraffe. |
Dad takes a closer look. |
Bennett's Woodpecker. |
Lion about doing nothing. |
Takes a walk. |
Impala pecker. |
Swallow-tailed BeeEater. |
Luangwa rainbow. |
Massive Bull Kudu late in the evening. |
Red-necked Falcons. |
Western banded Snake Eagle. |
Southern Ground Hornbill. |
Ellie mum and toto. |
Coming our way. |
A hidden watcher. |
Walking into danger. |
Auntie sleeps on the job. |
The male leopard does not sleep. |
Watching us watching him. |
And both watching the approaching ellies. |
Mum drifts ever closer to where the cat is hiding. |
Right in the bushes. |
The cat stays put but probably had a 'Plan B'. |
Mum is really close now. |
The cat waits. |
Aunty still snoozes on the job. |
So close now they are in the same frame. |
Tense moment but I don't think the cat will pounce. |
Right outside the door. |
Baby E just trots by. |
I can hear the cat's sigh of relief. |
The family move off. |
The cat was discovered later we have the video. |
But mother and child just continue on. |
African Harrier Hawk. Gymnogene. |
Oh my gosh. Wild dogs. What a morning. |
4 adults and four yearling pups. |
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Beautiful animals. |
Now they pass by us to start a hunt. |
Just enjoy them. We did. |
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This is one of the yearling pups. |
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Broadbill Roller. |
Piggy family |
Wahlberg's Eagle. |
African Spoonbills. |
Luangwa Wafwa sunset. |
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Pearl spotted Owlet |
The same showng how it can rotate its head 180 degrees. |
Complete with false 'eyes' on the back of its head. |
African Scops Owl. |
Verreaux's Eagle Owl. |
Lone lion walks by. |
Greater Galago (Bush baby). |
Never seen one so obliging. |
Purple-crested Turaco. |
Cookson's Wildebeeste. |
African Buffalo. |
Sparring Bulls. |
Nile Monitor. |
Levaillant's Cuckoo zooms in. |
Posed better. Sometimes called Striped cuckoo. |
Allen's Gallinule. Female has a green shield. |
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same. |
Grey Crowned Crane. |
Luangwa sunset. |
Luangwa leopard posing nicely. |
Looks almost fierce in this light. |
Just a pussy cat. |
Another pose. |
Verreaux's Eagle Owl. |
Pel's Fishing Owl. |
Pel's Fishing Owl. |
Friendly bull. Part of a herd of 50 by our camp one morning. |
Giraffe too. |
Including baby George. |
Banded Mongoose. |
Land Monitor. |
Another lazy lion. |
Looking fierce. |
We find the Wild Dog pack again. They are just meeting up. |
One of the yearlings. |
They look thin so the hunt may have failed. |
Just enjoy them as they rest. |
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Impala watch from a distance. We think this was the prey. |
Portrait. |
Taking it easy. |
African Skimmers. |
This lion disturbed our Sundowner. |
Another leopard sighting. |
Lizard Buzzard. |
Giraffe family. There were 15 in this group. |
Greater Blue-eared Starling. |
Swainson's Spurfowl. |
Swainson's Spurfowl. |
Slender Mongoose. See the head of another? |
We find the dogs again next morning. |
Lazing and looking content. |
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Dwarf Bittern. |
Natal Spurfowl. |
One of these just has to be the best leopard photo I have ever taken. |
Pick one. |
I can't. |
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Carol singing? |
Look out! |
He comes down and poses. |
pose. Darn grass in the way. |
That's nice too. |
Yellow Canary. |
Levaillant's Cuckoo |
Second Leopard of Christmas day. |
She just walks out of the bush and in front of our vehicle. |
And goes on her way. We may as well have been invisible. |
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Woolly-necked Stork. |
Meyer's Parrot. |
Crowned Hornbill. |
Crowned Hornbill. |
Our third leopard of Christmas day. |
He goes up a Sausage Fruit tree. |
And starts playing with Sausage fruit. |
Not eating them. Just playing. |
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He decides he has played enough. |
and comes down again. |
Christmas leopard number FOUR. |
This is just greedy. |
Just seven minutes since the last one. |
Flap-necked Chameleon. |
Bush Pig. |
House Gecko. |
Swainson's Spurfowl |
Brown Snake Eagle. |
I can't decide which shot I prefer. |
We meet the dogs again. Last time as we leave tomorrow. |
Two find something to sniff at. |
Lions blocking the track. Note the ellies in the distance. |
One decides to check out Flatdogs car. |
And then walks off. |
A nice elly moment. |
Toto is cute as always. |
Just follow the sequence and enjoy them. |
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Please don't chase the Geese. |
Alert. |
Aw. |
Red-necked Falcon. |
Collared Palm Thrush. |
Collared Palm Thrush. |
Bushbuck male. |
Poser |
Creche of Impala. |
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Our final leopard under red lights. |
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