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Pel’s Fishing Owls, Phantoms of the Okavango

10,000 Birds

When visiting the Makgadikgadi Pans region we spotted several Marsh Owls quartering the pan fringes at dusk and, at Mowana Lodge in the Chobe, we had protracted views of their resident Barn Owl. This news made our crew cautiously optimistic as it meant that the local guides probably had a pair’s whereabouts staked out.

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