Male Ostrich
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Starling...they were eveywhere!!
Very dry bush country
Kudo
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Nice shot John-boy!!
Views of the savannah, pretty dry!!
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Nice looking giraffe!!
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You looking at me?!!!
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Bateleur Eagle
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~1-week old giraffe
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Mama
Mama and young giraffe
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What a sighting!!
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We found the Wild Dogs!!!
8, 1-month old cubs!!!
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8 more ~2-3-month old cubs
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Feeding time!!
One of the 2 feeding females
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Sunset and sundowners near a watering hole
A 1-year old, a juvenile and a mama elephant coming to have a drink
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Wow...good looking family!!
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Juvinile giraffe
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The mom
Now 2 juvenile giraffes
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Two juveniles giraffes and their moms
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Sunset at the lodge at cocktails
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Full moon rising
The chef and waitress at dinner
Full moon at night!!
Day 3 starts with Ona showing a large warthog skeleton
Wildebeest
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Impala
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Zebra, wildebeest and impalas
Lone wildebeest thinks it is an impala???
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Male ostrich
Of course, John catches the ostrich peeing:)))
Warthog
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Lilac breasted roller....our favorite!!
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We found the same lion pride of 8 from yesterday.....looking tired and hungry!!!
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Hmm, a bridge to cross
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A bit timid
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Male lion cub passing a boat tied to bridge
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Male lion spots some prey
Cape Buffalo
The pride starts the hunt
Actually 2 buffalo...so far they do not sense anything
Two lions getting close....one exposed!!
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Four lions pretty close...buffalo senses something
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Lions on the charge
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5 lions on the charge!!
Buffalo says gotta go!!
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What happened???
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Beautiful poses while still searching for something to eat
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On the hunt again!!
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Well...another miss....keep looking
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Wait, what are they looking at??
A small wildebeest herd
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Lions starting the chase!!
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Got one!!
An adult wildebeest taken down by a pride of 8 lions
They started chopping while the wildebeest was still alive!!
Took several minutes for the wildebeest to die
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5 minutes after the kill
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9 minutes after the kill.....the feast is on!!
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We changed to the other side after ~15 minutes
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15 minutes after the kill
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Some bloody faces!!
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25 minutes after the kill!!
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30 minutes after the kill
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40 minutes after the kill and one lion has had enough
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A leg is almost bare
At 50 minutes after the kill the male lion cub walks away
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One hour after kill 2 lions still eating!!
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Back at Qorokwe camp we have waterbucks!!
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Final look at the warthogs outside our cabin
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Final lunch at Qorokwe camp
Small bush plane taking us to Kings Pool Camp, ~2:30pm and it is 95*F....yikes!!!
Views of the Okavango Delta
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Landed at the Kigs Pool airstrip about 3:45pm
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