Given the sheer quantity of warthogs I saw while at Zimanga Game Reserve, I’m surprised it has taken me this long to post any photos of them. They were everywhere I looked, from dawn till dusk. In our yard, wandering down the road (and seeming to take great joy in holding up the vehicle progress) and I am pretty certain there was at least one (probably more) hanging around every time we stopped the vehicle to do our tracking.
They could be described as having a face only a mother could love, but honestly I found something kind of endearing about them. And if nothing else, I really, really needed to work on a blog post of a land dweller, or I’d have to change the tagline of my site to “Images of birds and more birds”.
Have a great evening!
![A young warthog I caught snooping around the garden while I was outside photographing the birds. 1/500 sec, f7.1, ISO 100](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150213_warthogs.jpg?resize=525%2C350)
1/500 sec, f7.1, ISO 100
![The second before "Oh no, they see me!" 1/640 sec, f9.0, ISO 400](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150213_warthogs-2.jpg?resize=525%2C350)
1/640 sec, f9.0, ISO 400
![Catching a nap in the mid afternoon heat, in the garden of the Wildlife ACT volunteer house. 1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 250](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150213_warthogs-3.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 250
![Big tusks on this one! 1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 1100](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150213_warthogs-4.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 1100
![A large female warthog popped by the Mkombe bird hide for a drink. 1/1250 sec, f8.0, ISO 1600](https://jsawicky.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/20150213_warthogs-5.jpg?resize=525%2C351)
1/1250 sec, f8.0, ISO 1600