2016-12-11: What I've seen this week

***December 12th – I guess I forgot to actually hit post on this yesterday – oops! ***

While I have actually seen quite a lot this week around the neighbourhood, it has mostly been too cold to get the camera out to capture anything while out walking.  -22C was the average temperature for my morning walks, and I had to resort to mittens, which don’t lend themselves to quick wildlife shots!  The deer and fox have been around a lot, as well as the hairy woodpeckers and lots of chickadees.

For the first time in a long time though, I spotted a northern flicker in the yard, and that is the lone photo of the week (since I could take it through my office window).

Have a great week everyone!

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2016-12-11: What I’ve seen this week

***December 12th – I guess I forgot to actually hit post on this yesterday – oops! ***

While I have actually seen quite a lot this week around the neighbourhood, it has mostly been too cold to get the camera out to capture anything while out walking.  -22C was the average temperature for my morning walks, and I had to resort to mittens, which don’t lend themselves to quick wildlife shots!  The deer and fox have been around a lot, as well as the hairy woodpeckers and lots of chickadees.

For the first time in a long time though, I spotted a northern flicker in the yard, and that is the lone photo of the week (since I could take it through my office window).

Have a great week everyone!

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2016-12-09: Feel Good Friday

This sighting made me smile; watching these cubs playing with each other while their Mom and the pride males lounged around nearby.

I’ll have a few more images to share from this experience in the coming weeks and months 🙂

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A pair of lion cubs playing tug of war with a stick.  Masai Mara, Kenya. September 2016.

Wishing everyone a great weekend ahead!

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2016-12-08: Birds of Southern Africa

As promised on Sunday, another selection of birds of Southern Africa.

Enjoy, and have a wonderful day!

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The beautiful lilac breasted roller.
yellow-throated-longclaw
A yellow-throated long claw seen at Phinda.
pied-kingfisher
A pied kingfisher in the reeds of the Okavango Delta.
lilac-breasted-roller
A lilac breasted roller… even the guide couldn’t figure out exactly what it was doing.
lappet-faced-vulture
A lappet-faced vulture seen in the Kalahari Desert.
guinea-fowl
Guinea fowl roosting in the treetops.
glossy-starling
A glossy starling.
common-fiscal
A common fiscal.

2016-12-04: Birds of Southern Africa

I was going through my folder of edited photos and realized I have a large number of random bird photos ready to go.  Which is good, because I’ve not managed to get out and capture any of the local wildlife lately!

Even splitting the group of photos I found into two, I’ve still got a fair number of bird photos to post in the future!

I hope you enjoy, and have a great day!

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A magpie shrike perched in an acacia tree.
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A lilac breasted roller perching beautifully for a photo.
kori-bustard
A pair of kori bustards in the Kalahari Desert.
green-backed-heron
A green backed heron hunting along the edge of a dam.
brown-hooded-kingfisher
A brown hooded kingfisher.
african-sacred-ibis
A sacred ibis flies over on of the swamps of the Okavango Delta.
african-hoopoe
An African wood hoopoe.
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