Botswana-Savuti in Chobe National Park is one of many articles to be created from photos taken on three connected safaris (Botswana and Zambia, Tanzania, and Kenya) between June 20 and July 31, 2009, with Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris, Saratoga, California (www.cheesemans.com).
In the itinerary for the Botswana portion of the trip, Gail Cheeseman described our stay in Botswana to be in “tents in our ‘semi-luxury‘ camp which are large with en-suite toilets. The food is excellent with three course dinners prepared
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Grant always had his camera and long
lens handy for photos.
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A Steenbok is a small antelope with
large, distinct markings on its inner ears. This one is a female.
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The Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill feeds
mostly on the ground, where it forages for seeds, small insects, spiders and...
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The Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill is a
medium sized bird with with a long yellow beak. Its skin around the eyes is a...
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Dwarf Mongooses have a large pointed
head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs, and long claws. Africa's...
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Dwarf Mongooses eat a diet of insects
(mostly beetle larvae, termites, grasshoppers and crickets), spiders,...
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Being the tallest mammal, Giraffes are
believed to be able with extreme long-range vision to have visual...
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Each Giraffe has unique markings which
distinguish it from others, much like a human fingerprint. Their...
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The Giraffe is the tallest of all living
land animals attaining heights of 15 to 18 feet including horns.
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The male Impala has a scent gland above
its hoof. It can roam great distances and follow its scent trail back to the...
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The male Impala will consume grass and
leaves or whatever is readily available. They move frequently and...
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The Impala is has a short glossy two-
toned brown coat which is darker on the back and upper flanks and...
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The Lilac-Breasted Roller nests in a
natural hole in a tree where a clutch of two to four eggs is laid and...
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The Baobab Tree, called the Tree of
Life, is capable of providing shelter, food and water for animal and human...
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Giraffes are one of the few species of
mammals to perceive color, and their visual field is almost 360 degrees from...
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The Blackbacked Jackal usually lives
together in pairs that last for life, but often hunts in packs to...
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The Lilac Breasted Roller seemed
unbothered by our presence letting us many good shots of those we saw.
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The Kori Bustard is a large, heavy bird
which avoids flying if possible. It spends most of its time on the ground,...
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Elephants have large tusks that can be
over 10 feet long and weigh more than 200 pounds. Tusks are used to dig for...
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Reticulated Giraffe close-up.
The ladies would die for eyelashes like that.
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Giraffes strip leaves from thorny acacia
trees, sometimes colonized by ants, with their long tongues. Males...
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Seeing our camp in the daylight means
we have returned to it about 11:00 A.M. for brunch followed by a short...
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Although the mid-day sun looks warm as
Jim relaxes in front of our tent, the latter part of June is the beginning of...
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The encroachment of human populations on
the Giraffe's natural habitat has been devastating to the wild...
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A Giraffe will drink approximately two
gallons of water per week but can go for several weeks without water.
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