Botswana – Page 16 – Jennifer Sawicky Photography

March 29, 2016

2016-03-29: WPC Half-light

With the sun just about halfway below the tree line, I thought this fit the bill for this week’s WPC topic, Half-light.

WPC: Half-light

March 23, 2016

2016-03-23: Wordless Wednesday

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March 18, 2016

2016-03-18: Feel Good Friday

TGIF!

For today’s feel good Friday post, I thought I’d share a trio of big cats.

I hope you enjoy, and have a wonderful day 🙂

20160318_FeelGoodFriday-2 — A lioness and her cubs in the surprisingly lush Kalahari desert, most likely heading off to find a place to sleep off the heat of the day.

20160318_FeelGoodFriday-3 — 3 more steps, and you’d say “Leopard, what leopard?” A master of camouflage heading into the tall grasses.

20160318_FeelGoodFriday — It’s wonderful to have the opportunity to shoot from different vantage points. This cheetah climbed a hill as our vehicle was parked at the base, offering this unique view.

You can find these, and more, over at jennifersawicky.smugmug.com

March 11, 2016

If you’re in Southern Africa in the autumn (April/May) you’ll be there during the impala rut. And believe me, you’ll find yourself uttering the same phrase I did repeatedly “What on earth was that noise?”

I still don’t understand how a creature like this, can make a sound like that. To hear it for yourself, check out sound number two on this website.

Both in Botswana and South Africa, we heard a lot of noise and commotion, and saw a few different groups of bachelors going crazy, running and jumping and locking horns.

20160311_Impala Rut.jpg — That’s the face that goes along with the noise. So attractive!

20160311_Impala Rut-2 — Is this what the ladies do when they hear that sound and see that face??? 🙂 I was in the right place at the right time to watch a herd of impala bounce through the bushes. This is a composite of 5 different photos.

20160311_Impala Rut-4 — A clash of horns.

20160311_Impala Rut-5 — Racing around, making noise, fighting about who is the manlier man.

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Unfortunately, the guys kind of lose their minds during this time, and throw their normal caution and vigilance to the wind. The result…

20160311_Impala Rut-3 — They end up as a snack for a hungry pride of lions (or leopards, cheetah, wild dog, hyaena). This was actually a very interesting sighting in itself, you can see more about it here.

March 2, 2016

2016-03-02: Wordless Wednesday

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February 11, 2016

2016-02-11: WPC Vibrant

I missed last week’s photo challenge, but when I saw it, I couldn’t resist posting a photo of one of my favourite birds, the lovely lilac breasted roller.

WPC: Vibrant

January 26, 2016

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.

20160126_WPC Optimistic-3 — 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

20160126_WPC Optimistic-4 — Part of an elephant parade on route to a waterhole for an early evening drink.
Sabi Sands, May 2015

WPC: Optimistic

January 25, 2016

2016-01-25: Monochrome Monday

December 28, 2015

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One of my dream wildlife sightings / photo opportunity was to see a leopard in a tree. I’m sure I mentioned it before, but it happened in what I felt was an unlikely place, the Okavango Delta.

I was looking through photos with my Mom yesterday and came across these after not having seen them for awhile, and I thought they would be great to edit in black and white. I still have a lot more shots to get through 🙂

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