Category: Wildlife photo
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Vertigo for goats
In our never-ending series about vertigo and where people don’t want to go (and go anyway), here is a case of where people cannot go without tools and where goats will go anyway.
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Why nature photography is dangerous…
…for the photo/cinema gear. YouTube link
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African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene)
This medium-sized eagle was a great discovery for me in Botswana. The African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) hunts for insects and small animals in dead trees and rocks. It’s very mobile and devilishly active. African harrier Hawk (or Gymnogene) (Polyboroides typus), Gymnogène d’Afrique. Moremi National Park, Botswana, May 2010.
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Great White Pelican
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Pélican blanc. Moremi National Park, Botswana, May 2010.
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Hamerkop
I love this bird. It seems to be right out of the illustrations of a XIXth Century book about prehistoric wildlife (and it’s the only living species of the genus Scopus). I love its name. It seems a near impossibility (that’s probably why there are so many other possible names like Hammerkop, Hammerkopf, Hammerhead, Hammerhead…
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Jabiru Stork or Saddle-billed Stork
Jabiru Stork or Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Jabiru. Moremi National Park, Botswana, May 2010.
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Impala
Impala. Moremi National Park, Botswana, May 2010.
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Yellow-billed Stork
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis), Ibis tantale. Moremi National Park, Botswana, May 2010.
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Little bee-eater
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Guêpier nain. Moremi National Park, Botswana, May 2010.