Results tagged “papyrus” on Earth Touch Blog
Did You Know? Papyrus Apr 14 2008
The newest Earth-Touch film location is the Moremi Game Reserve, situated in the heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. One of the most common sedge grasses found in this region is papyrus (Cyperus papyrus), the plant used by the ancient Egyptians to make the world’s first primitive paper.
Tags: africa, bird, botswana, egypt, grass, heron, moorhen, moremi, okavango delta, papyrus, plant, squacco, swamp, vegetation, waterbird, wetlandBirds flock to barbel run Oct 24 2007
The barbel run in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, attracts birds to feast on the multitude of fish.
Living the hide life … is for the birds Oct 2 2007
By Graham Springer, field crew
I’ve been filming out of Nxamaseri for the past three weeks. The Nxamaseri Channel is a major tributary of the Okavango River, about halfway up the panhandle area of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
Tags: basin, bird, chick, cubango river, cuito river, egg, hide, hippo, kalahari desert, monitor lizard, monkey, panhandle, papyrus, reed, reptile, sitatunga, snakeGearing up for the great catfish run Aug 10 2007
By Andy Crawford, field crew
Things have been happening early in Botswana this year, probably due to the unseasonably warm weather. The temperature has been over 30 degrees celsius (86 degrees fahrenheit) for the majority of this week, no doubt the build-up to a long, hot summer. The skimmers arrived on the sandbank months ahead of schedule and are gearing up to breed already and it seems as if the annual catfish run may also be happening sooner than expected. In the evenings one can hear the tell-tale snapping of the papyrus as the catfish hunt.
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