Shoo its been quite a week, Adriaans family visited after a mammoth journey from Uniondale in South Africa and had a great time, he was able to show them Sharp-tailed Starlings and Souza's Shrikes, his Dad also managed to catch a Shamvura Tiger fish. Ethan (Nomadic Birder) moved on to Sitwa on the Kwando River to start some training with Conservancy bird guides for IRDNC (Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation). We also had the Bassi-Hanssen family visit for 2 days from Okonjima, Rosalee, Luigi and their 3 kids. They experienced their first hippos and crocodiles, enjoyed the river and caught a wide range of different fish, all catch and release except for 1 a Pink Happy which we prepared as a starter for dinner.
The Paradise Flycatchers arrived during last week always a sign to us that summer is really well on its way........this has been confirmed by the Manketti trees starting to leaf in the garden always welcome as we head into the hot dry October and November months.
Mark prepared his own power point presentation (a first and a milestone for him) normally Charlie prepares them from information he gives her. This was a presentation that he gave to the OKACOM (Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission) Biodiversity Task Force holding a 3 day meeting at the Fisheries Institute at Divundu. Mark leads OkBMC (Okavango Basin Management Committee) Biodiversity and Environment working group here in the Kavango Region. The presentation went really well and although he was given only 20 minutes the discussion went on for 2 hours. The main aim was for the BDW to gain collaboration with particularly Angola for their planned monitoring programme at the 8 Biodiversity hotspots or areas of interest along the Namibian stretch of the Okavango River. So all in all its been a WOOHOO week at Shamvura Camp!
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