Southern Africa - South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia
August 23 - September 15, 2016
Part Six, Page Two - Chobe National Park, Botswana
African fish eagle - a majestic bird first seen at the Okavango
Delta on this trip.
A baboon grooming another baboon, a common activity.
Items removed could be insects, dead skin, twigs, leaves, etc.
The trust and bonding it builds is critical to group cooperation.
Tawny Eagle - Most are tawny brown. Females are often darker
than males. The feet and cere are yellow.
Preys and scavenges on a variety of small animals and often
pirates kills of other birds. Nests on top of a tall tree.
Female lion relaxing under a bush
Note the flies all over her face. They seemed used to it.
Female and male lion lying on the ground
Female lion walking near a safari vehicle.
Looking toward us and licking her chops, a lion heads toward
our vehicle. However, the lions walk around the vehicles if they
come close, as long as people keep their arms and legs inside,
stay seated, and stay quiet.
Looking back at us after arriving at her destination near
the other lions lying on the ground.
Eastern White Pelicans in a cluster - large white bird with a
long neck, short legs. Bare skin around the eye and the upper
bill is pink. The lower bill and pouch is yellow. Fish are its
primary food.
Kori Bustard - large gray brown bird with white underparts and
neck finely barred in gray. A small black crest protrudes from the
back of the head.
Likes open country where it strides slowly looking for insects,
lizards, and seeds.
Eggs are laid near tufts of grass.
A baboon relaxing on the ground. Good view of bottom of
the foot.
Baby elephant under a tree
Young giraffe. Mom was nearby, of course.
Hippos walking along shoreline late afternoon. Time to eat
after being in the water during the day. You can see a baby
hippo partially blocked from view. Both of the parents
nurture and protect their baby for for most of the first year
of life. Being the only offspring, a baby
hippopotamus is the center of their devotion.
Female kudu close to the dirt park road.
Male kudu at the watering hole back at the Lodge.
Female and male kudu together
Elephants at the watering hole. There was some kind
of well that must have contained nutrients they liked.
Notice how the young elephant is kneeling.
Starting to leave after a good drink and mud bath.
The young ones get no help climbing out of the mud,
but they eventually manage. This is a young male.
Two banded mongoose about to enter the Lodge
area at the fence. They have distinctive vertical
bars on their backs.
A Botswanan woman demonstrating to us how to
make handwoven baskets. Don't expect to see any
that I've made.
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