Etosha National Park
Packed the car early morning and waiting anxiously for our bill. Made use of this time to photograph some more of the scenery and the little birds coming to the bird feeder and of course a few more shots of Otty! Then it was a stop at Rundu sewerage works for a few more birds, plus a very pleasant stop at Roy’s Camp for the Black faced babbler and saw some really nice Chestnut weavers and also got great shots of the Rosey faced love birds.Then a quick stop at the Engen in Tsumeb and coffee to tick the Wimpy. Warning they trap about 30km further on, what can I say, the traffic officials were very happy to get a few ice cold cooldrinks!
On to Etosha National Park Birds and Halali camp – which turned out to be quite a rush to get in at the gate on time. But we were still looking for another 3 birds so I could reach 600 before the New Year!
Well close enough found 2 more before midnight (and thought I had 600, but the nightjar is suspected to be a Rufous cheeked and not a new one). After a nice buffet dinner Sion and I brought the new year in watching the activity at Halali’s waterhole, which just got busier with every passing hour, but knowing we had an early morning next we finally forced ourselves to leave at 3am.
Etosha National Park