LITTLE HUNTER
13 September 2018

It sits, perched on a twig. Observing. Waiting.

In a flash of colour, it shoots off towards the pond, darting towards its still unaware prey. The mosquito sees the dragonfly too late. She catches her prey and despatches […]

YELLOW PANSY
20 September 2018

I spent fifteen minutes on my belly, in the sand, with a mopani bee committed to get up my right nostril to get this photograph.

Why, you may ask. It is dull, obviously flies, and well, boring.

Is this […]

CATTLE EGRET
27 September 2018

Poised for flight.

The Cattle Egret. This insectivore is a common sight at Kaingo. They are found in flocks, flying in a typical V formation from their feeding grounds to their roosts near the Mokolo river.

Why are they […]

HAMERKOP
04 October 2018

It waits.

Patiently scanning the frothing water for the tell- tale silver flash of a fish or a frog to come just into reach of its every ready bill.

The Hamerkop (directly translated into hammer head) is one of the most […]

ELEPHANTS AND MENTORSHIP
11 October 2018

“Daddy, why is the big one bullying the small one”?

We are looking at two elephant bulls. Tusks locked in a wrestling match. Their massive heads collide with an audible crash like far off thunder. The younger […]

BLACK STORK BREEDING
25 October 2018

It was riding the spring wind like an eagle. Long red legs prominent beyond the white of the underside.

“Cigüeña negra”. That was my Spanish guest, peering intently skywards through his binoculars.

“Ja, Black Stork”; I confirm, savouring […]