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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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2016-12-11: 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.
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A yellow-throated long claw seen at Phinda.
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A pied kingfisher in the reeds of the Okavango Delta.
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A lilac breasted roller… even the guide couldn’t figure out exactly what it was doing.
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A lappet-faced vulture seen in the Kalahari Desert.
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Guinea fowl roosting in the treetops.
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A glossy starling.
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A common fiscal.
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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.
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A pair of kori bustards in the Kalahari Desert.
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A green backed heron hunting along the edge of a dam.
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A brown hooded kingfisher.
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A sacred ibis flies over on of the swamps of the Okavango Delta.
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An African wood hoopoe.
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2016-12-02: Feel Good Friday

My first day in Buhoma in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, my group took an afternoon village walk with a local guide.  It was a very interesting experience, as we had the opportunity to tour the local school and meet one of the teachers and some of the students, walk through the village market and trek up the hill to visit the pygmy village.

I must admit, the walk up the the pygmy village had me winded and left me very worried for the gorilla trek that happened the following day!  Here I was huffing and puffing along, and had young children passing me carrying large containers of water home; it certainly made me appreciate the luxury of opening a tap at home for water even more than I did before.

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A welcome dance from the Batwa villagers.  Wearing hats made of natural materials was very important to the elders of the group.

After we left the pygmy village, we stopped to talk with locals making banana beer and banana gin (I passed up the opportunity to try either), and were treated to another dance by a group of locals.

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Near one of the shops in the village I spotted this sign; what an excellent example of diversified business strategies!

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