Windhoek Country Club Namibia September 2010		Fork Tailed Drogo
Nest (Southern Masked Weaver)	Southern Masked Weaver
Southern Masked Weaver at sunset
Cape Wagtail	House Sparrow	Grey Laurie or Go Away Bird	Cape Turtle Doves
Going North Otawarongo Jacaranda Tree	Loco 41; Henschell, Kassel, 1912 Otawarongo
Returning south Ant Hills
Omatako Hills	Warthog
	Etosha Safari Lodge
home for a couple of days		View from home
probably Sociable Weavers	Cinnamon Breasted Rock Bunting	Red Eyed Bulbul	Short Toed Rock Thrush
Glossy Starling	Fork Tailed Drogo		Sunset at the lodge
		Dawn at ...	... Andersson's Gate Etosha National Park
first Jackal	first Springbok	Helmeted Guinea Fowl
	Okaukuejo		Zebra
Springbok			Northern Black Korhaan (female)
	Crowned Plover or Lapwing
Northern Black Korhaan (male)	Oryx with just one horn remaining (after a fight?)
	Nebrowni water hole	Springbok
Oryx
Gemsbokylata water hole Springbok	Zebra		Elepheant on the road
		Babbler (Southern Pied?)	hornbills
	Aus water hole Brown Hyena	pensive Kudu	pensive zebra
Kudu	Brown Hyena departing
looking back	Warthog	Kudu	Blackfaced Impala
		Olifantsbad water hole	Ostrich (male)
Ostrich (male)	Red Eyed Bulbul		Oryx and Impala
Ostrich (male)	Ostrich (male)
Zebra	Kori Bustard	The Okaukuejo water hole	Social Weavers
Impala	Okaukuejo water hole
Springbok
jousting		Lilac Breasted Roller	Lilac Breasted Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller	Lilac Breasted Roller photo: Geoff Mitchell	Giraffe
Helmeted Guinea Fowl	Starlings prob. Glossy
Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing	Pied Crow	Warthogs
			Impala
Pied Crow	Pied Crow
Pied Crow		Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing	Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing
Giraffe drinking		Steenbok
Leopard
		Montagu's Harrier	The desert with elephants
Blackbacked Jackal	Our travel companions from Luxembourg		Sociable weaver's nest
Jackal	Kori Bustard	Kori Bustard	in the bushes
	Northern Black Korhaan (male)	Impala	Blue Wildebeest
			Kurrichane Button Quail
Blackbacked Jackal	time to go	Crowned Plover or Lapwing	Crowned Plover or Lapwing
Wahlberg's Eagle ?	Wahlberg's Eagle ?	Red Hartebeest
			with our guide, Rodney
	and the vehicle	Pied Crow	Pied Crow
young Kudu		Warthog
	Kudu	Namaqua Dove	Namaqua Dove
Oryx			Namaqua Dove
Baby Oryx		juveniles
		Nebrowni water hole before lunch
new arrivals running for a drink			young swallows
Okaukuejo water hole		Social weaver's nest
Social Weavers		Glossy Starling	Nebrowni water hole after lunch with the elephants still there
Giraffe		Ground squirrels nesting in the road
		a yet larger nest	Northern Black Korhaan (male)
Lion at Ombika
Otiwarango Crocodile Farm Namibia September 2010	Nile Crocodiles	breeding adults
			Cayman
juveniles
Sossuvlei, Namibia September 2010	on the way south on the Kupferberg Pass		Sociable Weaver nest
		The Namib Naukluft Desert Park
Spreetshookgte Pass
Naukluft Lodge photo from the Lodge's website	Namib Desert View from the hotel
		Dawn at Naukluft Park entrance
the first sand dune
the party	the desert	Oryx
			Ostrich (male)
Ostrich in context			early morning fog
Dune 45		climbing in the diminishing mist
		the summit with Brian & Margot
the faster way down	support from Geoff & Mary
Great Sparrow	walking to Dead Vlei	The Dead Vlei
		with our guide Scott & Mary, Brian & Margot, Geoff & Ann	Fork Tailed Drogo (prob.)
