The Chobe River is a special place for nature photographers and nature lovers. One side of the river is Botswana, the other side, Namibia. Beautiful birds are nesting along the both shorelines.
Malachite Kingfisher
© Diane Kelsay
Malachite Kingfisher
© Bob Harvey
White Fronted Bee Eater
© Diane Kelsay
Pied Kingfisher
© Diane Kelsay
And the nest robbers go after the eggs.
Water Monitor Lizard
© Diane Kelsay
The Southern Red Bishop searches the reeds for building materials.
Southern Red Bishop
© Bob Harvey
He builds several nests for his home show and invites the female for a look.
Inspection of the nest.
© Diane Kelsay
Elephants love the water, where they drink, eat, cool off and play.
© Diane Kelsay
© Diane Kelsay
Riverbank mud bath.
© Diane Kelsay
And sometimes their life ends in the river. Dozens of Nile Crocodiles feasted on this elephant for a day – and then for some reason, moved it about a half mile upstream during the night, and then cleaned up what remained.
© Diane Kelsay
© Diane Kelsay
© Diane Kelsay
And of course, the mighty Fish Eagle. Sometimes the call is the first sound of the morning.
© Diane Kelsay
© Bob Harvey
© Bob Harvey
Along the riverside, lions like to roam in and out of the trees, along the sandbars…
© Diane Kelsay
The roar was the loudest we ever heard.
© Diane Kelsay
Clearly she was busy grooming and didn’t want to respond.
© Diane Kelsay
Looks like he is waiting for her.
© Diane Kelsay
© Bob Harvey
The river is loaded with hippos. Lots of action!
© Bob Harvey
© Diane Kelsay
Hippo looking for trouble!
© 2018 Diane Kelsay
It’s a beautiful river.
© Diane Kelsay
© Diane Kelsay
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