Etosha NP Day 3
I started off with a two hour walk along the track at the entrance to Mondjila. A fairy productive walk and a huge relief to find a trio of Bare-cheeked Babblers. It’s always good to come across something unexpectedly, and even more so meaning I don’t have to devote any more time to Halali Camp, as from today I have two nights at Okaukuejo Camp, staying in a Waterhole Chalet overlooking the floodlit waterhole where tonight a Black Rhino and several hundred Double-Banded Sandgrouse came in just before dark. I spent the morning generally relaxing and then entering the park late morning and doing most of the route that I did yesterday.
A very good day for mammals with three Elephants showing off really close, with a female Lioness also trying to get in with some of the action. After dark a few Rufous-cheeked Nightjars were around the waterhole and annoyingly an unidentified Owl flew through being chased off by a Black-headed Heron.
Highlights for the day are as follows:
Black-headed Heron - 3
Black-headed Heron - 3
Bateleur - 1
Kori Bustard - 5
Res-Crested Korhaan - 2
Double-Banded Courser - 2
African Hoopoe - 1
Greater Kestrel - 1
Crimson-breasted Shrike - 2
Brubru - 2
Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark - 2
Grey-backed Sparrowlark - 250
Yellow-breasted Apalis - 2
BARE-CHEEKED BABBLER - 3
African Pipit - 2
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting - 10
Golden-breasted Bunting - 10
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| Bare-cheeked Babblers |
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| African Red-eyed Bulbuls |
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| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting |
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| Ostrich |
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| Red-crested Korhaan |
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| Kori Bustard |
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| Sunrise at Mondjila |
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Okaukuejo Waterhole - a 30 metre walk
from the chalet
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