Southern Africa Part II: Botswana

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July 5th 2015

Published: August 1st 2015

Southern Africa Part II: Botswana July 5 - 31, 2015 YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK TO THE BLOG OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (73 TOTAL - CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OR ARROWS IN TOP CORNERS) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. I PUT LOTS OF INFORMATION IN THE PHOTO CAPTIONS SO YOU CAN SKIP THE NARRATIVE, JUST LOOK AT THE ENLARGED PHOTOS AND CAPTIONS AND YOU'LL STILL GET MORE INF... Read Full Entry

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Kathy & Bernie Dougherty

Kathy Bernie

February 2020. We are still in Tucson, Arizona, well, often anyway. We continue our wanderings and enjoying our adventures. We haven't lived outside the US in awhile, but have lived in: Guatemala, Ecuador, the Netherlands (twice), Germany (twice) and South Africa. We have now traveled to well over 100 countries, but that doesn't mean we plan on stopping any time soon. ... full info

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The color of their tails different from area to area

Warthogs

We ate warthog several times in SA - tasty; tasted like chicken, NOT

Wildebeest

'Clowns of the veld' indeed; they seemed to kick up their back legs and run for no obvious reason. We saw them in large herds as well as solitary

Vervet Monkey

These cuties kept us on our toes around camp

Steenbok

We saw many of these beautiful, solitary animals who spooked easily

Mongoose, dwarf

These guys were all around our campsites, also banded mongoose

Mongoose, Dwarf

Chobe plains

The Chobe river was swarming with wildlife - herds of kudu, zebra, elephant, buffalo as well as numerous birds

Hornbills, ground

These birds walk around looking for prey - they are known to eat starlings, for example

Starling

There are many types of starlings in SA, all iridescent and gorgeous, not to mention gregarious; constant camp companions

Squirrels

There were squirrels - ground, tree - of every size and color, some had ENORMOUS testicles, but I never got a good photo

Chobe elephants

The anti-poaching patrol with their wards

Leguan aka monitor lizard

Leguan aka monitor lizard in Chobe

Waxbill, blue

I know he looks big here, but he is only about 4 inches beak to end of tail

Jack & Chobe Elephants

Jack was focused on the hundreds of elephants that had walked thru our camp to the river; this elephant was focused on Jack

Sherri & Jack w/Chobe Elephants

1st August 2015

Beth Morgan
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Stunned!
Kathy and Bernie: Marvelous, stunning photos! Thanks so much for sharing these. I am blown away by the numbers of species you have seen, and so visible! I do have one question: Did that lion mate every fifteen minutes for three weeks with the SAME female??? (Joke). Beth

1st August 2015

Sue Poole
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Hi from Birmingham, Alabama
Hi Dougherties and Hayden's, have just read your bog (not in a detailed way, as am a tad busy today) but I am green with envy, for the rich experience you are all having. Thanks for doing the bog. It's great to walk some of the walk with you. We still have two weeks here and it's a party a minute and grand kids on our agenda nearly everyday. All doing great and feel in no hurry to leave. We are off to Smith Lake for a few days...that will be interesting for us. Hope you are all in good shape and that Sherri's cold is better by now. Keep on having fun! XX Pooles

2nd August 2015

Dancing Dave
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Beautiful blog.
Many wonderful photos of wildlife you have presented here. Well done.

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