| I photographed the female and young warthogs, then went after the male. I sat on the ground and let him walk towards me. He came closer and closer, but suddenly he became aware of he, raised his head and snorted, so I left him in peace. |
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| The Blue or Brindled Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, is a sub-species of the White-bearded Gnu of East Africa. |
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| The Ground Squirrel, Xerus inauris, is a totally different family, far less species than the Side-striped Ground Squirrel of East Africa, which it resembles. |
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| Its 'family jewels' appear to be rather disproportionate. |
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| You've got to have a Lilac-breasted Roller picture, and this is mine. This one sat motionless for long enough for me to shoot a few shots with my 75-300mm lens, then change lenses and shoot a few more - hand held! - with my 500mm lens, which - astonishingly - I got away with, as can be seen here. |
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This one was the 'issue' we had with our guide about whether he was going to reverse to let us photograph it. He obviously didn't think it was worth photographing, as he wouldn't get into the 'right' position, and only waited long enough for us to get a few shots then unilaterally decided to move on. There was a long grass behind the eye of the right hand bird which I had to clone out. |
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We saw this Spotted Hyaena, Crocuta crocuta, in warm dawn light. |
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This was the other 'issue' we had with our guide. Again, I had to persuade him to take us back to see this Steenbok, Raphicerus cempestris, which I had spotted in a clearing by the side of the road. He was right that we would see other Steenbok, but I was right in that this one was the only one we got a clear, close view of. |
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The Black-faced Impala (Aepeceros melampus petersi) is a subspecies of Impala which is limited in range to northern Namibia and southern Angola. Kingdon, however describes it as "a relict species with several conservative features, sometimes treated as a species". |
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