Chobe Game Lodge Newsletter, October 2006


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Page: 1 General
October is normally the hottest time of the year and we recorded day temperatures in excess of 40°C. Towards mid October there were reports of rain elsewhere in the region, but in the Kasane area only 2,5mm was recorded for the month afte ...

Page: 2 Birdlife
An estimated 460 species of birds inhabit the Chobe National Park and many of these species migrate during our winter. These birds are starting to return now in the late spring and early summer period so the species richness of the Chobe ...

Page: 3 Mammals
Our resident family of warthogs became quite a few babies richer this month. Warthogs live in small matriarchal family groups called sounders. They have a gestation period of about 5½ moths following their mating season at the beginning o ...