African Spoonbill

Feeding



Take Off



Midflight




Platalea Alba


African Spoonbill

Yellow Billed Stork

Preening

Feeding




Flight



Mycteria ibis

Yellow Billed Stork

Pied Kingfisher

Perched on a tree scouting




Scouting




Diving



Hovering



Batman pose




Diving

Diving

Diving









Ceryle rudis

Pied Kingfisher

White fronted Bee eaters

Merops bullockoides

White Fronted bee-eaters

Blacksmith Plovers

Vanellus armatus

Blacksmith Plover

Keeping my sexy in the bush

I am my mother's daughter, so I know what happens if I let myself go. To keep things in check; I had to be quite inventive since:
1. I live in the bush
2. The camp is not fenced
3. I'd rather get a bit round than have a fat angry hippo chomp my ass while I jog to The Killers
4. I don't diet

SO i got a stepping machine, some yoga straps and packed my yoga mat as well. They guys (and Christina) finally grabbed a chance to ask me what on earth that contraption was that got me huffing and puffing for an hour every day. So I invited them to give it a try...



Here is Christina doing the "glam" version



And Joseph showing how its done

Thank you Trojan!

Some of my friends are animals-2

Tusker is back.


It's 7:10pm and pitch dark, the full moon is 36 hours gone. I can't see him but I can hear him grunting and breaking things. Not his usual way, he sounds a bit frustrated with this particular branch. At sunset, he startled and then delighted the guests as he went around camp making it his own by pooing everywhere. Such a powerful sound, a breaking tree so effortless but complete. The amazing thing is that the same animal behind all this destruction is capable of deftly picking one single stalk of long thin veldt grass with the same tool. An elephant's trunk has to be the most dexterous tool available on the market. I digress- the point is, its the coolest thing to experience the strength of an elephant in the dark.