Erongo larval outcrop
Monteiro's Hornbill
Dassie Rat
Pompilid Wasp sp ??
Pompilid wasp sp ??
Arrow-marked Babbler
Vervet monkey
Vervet monkey in Mahango NP
Greater Kudu male - looks like a growth on his face.
Greater Kudu and Wildebeest
Velvet ant male - really a wasp of Mutillidae? family
Velvet ant male - really a wasp of Mutillidae? family diff from previous?
Early morning mist at Ndovu
Sunrise Ndovu
Our own pod of Hippos at Ndovu
a flock of White faced ducks
Thats it I'm bored now
still bored
small herd of the rare Sable - being reintroduced into some reserves in areas where they formally roamed free
Sable herd grazing
male Sable resting
Red-billed Francolin
Squirrel eating a tomato
Baobab in Mahango NP
Giant Baobab in Mahango NP
Guinea fowl butterfly - Euphaedra daedalus with some damage on hind wing
Guinea fowl butterfly - Euphaedra daedalus
Hippos by the Lagoon
African Sacred Ibis
African Darter
African Darter - Best I could do at the distance
Just the teeth
Our guide found this croc and it's big while we were on a boat - how did he see it?
Now you see it
A water monitor lizard
Small croc
3ft Croc
Pied and Malachite Kingfishers - Ceryle rudis & Alcedo cristata
African Fish Eagle
Wild dogs at the "secret" site
Wild dogs regurgitation for the pups
Wild dog
Wild dog resting
Wild dog on guard
3 of the wild dog pups
pups feeding
Wild dog with blood under his chin
waiting
Wild Dog with pups
Wild dog running in from a kill
Bloody faced dog
pup with food
puppy tug of war
puppies feeding
Wild dogs regurgitation for the squealing pups
On guard still
Got enough to eat?
Tired but still attentive
Pups play
lying waiting
more pups playing
Family spread
I'm so full I'm not sure I can stand
Who are you looking at?
Still on guard
Eyes bigger than his stomach?
parental care
more food for the pups
Fat bellied puppy
More Wild Dog pups
Fat bellied pup
138 Open Billed Storks - Yes I counted them!
Steenbok female
A cryptic showering companion - A Wall Spider of Hersilia sp female - note the very long spinnerets
Bearded Woodpecker female
Little Bee-eater
Red-billed Hornbill
Hooded vulture
Hooded vuture from below
Tree reflection
Kwando Lagoon Lodge before sunrise 1
Kwando Lagoon Lodge before sunrise 2
Male African Buffalo
African Buffalo - one of the big 5
Male and female - note the female's horns do not meet in a 'parting' on the forehead
This terrain was typical Buffalo grazing land
Buffalo 'mist', well it was early in the morning
more Buffalo
Theres always one looking at you
A small part of the herd
At this point we were surrounded by hundreds of them - over 500 at a conservative guess
Hammerkop fishing
Hammerkop caught something?
Hammerkop eating a snack
Pair of Yellow-billed Hornbills
Kwando Lagoon Lodge from the river
Elephant family crossing from Botswana to Namibia
Look at the young ones using their trunks as snorkels
chaperones
Making sure we are not a threat
moving off again
one last look
Namibian elephants now -note large female in the middle with twisted leg
Day water lily
Bream caught by the guide
Sunset over the Kwando Lagoon
illegal immigrants from all over
Sunset over the lagoon
Flies at night caught in the flash
Lioness on the lookout
Lioness with her 4 cubs on the lookout
male lion who was the cause of the caution
Lioness with her 4 cubs
Give me a bit of love mum
Where is he I can't see him?
Family group
There's always one looking the wrong way - this is just before they all moved off and found some prey
Male lion can hear something
Lioness and baby buffalo after a brief scuffle. The Buffalo had got separated from its mother and the rest of the herd.
