Up before sunrise, so it was the usual minimal birder breakfast. Then we board the boat, crossed the Kafue River, and mounted a Land Rover for another journey into the park interior.
A little brisk (11 C); whoever thought Africa was hot? Still, once the sun was up, the birds were pretty good.
Crested Barbet: the Birds of Southern Africa verdict seems a little harsh.
[O]ne cannot help thinking a large measure of humour went into the making of this bird.
Also, an African Green Pigeon...
And a very sleepy Bateleur, obscured.
...and a Racket Tailed Roller...
just to confirm this really is a racket tailed roller, here's his weird tail.
The cute chinspot batis
A sulphur-treated bushshrike, taking off.
And the lizard buzzard.
A brown-crowned tchagra
Red-necked spur fowl.
An emerald-spotted wood-dove
A pair of brown-hooded kingfishers
The African fish-eagle, as magnificent as the American bald-eagle, and with equally disreputable lifestyle.
Some grey go-away birds, which are exciting on first observation, and pretty soon ho-hum.
A rattling cisticola.
Marabou storks.
The African wattled lapwing.
The beautiful, and uncommon, Böhm's bee-eater.
A striated heron, fishing.
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