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2016-09-16: Feel Good Friday

It’s been awhile, so I had to get some elephants on again for my Feel Good Friday post.  Just look at that little baby!

Wishing everyone a fantastic weekend ahead 🙂

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Elephant herd at Phinda Game Reserve, May 2015.  1/640 sec, f8.0, ISO 3200

Please note, I’m away for several weeks, so I have scheduled my regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday posts in advance. I will moderate and respond to any comments just as soon as I am able.

I am hoping to be taking loads of photos, so if you would like to follow along, please feel free to give my page a like on Facebook @jennifersawickyphotography and a follow over on Instagram at jensawicky.

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2016-09-09: Feel Good Friday

I hope everyone has had a great week, and a wonderful weekend ahead 🙂

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This warthog appeared to have some stylists at the ready.  A silly photo I know, but I loved the hair catching the sunlight!  Okavango Delta, April 2015.  1/1600 sec, f7.1, ISO 500

I’m away for several weeks, so I have scheduled my regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday posts in advance. I will moderate and respond to any comments just as soon as I am able.

I am hoping to be taking loads of photos, so if you would like to follow along, please feel free to give my page a like on Facebook @jennifersawickyphotography and a follow over on Instagram at jensawicky.

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2016-09-05: Monochrome Monday

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A group of elephants leaving a waterhole in the Sabi Sands, South Africa.  May, 2015.  1/200sec, f8.0, ISO 4000

 

I’m away for several weeks, so I have scheduled my regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday posts in advance. I will moderate and respond to any comments just as soon as I am able.

I am hoping to be taking loads of photos, so if you would like to follow along, please feel free to give my page a like on Facebook @jennifersawickyphotography and a follow over on Instagram at jensawicky.

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2016-09-04: Cee's Photo Challenge Feathers

I noticed this challenge before taking off on holidays, and thought it would be a great chance to showcase a series of photos I had edited and saved in a folder titled water birds.

I hope you enjoy!

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A rufous bellied heron.
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An African darter drying its wings.
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An egret stalking in the shallows.
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A mixed group perched in a dead tree, including African spoonbills and sacred ibis.
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An African jacana.
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A grey heron standing very close to a nile crocodile.
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A brown hooded kingfisher.
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A pair of malachite kingfishers.
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A hammerkop.
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A pair of pied kingfishers in the Okavango Delta.

Please note, I’m away for several weeks, so I have scheduled some posts in advance. I will moderate and respond to any comments just as soon as I am able.

I am hoping to be taking loads of photos, so if you would like to follow along, please feel free to give my page a like on Facebook @jennifersawickyphotography and a follow over on Instagram at jensawicky.

 

Cee’s Photo Challenge: Feathers

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2016-06-12: What I’ve seen this week

I’ve chastised myself for this before, but apparently I hadn’t learned the lesson well enough.
This morning I went out for a walk…without my camera.  And then saw the first foxes I’ve seen in the daytime. 🙁
So, all I can share of this are some grainy cellphone snaps… and hopefully, I’ve finally learned my lesson!

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I'm grateful neither fox was hit as they were darting back and forth across the road and running along the top of the medians.

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2016-05-22: What I’ve seen this week

I spent last weekend in the Lower Mainland, and took some time Saturday morning to head out to my old stomping ground along the dikes to see what I could see.  I was surprised not to see a single osprey nesting, no herons, eagles or hawks… but the smaller songbirds and swallows were out in force to the far end of the dike, where there are usually less people.

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Bird on a wire… I love it when the swallows pause long enough for a photo.
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Try as I might, I can’t make an ID of this bird; but it was singing the loveliest songs.
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A red-winged blackbird.
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A hummingbird trying to bully a swallow.
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A swallow perched in the tree, whilst many others swooped overhead, collecting bugs.
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An American Goldfinch eyeing a hummingbird rather wearily.  The hummingbird had been going after any other bird in what she considered to be her territory.  I guess this was a moment of truce.
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A sunny spring morning along the Pitt River.

Closer to home…

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I spotted this bunny while out walking this morning (along with a trio of deer).  I loved the sunlight illuminating the ears.
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I’m not 100% sure, but I believe this is a hermit thrush that I spotted int he bushes while out walking.

 

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2016-01-26: WPC Optimistic

I am optimistic that all of these beautiful creatures will have the opportunity to live out their lives in the way nature intended, without the influence of poacher’s or trophy hunter’s bullets.  That is my hope, and if like minded people continue to join together, perhaps it will happen in my lifetime.

 

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This pangolin was definitely the most photographed animal on Londolozi that day. It was one of my safari dreams to see a pangolin. 
Londolozi, May 2015

 

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A leopard with one of her young, as they worked to reunite with the second cup (gratefully we were able to witness the reunion). 
Ngala Game Reserve, May 2015

 

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Part of an elephant parade on route to a waterhole for an early evening drink. 
Sabi Sands, May 2015

 

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A rhino calf eyes us up while his Mom has a drink. 
Phinda Game Reserve, April 2015

 

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We were fortunate to spend time with this lioness with her pair of young cubs (one was lying flat behind Mom when I snapped this). 
Kalahari Desert, April 2015

 

WPC: Optimistic

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