One of my favourite aspects of going out on safari is that you never know what you will see. You could turn any corner and find the unexpected right behind it – be it birds, tracks or animals, and on this particular drive what we saw was indeed very unexpected… We had stopped for a… [Read More]
A Week in the Bush Vol. 364
Let’s start this week’s blog with a rare sighting. Perhaps not everyone enjoys birding, but a sighting of this Trumpeter Hornbill is worthy of first mention! Marco was in the right place at the right time and got to spend some good time with this rare find! We stopped at a termite mound to investigate… [Read More]
A Week in the Bush Vol. 363
There is a definite dip in early morning and evening temperatures in the bush, but the animals were out in full force again this week with more wonderful sightings, including our first sightings of some very cute new additions to Sabi Sabi. And let’s start with the little ones… We found tracks of female lions… [Read More]
Beaks, Feathers & Colours
As you have read in the title of this blog, I don’t only want to talk about birds, but also show you some of my pictures of these often beautifully coloured, feathered and sometimes sharp-beaked creatures we call birds. First of all, what is a bird? By definition, it is a warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animal distinguished… [Read More]
A Week in the Bush Vol. 359
Once again, the bush has not disappointed us this week, thriving with activity. A few of the leopards have been around… Late in the afternoon we went to see Xovonekela male who had a kill stashed in a tree in the south of the reserve. When we got there, he had just descended from the… [Read More]
