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Ethiopia-12/2019
Last minute news-11/12-2022-Botswana
Our usual thinking of the desert as a place with only sand is wrong. Often deserts have sparse low-growing vegetation. For a European, the Kalahari is just associated with a desert landscape. In fact, the landscape there is very diverse. The Kalahari is a basin where in places one could observe an almost strictly desert landscape in another quite lush vegetation. In one such desert place an artificial reservoir with water was built. Of course, all creatures large and small there appeared in the 40-degree heat. From elephants to Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark and other small birds. Unfortunately, the presence of elephants made it impossible to reduce the distance to these small birds, but the place itself very interesting. Also, the evening experience of this "camping" will remain in my memory for a long time. After a really hot day, a substitute for a field shower provides a moment of relief from the heat. My high ankle boots, I then swapped for flip-flops, by the time I had completely dried off. We were already sitting by the campfire after dark, when suddenly Kris tells me that something is walking near my leg. Without moving my leg, I reached for the flashlight, I light it, and here a small scorpion. You have to be careful, because even though it is difficult to encounter snakes or scorpions in Botswana, because they are incredibly secretive and shy away from humans, they are there and pose a real threat. The tent must always be tightly closed and shoes checked before putting a foot in. This was the only such close encounter with a "toxic" animal during our entire stay in Botswana.

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Ethiopia 11/12-2019- introductory text- Prince Ruspoli's Turaco
NEW GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.Prince Ruspoli's Turaco (E,V,T). 2.Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (T). 3.Arabian bustard(T). 4. Golden-breasted Starling. 5D'Arnaud's Barbet (V).6. Stresemann's Bush-Crow (E,V).7. White-cheeked Turaco (V). Temminck's Courser. 9. Cut-throat. 10.Somali Ostrich. 11.Straw-tailed Whydah(V). 12.Eastern Paradise-Whydah. 13Thick-billed Raven(E,V). 14.Sombre Chat (E,V). 15.Rouget's Rail (E). 16.Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (V). 17.Yellow-fronted Parrot (E,V). 18.Narina Trogon (V). 19.Banded Barbet (E,V). 20.Black-winged Lovebird (E,V). 21 Black-headed Lapwing. 22. Somali Crow. 23. Chestnut-naped Francolin (E). 24.Yellow-breasted Barbet (V). 25.Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill. 26.Abyssinian Roller. 27.Abyssinian Owl. 28.African Wood-Owl. 29. Wattled Ibis (E). 30. Blue-winged Goose (E,T). 31.Cape Eagle-Owl(T). 32. Northern Carmine Bee-eater. 33.Black-throated Barbet (V). 34. Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark. 35. Spot-breasted Lapwing (E). 36.Abyssinian Siskin(E). 37.Rosy-patched Bushshrike. 38.Variable Sunbird. 39.Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike. 40.Madagascar Bee-eater. 41.Swainson's Sparrow. 42.African Thrush. 43.Eastern Plantain-eater. 44.Somali Fiscal. 45.Masked Shrike. 46.Lesser Grey Shrike. 47.Northern Black-Flycatcher (V). 48.Fan-tailed Raven. 49.Groundscraper Thrush. 50.Reichenow's Seedeater. 51.Moorland Chat. 52. Village Indigobird. 53.Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling. 54.Plain-backed Pipit. 55.Pied Wheatear. 56.Little Weaver. 57.Shelley's Starling. 58.Red-bellied Parrot. 59.African Bare-eyed Thrush. 60.Rufous Chatterer. 61. Pearl-spotted Owlet. 62.African Black-headed Oriole (V). 63.White-crowned Starling. 64.Bare-faced Go-away-bird. 65.White-collared Pigeon(E). 66.African Pygmy-Goose. 67.White-rumped Babbler. 68. Blue-headed Coucal. 69.Mountain Gray Woodpecker. 70.Senegal Thick-knee. 71.Black Scimitar-bill. 72.Spectacled Weaver. 73.Double-toothed Barbet. 74.Black-billed Barbet. 75.Grayish Eagle-Owl. 76.Crimson-rumped Waxbill. 77.Little Rock-Thrush. 78.Northern White-faced Owl. 79.Rueppell's Weaver. 80.Striolated Bunting. 81.Abyssinian Ground-Thrush. 82.Crowned Hawk-Eagle. 83.Bronze Mannikin. 84.African Spotted-Creeper. 85.Yellow-bellied Eremomela.86.Grant's Woodhoopoe.
