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  • Spotted Hyenas
    Spotted Hyenas
    Crocuta crocuta
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 18, 2011
    2011-05-18#7212
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 18, 2011
    2011-05-18#1226
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 18, 2011
    2011-05-18#1230
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Verreaux's Eagle Owl
    Verreaux's Eagle Owl
    Bubo lacteus, night.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 18, 2011
    2011-05-18#7250
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Ground Hornbill
    Southern Ground Hornbill
    Bucorvus leadbeateri
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7259
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Helicopter Ride
    Helicopter Ride
    We had a ride over the flooded Okavango Delta.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1238
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flooded Delta
    Flooded Delta
    Trees grow on old termite mounds.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1242
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flooded Delta
    Flooded Delta
    Wide channels for Hippopotamus & game trails.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1248
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flooded Delta
    Flooded Delta
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1250
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nogoa River
    Nogoa River
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1268
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Greater Kudu
    Greater Kudu
    Tragelaphus strepsiceros
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1277
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Elephant
    African Elephant
    Loxodonta africana - bull.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1281
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lechwe
    Lechwe
    Kobus leche - a water loving specie.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1297
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Southern Reedbuck
    Southern Reedbuck
    Redunca arundinum - a very nice male.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1306
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sitatunga
    Sitatunga
    Tragelaphus spekei - female of another water loving specie.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1308
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sitatunga
    Sitatunga
    Tragelaphus spekei - female running through water.
    Helicopter, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1309
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Helicopter Pilot
    Helicopter Pilot
    Tilani
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1313
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Airlifted Supplies
    Airlifted Supplies
    Flooding and remoteness require supplies to be flown in.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1315
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lesser Striped Swallow
    Lesser Striped Swallow
    Hirundo abyssinica
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7280
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Wildebeest
    Blue Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus - males hold a territory for when the females pass through.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7281
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Wildebeest
    Blue Wildebeest
    Connochaetes taurinus
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7311
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ostrich
    Ostrich
    Struthio camelus - male & female.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7357
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ostrich
    Ostrich
    Struthio camelus - male.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7376
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crowned Lapwing
    Crowned Lapwing
    Vanellus coronatus
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7414
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Secretarybird
    Secretarybird
    Sagittarius serpentarius
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7431
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Land Rover
    Land Rover
    Many of the roads were underwater.
    Flooded Delta, Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1321
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Egyptian White Water Lily
    Egyptian White Water Lily
    Nymphaea lotus
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1327
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Water Lily
    Blue Water Lily
    Nymphaea nouchali, white variation.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1331
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus amphibius - our photo day ended at a lagoon full of Hippopotamus.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7462
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus amphibius
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7471
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus amphibius
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7481
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Afternoon Sky
    Afternoon Sky
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1334
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Water Lily & Reflection
    Blue Water Lily & Reflection
    Nymphaea nouchali
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7493
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus amphibius - evening light is changing the color of things.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7531
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus
    Hippopotamus amphibius - yawn or territorial display.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#7554
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 19, 2011
    2011-05-19#1339
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Makoro View
    Makoro View
    Debbie and I chose an early morning Makoro ride and breakfast in the field.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#1340
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Banded Golden Orb Weaver
    Banded Golden Orb Weaver
    Nephila senegalensis
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7567
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-nosed Reed Frogs
    Long-nosed Reed Frogs
    Hyperolius nasutus
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7580
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Angola Reed Frog
    Angola Reed Frog
    Hyperolius parallelus angolensis in Nymphaea nouchali
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7613
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Angola Reed Frog
    Angola Reed Frog
    Hyperolius parallelus angolensis
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7637
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Vlei Ink-flowers
    Vlei Ink-flowers
    Cycnium tubulosum
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7649
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Wild Date Palm
    Wild Date Palm
    Phoenix reclinata at our breakfast spot.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#1356
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Water Lily
    Blue Water Lily
    Nymphaea nouchali
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#1357
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Water Lily
    Blue Water Lily
    Nymphaea nouchali - photo with my long lens to compare to the previous photo.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7652
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Water Snowflake
    Water Snowflake
    Nymphoides indica
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7659
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Aquatic Flower
    Unknown Aquatic Flower
    Submerged, reddish foliage.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7669
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Water Lily
    Blue Water Lily
    Nymphaea nouchali - light blue.
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#1359
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-nosed Reed Frog
    Long-nosed Reed Frog
    Hyperolius nasutus
    Little Vumbura, Botswana, May 20, 2011
    2011-05-20#7683
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 2011-05-20#1363 Nymphaea nouchali, Little Vumbura, Botswana
    2011-05-20#1363 Nymphaea nouchali, Little Vumbura, Botswana
    Larry L. Jackson