Monthly Archives: October 2015

Beautifully ugly....

Beautifully ugly….

White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus

This is a vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon.The White-backed Vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff. The adult’s whitish back contrasts with the otherwise dark plumage. Juveniles are largely dark.Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of animals which it finds by soaring over savannah.

This image was captured on the Chobe River, near Kasane, northern Botswana, Southern Africa.

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©2015 Duncan Blackburn

Mother's Love....

Mother’s Love….

Chacma Baboon

This image was captured on the Chobe River, near Kasane, northern Botswana, Southern Africa.

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©2015 Duncan Blackburn

Take Off....

Take Off….

African Fish Eagle  Haliaeetus vocifer

This is a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water occur that have an abundant food supply. It is the national bird of Zimbabwe and Zambia and South Sudan. Its haunting call has become the iconic sound of the African bush.

This image was captured on the Chobe River, near Kasane, northern Botswana, Southern Africa.

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©2015 Duncan Blackburn

Chobe Afternoon

Chobe Afternoon

After a break I have resumed posting with this afternoon view of some elephants peacefully grazing on the banks of the Chobe River.

This image was captured on the Chobe River, near the town of Kasane, northern Botswana, Southern Africa.

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©2015 Duncan Blackburn