RACKET-TAILED ROLLER, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE

   We can ID this bird as a Racket-tailed Roller by its racket-shaped tail, brown upperparts and blue underparts.

   The Racket-tailed Roller is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 430.

   

FRUIT-EATING BATS, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE

CAPE BUFFALO AT WATERING HOLE, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE

CHACMA BABOON AT WATERING HOLE, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE

JUVENILE BATELEUR IN FLIGHT, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE

    We can ID this raptor as a juvenile Bateleur by short tail, dark brown underwing pattern and grayish face.
   The Bateleur is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 429.

ELEPHANTS EATING SALT, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE

   The lodge spreads salt just outside the blind overlooking the watering hole.  The salt is important for the Elephant's diet.  When they eat the salt, they get very close to you in the blind.

GREY HERON, IVORY LODGE, ZIMBABWE