MAMMALS:1.Mantled gereza. 2.Grivet. 3.Aardwolf. 4.Sacred babon. 5.Beisa Oryx. 6.Soemmerring's gazele. 7.Mountain Nyala. 8.Unstriped Ground Squirrel. 9.Cape hare. 10.Desert Warthog.
REPTILES: Savannah monitor.
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.Spur-winged lapwing(V). 2.Hooded Vulture(T). 3.Hamerkop(T). 4.Cape Crow(V). 5.Secretary-bird. 6.Crowned Lapwing(V). 7.Gray-headed Social-Weaver(V). 8.Speckled Pigeon(V). 9.Superb Starling(V). 10.African Fish Eagle(V,T). 11.Egyptian Goose(V). 12.Marabou Stork(V). 13.Red-cheeked Cordonbleu(V). 14.EgyptianVulture. 15.Streaky Seedeater. 16.Abdim's Stork. 17.White-bellied Bustard. 18.Silvery-cheeked Hornbill(T). 19.Isabelline Wheatear. 20.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 21.Eurasian Hoopoe(T). 22.Three-banded Courser. 23.African Gray Hornbill. 24.Abyssinian Scimitar-bill. 25.Namaqua Dove. 26.Pygmy Falcon. 27.Buff-crested Bustard. 28.Northern Red-billed Hornbill. 29.Woodchat Shrike. 30.Red-billed Firefinch. 31.Red-billed Quelea. 32.Pallid Harrier. 33.Nubian Woodpecker. 34.White-bellied Go-away-bird. 35.Western Yellow Wagtail. 36.Mountain Thrush. 37.Vitelline Masked-Weaver. 38.Steppe Eagle. 39.Village Weaver(V). 40.Black Kite. 41.Black-winged Lapwing. 42.Yellow-billed Kite. 43.African Stonechat. 44.Heuglin's white-eye. 45.Baglafecht Weaver. 46.Booted Eagle. 47.Dusky Turtle-Dove. 48.Thekla Lark. 49. Augur Buzzard. 50.Yellow-necked Spurfowl. 51.Kori Bustard. 52.Von der Decken's Hornbill. 53.African Paradise-Flycatcher. 54.Red-and-yellow Barbet. 55.Fork-tailed Drongo. 56.Little Bee-eater. 57.White-browed Coucal. 58.Laughing Dove. 59.Mocking Cliff-Chat. 60.Northern Wheatear. 61.White-headed Buffalo-Weaver. 62.Red-billed Oxpecker(T). 63.Tawny-flanked Prinia(V). 64.Pin-tailed Whydah. 65.Garden Bulbul. 66.White-faced Whistling Duck(V). 67.Spotted Morning-Thrush. 68.White-backed Vulture. 69.Eastern Chanting-Goshawk. 70.Red-winged Starling. 71.African Harrier-Hawk. 72.Red-backed Scrub-Robin. 73.Rueppell's Glossy-Starling. 74.Pied Cuckoo. 75.Rüppell's Vulture. 76.Rufous-crowned Roller. 77.Speckled Mousebird. 78. Verreaux's Eagle-Owl. 79.Pied Kingfisher. 80.Woodland Kingfisher. 81.Mourning Collared-Dove(V). 82.Sacred Ibis. 83.African Jacana. 84. White-browed Robin-Chat. 85. Black Crake. 86.Green-backed Camaroptera. 87.Hadeda ibis. 88.Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse. 89.Red-eyed Dove. 90.Southern Fiscal. 91.Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 92.Yellow-billed Stork. 93.Striped Kingfisher. 94.Helmeted Guineafowl. 95.Gray-backed Fiscal. 96.Chestnut Sparrow. 97.African Darter. 98.Beautiful Sunbird. 99.Great White Pelican. 100.Long-tailed Cormorant. 101.Grey-hooded Gull. 102.Squacco Heron. 103.Rufous-necked Wryneck. 104.Barn Swallow. 105.Hottentot Teal. 106.Crane(T). 107.Pied Crow. 108.Slender-tailed Nightjar. 109.Pink-backed Pelican. 110.Osprey. 111.Mariqua Sunbird. 112.Malachite Kingfisher. 113.White-rumped Shrike. 114.Grey-headed Kingfisher. 115.Ring-necked dove. 116.Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush. 117. Redstart. 118.Gabar Goshawk. 119.Montagu's Harrier.
