Namibia day seven

Another great day in Etosha NP. Yesterday we stayed at the Okaukuejo Resort and did the water hole last night and pre-dawn this morning and then today we have travelled through the park on a safari drive and arrived at Halali Resort for a night drive tonight.

10 lifers today, so once again all good.

Live trip report HERE. 220 species so far.

Red-necked Falcon (above and below)

Greater Kestrel

Marsh Owl by day

Pale Chanting Goshawk

Ostrich family

Female Montagu’s Harrier

Capped Wheatear

Spike-heeled Lark

Sociable Weaver

Double-banded Courser

Violet-eared Waxbill

Yellow Mongoose

Southern African Ground Squirrel

Four-striped Field Mouse

Springbok

Plain's Zebra on Etosha Pan

Oryx

Black-backed Jackal on an Impala kill

Savannah Elephant

Black Rhino at night at the water hole

Our first Lions at dawn on a Zebra kill

The Okaukuejo Water hole by night- we had a big storm last night too which was amazing 

Namibia day six

 We started the morning birding around the White Lady Lodge and then travelled north to Ethosa NP with a few stops on the way.

7 lifers today.

Live Trip Report: HERE

Damara Hornbill

Purple Roller

Ruppell's Parrot

Namaqa Sandgrouse at White Lady Lodge watering hole (above and below) 

Gabar Goshawk

Short-toed Rock Thrush 

Chestnut-sided Warbler

White-browed Scrub Robin 

Spotted Flycatcher. Other Palearctic migrants around so far include Willow Warbler, Bee-eater and Barn Swallows.

Southern White-faced Scops Owl

Freckled Nightjar 

Namibia day five

Today we travelled between the Onduda Safari Lodge to the White Lady Lodge near the Brandberg Mountains with a few stops on the way. 

14 lifers today. All good. 

Live trip report HERE. 

Rockrunner

Monteiro's Hornbill

Violet Wood-hoopoe

Red-billed Spurfowl. We also had Hartlaub's Spurfowl today but tricky and missed the pic.

Black-throated Canary

African Scops Owl

Pearl Spotted Owlet

Ruppell's Bustards, male and female 

Rock Kestrel

Bokmakerie

Damara Dikdik

Impala (Black-faced)

Rock Hyrax

Namibia day four

Today we made our way into the interior with a few stop offs including around Spitzkoppe before arriving at Ondudu Safari Lodge. It was a big haul of birds with 27 lifers and our first large mammals too including Angola Giraffe, Kudu, Springbok, Steenbok, Impala and Rock Hyrax. 

The bird year list is now on 1022 so well past the target of 1000 species in a year.

White-quilled Bustard

Ruppell's Bustard

Red-crested Bustard

Stark's Lark

Karoo Long-billed Lark

Rufous-eared Warbler

Black-fronted Bulbuls

Steenbok

Southern (Angola) Giraffe

Ondudu Safari Lodge accommadation