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Botswana Okavango Delta 2009

Images from Mapula Lodge in Botswana deep in the Okavano Delta.
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100_7391<br /> Sunrise at Mapula, with mokoros waiting for an early morning outing.
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Sunrise at Mapula, with mokoros waiting for an early morning outing.

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  • 100_5491<br /> Carmine Bee-eater
  • 100_5603<br /> Water monitor
  • 100_5608<br /> Pied Kingfisher. Estimated to be the world's third most common kingfisher, and is a noisy bird, unmissable within its range.
  • 100_7154<br /> Bush plane over the savanna. The only way to travel any distance in Botswana.
  • 100_5547<br /> A troop of Chacma Baboons.
  • 100_7147<br /> A flock of Blacksmith Plovers. When the Blacksmith Plover is disturbed it makes a very loud metallic sounding "clink, clink" that resembles the sound of someone hammering a piece of metal.
  • 100_5623<br /> Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill. Know as Banana Bird.
  • 100_7357<br /> A dazzle of zebra in the grasses.
  • 100_5979<br /> Saddle-billed Stork in flight.
  • 100_7355<br /> Warthog or Common Warthog, after a refreshing mud bath. (note: on his knees)
  • 100_7366<br /> Tawny Eagle
  • 100_7391<br /> Sunrise at Mapula, with mokoros waiting for an early morning outing.
  • 100_6099<br /> Hamerkop, or Hammer-headed Stork
  • 100_6097<br /> The Hippopotamus, whose hide alone can weigh half a ton, is the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos.
  • 100_6094<br /> Two or more Giraffes standing is called a "Tower". If they are moving they are called a "Journey".
  • 100_7338<br /> Young elephant
  • 100_5841<br /> Yellow-billed Kite in flight.
  • 100_5837<br /> Yellow-billed Kite
  • 100_5627
  • 100_5811<br /> Wildebeest with young. The antics of the territorial bulls during breeding season have earned them the name “clowns of the savanna.”

  • jack

    on March 27, 2010

    Peaceful and serene - combines closeness with distance...a great pic !!

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