MAMMALS:1 African golden Wolf. 2.Black-backed jackal.
REPTILES: 1.Nile crocodile. 2.Leopard tortoise.

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Botswana 11/12-20222 -Introduktory text- White-quilled Bustard
News galery:
BIRDS:
1. White-quilled Bustard (T,V). 2.Giant Kingfisher. 3.Southern Red-billed Hornbill (T,V). 4.Crimson-breasted Gonolek (V). 5.Red-crested Bustard (V). 6.Wattled Crane. 7.Southern Carmine Bee-eater (V). 8.African Golden-Oriole. 9.White-headed Vulture. 10.Bearded Woodpecker. 11.Queen Whydah. 12.Southern Rufous-Sparrow. 13.Sabota Lark. 14.Caspian Plover. 15.Common Grenadier. 16.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 17. Chestnut-banded Plover (T). 18.Rufous-vented Warbler (V). 19.Burchell's Sandgrousea. 20.Kalahari Scrub-Robin. 21.Greater Kestrel. 22.Meyer's Parrot. 23.Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark. 24.Southern Brown-throated Weaver. 25.Brown Firefinch. 26.Jameson's Firefinch. 27.Ayres's Hawk-Eagle. 28.Gabon Boubou. 29.White-headed Lapwing. 30.African Snipe. 31.African Skimmer. 32.White-fronted Bee-eater. 33.Yellow-rumped Seedeater. 34.Wattled Starling. 35.Cape Wagtail. 36.Slaty Egret.. 37.Swainson's Spurfowl. 38.Double-banded Sandgrouse. 39.Burchell's Glossy-Starling. 40. Black Tit. 41.Red-headed Weaver. 42.Bradfield's Hornbill (V). 43.Southern Pied-Babbler. 44.Lizard Buzzard. 45.White-crowned Shrike. 46.Dwarf Bittern. 47.African Scops-Owl (V). 48.Saddle-billed Stork. 49.Black Cuckoo (V). 50.Coppery-tailed Coucal. 51.Southern Masked-Weaver. 52.Bennett's Woodpecker. 53.Burnt-neck Eremomela. 54.Dickinson's Kestrel. 55.Greater Honeyguide. 56.Angola Babbler (V). 57.Southern White-faced Owl (V). 58.Fawn-colored or Abyssinian Lark.(V) 59.African Barred Owlet (V). 60.Red-billed Francolin. 61.Scaly Weaver. 62.Chat Flycatcher. 63.Small Buttonquail 64.Racket-tailed Roller(V). 65.White-backed Duck. 66.Eastern Clapper Lark. 67.Arnot's Chat. 68.Rufous-bellied Heron.
MAMMALS:
1.African wild dog (T) . 2.Steenbok. 3. Caracal. 4.Southern lechwe 5.Greater kudu. 6.Sable antelope. 7.Southern Oryx. 8.Smith's bush squirrel (V). 9.Yellow mongoose. 10.African savanna hare. 11.Plains zebra (V).12.Side-striped jackal.
