Botswana

Goodbye Botswana!

Impalas. Botswana, octobre 2011.

Lilac-breasted Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata, Rollier à longs brins). Botswana, October 2011.

Black Crake

Very timid, this little bird decided to let us shoot pictures after several unsuccessful attempts. Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostra, Râle…

Lions of Botswana

Botswana, October 2011.

Jacana, ducks and water lily

African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus, Jacana à poitrine dorée). White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata, Dendrocygne veuf). Water lily (Nymphaeaceae). Botswana, ocotobre…

Zebra

Botswana, October 2011.

Three elephants

Vultures in the sunset

Botswana, October 2011.

Green hippopotamus

The bird is a Yellow-billed Oxpecker which had to fly off any time the hippopotamus submerged itself in the dark…

African Jacana

African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus, Jacana à poitrine dorée). Botswana, October 2011.

Elephants, sunset

A panorama test I did, investigating the issue of assembling panorama pictures with mobile subjects (an elephant moves, much more…

Red Lechwe

Red Lechwe (Kobus leche, Cobe de Lechwe) Botswana, October 2011.

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas, Calao leucomèle) Botswana, October 2011.

An elephant in white flowers

Botswana, October 2011.

Klipspringer

An astonishing little African antelope living in the rocks. Nearly impossible to see, we only found it thanks to the…

Heron and storks

At the end of the day, most birds try to perch (they are thus better protected against predators). In an…

Water panorama

Baby cheetah

Botswana, October 2011. Nota bene: If you want to see (and hear) a babay cheetah mewing, I suggest that you…

In flight

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Botswana landscapes

You’ll notice that this is from the Northern part of Botswana (the Okavango delta and the Chobe river are biotopes…