African Birds 2018

This is our second gallery from our 2018 African safari featuring the many birds we enjoyed watching and photographing. See also the African Mammals and African Elephant galleries as well. A highlight of my bird photography was spending a couple of hours watching pied kingfishers fluttering above the water and then diving into the water to catch their prey.

Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Weaver (southern masked)
Birds 2018 Weaver southern masked
Weaver (southern masked)
Birds 2018 Weaver southern masked
Yellow-billed stork
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
Yellow-billed stork
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Yellow-billed stork
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Southern carmine bee-eaters
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
Southern carmine bee-eaters
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
Southern carmine bee-eaters
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
Southern carmine bee-eaters
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
Southern carmine bee-eaters
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
This saddle-billed stork caught this fish and then spent 10 minutes spearing it with her beak to soften it up. Then in one quick move it gulped it down whole.
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
African wattled lapwing
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Mfuwe
Fish eagle
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Fish eagle
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Fish eagle
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Grey heron and cormorant
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Grey heron sweeping across the horizon
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Grey heron
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Glossy ibis
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Squacco heron
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Squacco heron
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Moremi Game Reserve
Squacco heron in flight
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Moremi Game Reserve
African sacred ibis
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
African spoonbill
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Southern red-billed hornbill
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Owl
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
African darter
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
African darter
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Moremi Game Reserve
Reed cormorant
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Bateleur
Birds 2018 Namibia Walvis Bay
Quail
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Pied kingfishers
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Chobe National Park
Birds 2018 Africa2018 Moremi Game Reserve