Mother and 2 of the cubs and the buffalo baby
Lion cubs feeding
She is alert looking out for the male lion who is not far away
Where's the male, I can't see him
Still at the kill
lioness with one of the cubs on the kill
One cub came quite close
She is still on the lookout unable to relax
Alert
Can I hear something? - this behaviour went on for up to an hour before we left
Still on the kill
The cubs start to get in on the action - its all a learning experience
She has broken into the underbelly for the cubs to feed
Still alert
Breakfast for all
Note that even though 4 years old the lioness still has spots on her legs and belly
Covering up the blood with her paws to reduce the scent for scavengers after moving the kill into the shade
Hadeda Ibis on her nest
non symmetrical tusker
Elephant reflection
Day and night lilies
Blck-faced Impala
African Wattled Lapwing
Baboon drinking at Bwabwata NP
Hammerkops roosting
Elephant group retreating
Typical view with an impression of the sparse vegetation
Zebra family
Zebra suckling
Elephant shadows
Hurrying along
just making sure we are no threat
Very large unidentified spider - The body alone was 50mm long
Very large unidentified spider
Close up of the head of a very large unidentified spider
Lappet-faced (leftmost) and White-backed vutures
bad picture of a Roan Antelope
Marabou Stork
Small jumper
Small jumper uns f
Brown-veined White butterfly
Brown-veined White butterfly front view
Small aggressive jumper
unidentified grasshopper
Unidentified blue butterfly
Water flowers
Poppa Falls
Waiting at the entrance - Agelenidae sp.
Papyrus at Poppa Falls
Tree with seed cases en route to Rundu
Unknown sp of Preying matis
front view of unknown sp of Preying Mantis
Wolf spider sp Pardosa? Arctosa?
Striped Mongoose
Striped Mongoose at Namutoni camp - Etosha
male Springbok
Male Giraffe Etosha
Burchell's Sandgrouse
Black-faced Impala
Springbok portrait
m and f Steenbok eating Thorn tree flowers
female Ground Squirrel
Solitary male Elephant
Small elephant family Etosha
Male in "must" covered in dried grey mud
Male eating
Almost ethereal in grey mud
Close up of the grey headed Elephant
herd of Springbok and one Gemsbok
Northern Black Korhaan male
Northern Black Korhaan
Female Ostrich
Bateleur (Short-tailed Eagle) male
Unknown sp spider looks like a "flattie"
A flattie?
pair of Secretarybirds
Zebra and a Giraffe at a waterhole Etosha
Pied Crow
Wildebeest, Springbok and zebra Etosha
Zebra drinking at Salvadora w/h Etosha
Zebra, Springbok and wild Wildebeest at Salvadora w/h Etosha
Single black female? unusual coloured Zebra Etosha
Springbok drinking
Male Lion under thorn tree at Salvadora Etosha
Lioness at Salvadora
male about to drink at Salvadora
male drinking at Salvadora
After drink I am off for a rest
Honey badger with Kori Bustards
Rhinos at Okakuejo
jousting Rhinos at Okakuejo
Blue crane at Salvadora w/h Etosha
Blue Crane with Zebra
A long line of Zebra
Where did everybody go?
Sleepy lion
Kudu drinking Etosha
Group of male Kudu Etosha
Lazy lions Etosha
Wildebeest Etosha
Wildebeest head Etosha
Elephants at Okakuejo
Meeting and greeting at Okakuejo
A "small" family drink Okakuejo
Waspy
2 Males and ...
1 female
Nearest male is her brother and protector
Now I'm tired
Cheetahs in the 2200ha enclosure
At Africat in the Cheetah enclosure
I'm ready - At Africat in the Cheetah enclosure
Time for a sundowner
Eland
Eland hiding
Young Gemsbok
Typical view of Kudu m and Gemsbok
Browsing Giraffe
Cheetah tracking on foot!
10 feet of ....
Gemsbok
Mountain Zebra
Leopard having breakfast
Can I hear somethin?
I am sure I can
I know i can
Remains of a meal
Mother and baby possibly only a few days old
Oohh long way down for a cuddle
Unknown sp colourful Grasshopper at Daan Viljoen
