Blacksmith Plover


Little Bee-Eater

One of the employee of the camp weaving a basket that Thao bought

Composite image of Marabou preparing to land


Lechwe and Marabou


Composite image of marabou landing

Yellow Mongoose


Bachelor group of Lechwe




First time trying the "Fisheye" lens. The field is so big it was hard to not get myself in the picture, especially wedged in the mokoro as I was.

The water is very shallow



Many Water Lilies everywhere whose rhizomes must have laid dormant until the arrival of the water.









Ischnura senegalensis Tropical Bluetail




Only way to not get the photographer in the picture: Point and shoot !




A perfect mirror

Malachite Kingfisher



Note the wake ripple behind each blade of grass. There is a strong current although the water is just filling the Okavango Delta

Little Egret, with its pretty feather on the back of the head


Juvenile Little Egret (no long nape feathers yet)


Composite image of Little egret taking flight

In the mid-afternoon the light is still silvery-gold, not the deep gold hue of later






This picture is dedicated to the "Flat-earth" nuts :D :D


Composite image of a Saddle-Billed Stork taking flight



Egyptian geese



The mirror sun



























