PART 5-" HALALI" - THE END OF THE HUNT.

 RED BILLED WOOD HOOPOES

 WOOD SANDPIPER

 DIDERIC CUCKOO

RED KNOBBED COOT

 OSPREY

 BLACK FACED BABBLER

BLACK SHOULDERED KITE

 ANGOLAN COMMUTERS?

 EXOTIC LILY

 SUCH A NICE GIRL.

 THE MOST COMMON DARTER.

 BURCHELLS STARLING

 GREAT SWAMP WARBLER

 GIANT KINGFISHER

DARK CHANTING GOSHAWK

 LEOPARD TORTOISE

BLACK FLYCATCHER


Getting near the end now,but still a few goodies to come.

SWAINSONS SPURFOWL

NILE CROCODILE ON THE RUN.

THIS HIPPO HAD A BABY WITH IT.

AFRICAN WILD DOG

 A YOUNG DOG CHEWING OVER THE REMAINS OF A ZEBRA.

THE OLD ALPHA MALE

HIS SUCCESSOR THE NEW TOP DOG

LEOPARD  MUST HAVE HAD A CARCASS CLOSE BY - ATTENDED BY CAPE CROWS

SPOTTED HYENA  ALSO SMELT THE KILL

AS DID THIS BLACK BACKED JACKAL.

WHITE CROWNED PLOVER

THE BEAUTIFUL SERENE GIRAFFE,

DON`T CALL ME GINGER!

WATER BUCK

THIS EAGLE CAUSED MUCH DEBATE ..LESSER SPOTTED I THINK?

YELLOW MONGOOSE

DOING A MEERKAT IMPRESSION

NORTHERN BLACK KORHAAN

CHESTNUT BACKED SPARROWLARK

CAPPED WHEATEAR

SECRETARY BIRD

PALE CHANTING GOSHAWK

NORTHERN BLACK KORHAAN

GREY BACKED SPARROWLARK

FORK TAILED DRONGO

WATTLED STARLINGS

BLACK FACED IMPALA

THESE LIONS WERE DOING WHAT ALL CATS DO-LAYING AROUND BEING LAZY.

 OPEN WIDE

 WIDER

WIDER

 YOU REALLY SHOULD SEE A DENTIST

HA HA HA.YOU`RE SO FUNNY.

MARABOU STORK  AT DAWN,My word it was cold...

WHITE RHINOCEROS SCENT MARKING OR JUST HAVING A PEE or TELLING US TO P OFF?

HORNS REMOVED TO STOP POACHERS

FEMALE WATER BUCK -I.D by wet paint on  toilet seat marks.
EVENTUALLY AFTER MUCH CONSERVATION WORK WE TRACKED DOWN THIS LEOPARD.

YOU AINT HAVING MY IMPALA.

We had to leave by 10 and we were hopelessly lost in the bush,eventually we found the road- it was a hair raising ride back to camp,but we made it of course.

RED BILLED SPURFOWL

GROUNDSCRAPER THRUSH

EN ROUTE TO WINDHOEK MONTEIROS HORNBILL

MONTEIROS HORNBILL

AND THE ELUSIVE SWALLOW TAILED BEE EATER  THE 6TH AND FINAL ONE OF THE TRIP {Sorry about the poor pic but we were moving.}

And now to wrap up a few pics taken with my small camera

SEMAPHORE HILLS

 HALALI - THE HORN SOUNDED TO SIGNAL THE END OF THE HUNT

 THIS WAS THE EASIEST PHOTO TO TAKE-IT WAS ON OUR BEDROOM WALL.

The accommodation was just about ok.

 THE ETOSHA PAN

OUT ON THE ETOSHA PAN

THE GANG OF 15

NEIL AND MARK

ANOTHER WHITE ELEPHANT

GIN AND TONIC IN THE DESERT.

SUNSET IN THE KALAHARI

JUST BEAUTIFUL-MAGICAL.

THE END.....
I hope you have enjoyed it,a bit long winded perhaps but I needed to include as much as I could for my own records as well as your entertainment.