REPTILES: Ground Agama
FLORA : 1.Baobab(T). 2.Mopanie. 3.Kigelia - Sausage Tree  
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.Schalow’s Turaco (V). 2. Yellow-billed Oxpecker (V). 3.Crested Barbet (V). 4.Southern Ground-Hornbil (V). 5.Chinspot Batis. 6.Arrow-marked Babbler (V). 7.White-backed Vulture (V). 8.Abdim’s Stork. 9.Common Ostrich. 10.Southern Anteater-Chat. 11.African Fish-Eagle. 12.Broad-billed Roller. 13.Crested Francolin. 14.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 15.Helmeted Guineafowl. 16.Kori Bustard (T). 17.Spotted Thick-knee. 18.Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse. 19.Pied Kingfisher. 20.Striated Heron. 21.Squacco Heron. 22.Green-backed Camaroptera. 23.Sacred Ibis. 24.African Openbill. 25.Pearl-spotted Owlet (T,V). 26.Grey Crowned-Crane. 27.Blacksmith Lapwing (V). 28.Ring-necked Dove. 29.Mariqua Sunbird. 30.African Pipit (V). 31.Red-capped Lark. 32.Crowned Lapwing. 33.Dark Chanting-Goshawk. 34.Temminck’s Courser. 35.Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark.(T) 36.Rufous-naped Lark. 37.Pied Crow. 38.Black-winged Kite. 39.Lappet-faced Vulture. 40.Wood Sandpiper. 41.Cape Teal. 42.Little stint. 43.Pied Avocet. 44.Kittlitz’s Plover. 45.Curlew Sandpiper. 46.Greater Flamingo. 47.Amur Falcon. 48.Lilac-brested Roller. 49.Magpie Shrike(V). 50.Yellow-throated Sandgruse. 51.Marabou Stork. 52.Hooded Vulture. 53.Spur-winged Goose. 54.Yellow-billed Stork. 55.Laughing Dove. 56.African Darter. 57.Great Egret. 58.Purple Heron. 59.Little Egret. 60.Woodland Kingfisher. 61.White-faced Whistling Duck. 62.Water Thick-knee. 63.Long-tailed Cormorant. 64.Egyptian Goose. 65.Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling. 66.White-browed Robin-Chat. 67.Mourning Collared-Dove. 68.Lesser Flamingo (T). 69.Fork-tailed Drongo. 70.African Spoonbill. 71.Glossy Ibis. 72.African Jacana. 73.Three-banded Plover. 74.Black-winged Stilt. 75.Yellow-billed Kite. 76.Red-backed Shrike. 77.White-browed Coucal. 78.Lesser Grey Shrike. 79.Red-billed Oxpecker. 80.Twany Eagle. 81.Brown Snake-Eagle. 82.Golden-brested Bunting. 83.Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 84.Ethiopian Boubou. 85.Namaqua Dove. 86.Estern Paradiese-Whydah. 87. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. 88.Southern Fiscal. 89.Blue-brested Cordonbleu. 90.Little Bee-eater. 91.Hamerkop. 92.Black-winged Patricole. 93.Hottentot Teal. 94.Goliath Heron. 95.Gray Go-away-Bird. 96.Cut-Throat. 97.Southern Gray-headed Sparrow. 98.Long-toed Lapwing. 99.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill. 100.Dideric Cuckoo. 101.Red-billed Teal. 102.Wahlberg’s Eagle. 103.Red-billed Firefinch. 104.Rattling Cisticola. 105.Montagu’s Harier. 106.Capped Wheatear. 107.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 108.Woolly-necked Stork. 109.Common Greater Painted-snipe. 110.Knob-billed Duck. 111.Collared Patricole. 112.White-winged Tern. 113.Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl (V). 114.Batelur. 115.African Gray Hornbill. 116.Grey Heron. 117.Yellow-throated Petronia. 118.Martial Eagle. 119.Black-collared Barbet. 120.Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 121.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 122.African Stonechat. 123.Rufous-chested Swallow. 124.Red-backed Scrub-Robin. 125.African Paradise-Flycatcher. 126.African Hoopoe. 127.Zitting Cisticola. 128.Red-eyed Dove. 129.Yellow-bellied Greenbul.130.African Pygmy-Goose.131.Great Spotted Cuckoo 132.Levaillant's Cuckoo.133.Intermediate Egret. 134.Plain-backed Pipit. 135.Tawny-flanked Prinia.
MAMMALS:
1.African savanna elefant (T,V). 2.Southern Giraffe (T). 3.Blue Wildebeest. 4.Common Dwarf Mangoose. 5.Springbok. 6.Cheetah (T). 7.Waterbuck. 8.Lion. 9.Leopard. 10.Impala. 11.Common Warthog. 12.Chacma baboon. 13.African Buffalo. 14.Black-backed Jackal. 15.Common Hippopotamus. 16.Banded Mongoose.
REPTILES: 1.Nile Crocodile. 2.Savannah Monitor. 3.Nile Monitor.

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