Sociable Weavers (prob.)	Sessriem Canyon
	Ruppell's Korhaan	Ruppell's Korhaan	Ruppell's Korhaan
Ground Squirrel		Social Weaver's nest ...	... with Social Weavers
	Damara Dik Dik	Sundowner ride in the desert
Drinks
Sunset ...	...and Moonrise	Full Moon	Rock Pidgeon
Rock Pidgeon	The way back Remhoogte Pass	Kudu
Apes near Windhoek		Windhoek from the south	leaving Brian & Margot
Chobe National Park Botswana September 2010	Maun Airport arrival from Johannesburg	our plane for Chobe
with Pete, the pilot		Maun	Okavango Delta
Savuti airstrip Chobe National Park	Elephant close by	Ostrich clearing the airstrip	the plane leaving
	Blue Cheeked Bee Eater	Blue Cheeked Bee Eater	Yellow Billed Hornbill
Yellow Billed Hornbill	Dik Dik	African Long Tailed Shrike
Lilac Breasted Roller	Lilac Breasted Roller	Lilac Breasted Roller	Lilac Breasted Roller
lone Elephant		Impala
Red Billed Hornbill	Crossing the Savuti Channel
Red-billed Francolin	Red-billed Francolin	Red crested Korhaan	a solitary Lion
Lions ...	...with cubs		sunset
Savuti Lodge iimage from the web	Arrival at the lodge; the water hole from our room
dawn the're still there	Kori Bustard	Kori Bustard	Grey Laurie or Go Away Bird
Grey Laurie or Go Away Bird	Impala		Kudu
	Laner Falcon (prob.)	Lanner Falcon (prob.)	Warthog
Red Hartebeest			Wildebeest
	Helmeted Guinea Fowl	Crowned Plover	Lilac Breasted Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller	Lilac Breasted Roller	Elephant
What's in the shade ...	a Cheetah
Wild African Buffalo			Ostrich family
Ostrich family	with Dad & Mum chicks protected		safe now - chicks scattered
Giraffe	Senegal Coucal	Back in our room elephant
		Arrow Marked Babbler at lunch	Arrow Marked Babbler
ground squirrel		Arrow Marked Babbler	Tropical Boubou
Meves Long Tailed Starling	Meves Long Tailed Starling	African Long Tailed Shrike	Leopard
		A wary Steenbok	probably too late
	African Fish Eagle	African Fish Eagle	Savuti Channel
Sundowner			African Wildcat
			Dik Dik
Impala	African Long Tailed Shrike	African Long Tailed Shrike	Lapple Faced Vulture
Lapple Faced Vulture	Bateleur	Bateleur	Warthog
		Secretary Bird	Secretary Bird
Secretary Bird	Kudu
Saddle Billed Storks probably half a mile away	Saddle Billed Storks	African Marsh Harrier (prob.)	African Marsh Harrier (prob.)
Wild African Buffalo	Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill	Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill
	On our way to the last stop Savuti air strip
	Camp Okavango air strip		Grey Laurie
Southern Carmine Bee Eater	Camp Okavango	The Lodge photo from the web	our cabin
		Blacksmith Plover or Lapwing	Yellow Billed Egret
Yellow Billed Egret	Yellow Billed Egret	Yellow Billed Egret	Evening canoe cruise
reed necklace fashioned by our guide	African Fish Eagle	tiny frog
on the Okavango	Obed, our guide, with three collaguess		sunset
dawn	island landing for a walk with the wildlife	termite mound	Honey Buzzard (juv?)
Honey Buzzard (juv?)	termite mound talk	gibbons
with the elephants	with the Giraffe
termite mound leaning towards the north	water lillies		unidentified
Miombo Rock Thrush	Miombo Rock Thrush	Purple Heron, camouflaged	unexpected encouter with an elephant
			getting irritated
time to leave the motor started this time	Marabou Stork	Marabou Stork	Marabou Stork
	Pied Kingfisher	Pied Kingfisher	Pied Kingfisher
stalled motor!	sunset	Heuglin's Robin	view of a resident on another island walk
		Water Buck
	Giant Eagle Owl	Giant Eagle Owl	Spur Winged Goose
Spur Winged Goose	island walking		Obed, our guide, with a rear guard
	African Fish Eagle	African Fish Eagle	Red Headed Weaver
Heathrow Terminal 5 at dawn

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