Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

No Justins, No Peace

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

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One of the places we visited in Africa a couple of years ago was Zambia. After flying into the Livingstone airport, we were driven to a safari camp on the Zambezi River upstream of Victoria Falls. We did day trips to the falls and to a fascinating museum about the former Jewish community in Zambia. However, the best activity was early morning and late afternoon boat trips on the Zambezi.

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Zambia - Safari Camp

The Zambezi River is the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. This was during the high water season. There were many partially or completely submerged small islands. 

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Zambia - Safari Camp

The camp would sometimes be visited by our distant relatives. The camp rules required us to remain in our tents at night because the hippos may come ashore to graze.

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Zambezi River - midstream

The boat went past a pair of Egyptian Geese on a tiny bit of brush emerging from the water. As we got closer they took off and I got this photo of one of them.

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Zambezi River - midstream

An African Darter drying off its wings. They spear prey with the pointed beak and lack the oils to keep their feathers dry.

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Zimbabwe shore

A White-fronted Bee-eater. They hang out in groups along the river bank.

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Zambezi River - midstream island

This Fish Eagle appears to have some blood on the feathers above its eye. I don’t know if it was from a wound or from a recent meal.

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Zambezi River - midstream island

This is a photo taken near sunset of a White-backed Vulture.

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Zambezi River - midstream

Note the difference in the surface of the water. The boat was heading upstream just before sunset. A portion of the river was constricted between a couple of islands and sped up as a result. The captain gunned the engines to overcome the current.

Bigger animals coming in the next post.

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19Comments

  1. 1.

    eclare

    What a wonderful trip!  That looks like an interesting museum, I had no idea there was a big Jewish population in Zambia.

    Looking forward to the next post!

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    Ramalama

    Love those photos. Didn’t the author Alexadra Fuller live in Zambia and Zimbabwe? Very hard scrabble life. Gorgeous, dangerous. Her writing is incredible, but no pictures. Can’t wait to see the next set from your trip.

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    TerryC

    Oh, thanks so much. When we were there I had the choice of visiting upstream from the falls or bungee jumping from the bridge. I chose bungee jumping.

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    pieceofpeace

    These photos convey a relaxed, enjoyment of magnificent birds, nature.  Thanks

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    arrieve

    Wonderful pictures, wonderful memories. I stayed in a lodge on the Zambezi in 2012, and remember hearing the hippos clomping past our tents on their way back to the river in the very early morning. I never got any great pictures of the birds though, and really enjoyed these.

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    Prometheus Shrugged

    I’ll be there next week (for scientific fieldwork). I should have had you collect water samples for us!  Were you there at the right time of the year to see the Carmine Bee Eaters?

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    Yutsano

    Came for the Albatrossity comment. Hopefully he’ll be along soon. Having said that, your pictures are amazing! Not to mention birb heavy posts get more attention around here

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    TheOtherHank

    For the adrenaline junkies out there, there is really good whitewater on the Zambezi.  I had friends who were whitewater guides there. They all agreed that the hippos were much scarier than the crocodiles.

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    Prometheus Shrugged

    @lashonharangue: Yeah, April was probably just a little too late in the year for them. I’ve only been in the dry season myself, so I haven’t been lucky enough yet. My wife (who grew up in Zambia) tells me stories. Anyway, your terrific photos have me really looking forward to my trip. Thanks for sharing.

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    way2blue

    Oh.  That vulture.  Straight out of a children’s fable.  Nightmare fable meant to terrify them into eating their peas…  Zambezi is such a great name for a river.  Had me remembering Kipling’s ‘Elephant Child’ and the”‘great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River all set about with fever-trees”.  Thanks for the glimpse of a cool river trip in an exotic place.

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