The bird-life along the banks of the Chobe River was spectacular.
This is an African Skimmer.
I spotted a Spotted Thick-Knee…
I saw Giant Kingfishers every day.
The Sasol Birds of Southern Africa describes them as HUGE…
and by Kingfisher standards, they are.
A Hammerkop
A couple of Reed Cormorants, sunning themselves.
A Grey Heron takes flight…
A tiny Malachite Kingfisher…
sitting quietly,until…
it heard another one calling!
Then it to started to vocalize and it seemed to change shape.
To the victor the spoils…
A Little Blue Heron catches a meal
A Spoonbill wading through the reeds…
A Spur-winged Goose taking off
A Goliath Heron
Probably one of the ugliest birds in Africa,
a Marabou Stork.
An African Jacana chick.
A regal Grey Heron.
A White-breasted Cormorant and partner.
This Nile Crocodile was lying under this…
a rookery full of Cormorants and Yellow-billed Storks.
Food LITERALLY dropped from the sky…
A Pied Kingfisher…
I saw more of this species in the five days I was in Chobe
than in all my other game reserve visits combined
And, of course, the iconic sight of Africa…
The African Fish Eagle
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