A Lesser Striped Swallow perches on a spiny acacia in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
Photographed from a canoe, the swamphen runs across lilypads to gain speed for takeoff
A Pied Kingfisher alights, with his prize, on a fallen tree branch at the water’s edge. Okavango Delta, Botswana.
The glossy starling is a very common sight in the Okavango Delta region of Botswana. Its iridescent colours seem to change dependant on the light angle.
Late afternoon and an African Fishing Eagle is perched on a branch overlooking the waters of the Okavango Delta.
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl – Bubo Lacteus, also known as the Giant Eagle Owl. Early morning, in fact about 20 to 30 minutes before sunrise, so really low light levels. It’s a testament to digital technology that we were able to get useful photographs of these birds at all.
A red-billed hornbill is polite enough to pose for the camera near the Savuti Channel, Okavango Delta, Botswana.
The Little Bee Eater is one of the most colourful birds of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
The Okavango Delta, Botswana and 3 spoonbills find that the top branches of a tree make a good vantage point.
A cormorant perches over a waterway, Okavango Delta, Botswana.