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Birding Botswana’s Borders

10,000 Birds

Leaving from the border town of Kasane we meandered westwards along the northern edge of the massive Chobe National Park to our left and the far eastern tip of Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. The river cruises up the Chobe River are most famous for the dry season aggregations of African Bush Elephants drawn to the year-round water.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

African Pygmy-goose ( Nettapus auritus ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 1 January. Crested Guineafowl, ( Guttera pucherani ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. Crested Francolin ( Dendroperdix sephaena ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. African Darter ( Anhinga rufa ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 2 January.

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