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Tuesday 7 August 2018

15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - AFRICAN ELEPHANT (Loxodonta africana)







15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - AFRICAN JACANA (Actophilornis africanus)



15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - GIANT KINGFISHER (Megaceryle maxima ssp maxima)


15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - GREATER KUDU (Tragelaphus Strepsiceros)


15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - REED (LONG TAILED) CORMORANT (Microcarbo africanus)




15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - COMMON IMPALA (MALE) (Aepyceros melampus ssp. melampus)



15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - AFRICAN JACANA (Actophilornis africanus)



15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)



15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - EGYPTIAN WHITE WATER LILY (Nymphaea lotus)



15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - AFRICAN STONECHAT (Saxicola torquatus)





15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - WHITE FACED WHISTLING DUCK (Dendrocygna viduata)




15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, BOTSWANA - BLACK WINGED PRATINCOLE (Glareola nordmanni)



The black-winged pratincole is a bird of open country and is often seen near water in the evening, hawking for insects. This pratincole is found in warmer parts of south-east Europe and south-west Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, and is rare north or west of the breeding range.
An unusual feature of the pratincoles is that, although classed as waders, they typically hunt their insect prey on the wing like swallows, although they can also feed on the ground.