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- Water Thick-knees resting on the bank of the Chobe River.
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- Two young Water Thick-kness demanding food from their mother – with little success in this case
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- Wattled Lapwing scouring the Chobe River bank for edibles. These birds are easily differentiated from White-crowned Lapwings by the red base to the wattles and streaked neck.These are fairly common in Botswana, Zimbabwe and Northern parts of South Africa.
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- Long-toed Lapwing standing on a small sand patch in the reed bed island in the Chobe River. These are uncommon residents and usually only found along the Northern Botswana and Zimbabwe environs.
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- Water-Thick-knees mainly eat insects – success!
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- The Water Thick-knee is primarily nocturnal and are found alongside river courses.
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- Wattled Lapwing with the distinctive yellow wattles and legs.
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- Young crowned Lapwing looking for insects in the short grass close to Leeupan in Kruger Park.
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- Water Thick-knees are waders. They can be active during the day but being mainly nocturnal are more often seen resting on the river bank.
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- Water Thick-knee drinking by scooping up the water much like an Ostrich.
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- Very small Blacksmith Lapwing chicks along the Chobe River. If it wasn’t for the dark clay background we would not have seen them.
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- Very young Blacksmith Lapwing chick.
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- Very young Blacksmith Lapwing chicks.
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- Very young Blacksmith Lapwing chick.
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- Very young Blacksmith Lapwing chick.
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- A pair of Long-toed Lapwings mating on an island in the Chobe River.
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- Long-toed Lapwings seem to be territorial and are not scared to get stuck in when they need to.
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- Long-toed Lapwings fighting – they can be very aggressive towards each other.
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- White-crowned Lapwing also has yellow wattles but its legs are not bright yellow and its head is grey not streaked. It has a white crown like the Wattled Lapwing but no red base to the wattles.
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- Blacksmith Lapwing on rocky river bed in Mashatu.
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- Blacksmith Lapwing drinking from small pools of rainwater in the rocks in a river bed in Mashatu.
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- Blacksmith Lapwing resting on its knees just like a stork.
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- White-crowned Lapwings mating on the banks of the Chobe river.
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- The girls have to be strong in the bird world. A pair of White-crowned Lapwings mating. Notice the spurs on the wing elbows – best he keeps those out of the way.
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- Blacksmith Lapwings walking all over resting Hippo in the Chobe River. The Lapwings are attracted by all the insects around the basking Hippo.
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