Category: Wildlife

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2016-05-29: All About the Light

It’s been a slow week for photos on my daily walks; and I had planned to spend some time photographing the hummingbirds this weekend, but yesterday slipped away from me, and today is completely miserable.  So, it was into my archive of photos to edit instead.

The following are a pretty random group of photos,the only real common element being lovely light.

I hope you enjoy!

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A leopard in the Okavango Delta in bright, early morning light. I love the glow of the long grasses framing the leopard.
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An Okavango sunset, with hints of light on the marsh grasses.
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A lone giraffe traverses through the low, scrubby brush at Phinda Game Reserve.
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A pair of springbok near Sossusvlei, Namibia. I think the glow of the sun provides an interesting outline to the pair.
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I don’t quite know what it is about this photo, but I really like it.

 

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2016-05-24: WPC Jubilant

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This pair of young elephants were such a joy to watch.  They spent time playing with sticks (the discarded one on the roadway had been proudly carried by the closer of the two for some time), tussling and chasing each other, and nibbling on the leaves and grasses.  

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2016-05-23: Monochrome Monday

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A red winged blackbird sings his heart out. I was so glad to see this bird singing, as the song has been tormenting me from the bushes for years, and I could never figure out who was making the sound until this past weekend.
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A bit of a silly photo; the bird taking flight looks like a turtle to me 🙂
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A northern flicker perched atop a power pole.
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2016-05-15: Hornbills

I’m out of town this weekend, and got this post ready ahead of time, as I knew I wouldn’t be back in time to do my usual “What I’ve seen this week” post.  I hope you enjoy this instead.

According to a quick Google search, there are 29 different hornbills in Southern Africa.  So far, I’ve seen 5 of them.  The variety of shapes and colours was the reason I wanted to create this post.

Now for the photos!

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A crowned hornbill. South Africa, April 2015
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A red-billed hornbill. Botswana, April 2015
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A yellow-billed hornbill (or as my Dad calls them, flying bananas). Botswana, April 2015
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A ground hornbill seen on my first trip to South Africa, April 2013.
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A grey hornbill. South Africa, May 2015
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A red-billed hornbill. Botswana, April 2015
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