A giraffe reaching for a choice morsel, high up in an acacia tree.
Because of an abundant wet season, there was a lot of food (and relatively speaking) a lot of water on offer in the desert while I was there last April.
A steenbok pauses for a quick photo op before disappearing behind the scrubby trees growing in the sand. Hoanib Camp, Namibia. April 2017.A group of oryx get photobombed by a grazing springbok. Ongava Game Reserve, Namibia. April 2017.A lone nyala bull checks out his surroundings. Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa. May 2017.
I didn’t plan on taking yesterday off of posting, but I had a last minute invite to play golf, and decided to do that instead of sit in front of the computer. While I do my best to keep to the schedule I have set for myself for posting, sometimes a bit of leeway is in order, especially to take advantage of the all too short summer we have up here.
As for today, I wanted to share some more images from this fantastic leopard sighting. The interaction we got to see between the cubs, and the cubs and their mom had all of us on the vehicle laughing. The cubs raced around, climbing on everything in sight, tackling, chasing and biting at each other and then took the occasional break to have a cuddle with mom before repeating the process over again.
I hope you enjoy my picks for today. Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead.
The cubs pause at the top of a fallen tree to survey the landscape below. They didn’t pause long before they were off again, exploring the ravine.What goes up, must come down. There was some rather serious tail biting going on just after a shot this image. Mom does not look too impressed!
Keeping with the hummingbirds for another day. I wanted to try and do something a little different, and came up with this silhouette image of a rufous hummingbird.
Starting a Monday off right with an elephant image 🙂 This group of bulls was part of a larger bachelor herd that had moved down to the Boteti River from the Nxai Pan area. They were enjoying being in an area with a lot of water; spending lots of time washing off the white mud from the pans and splashing in the river. Here, a pair of bulls face off while a third heads in to join the fun.
A young rhino grazing peacefully in the early evening on Ongava Game Reserve in Namibia. May it have the opportunity to live in peace, free from the harm of poaching.
I thought it would be nice to start the week with some big cat cuteness. I spent a morning watching this gorgeous leopard family in a swampy ravine; Mom mostly resting and watching as the youngsters climbed trees, played in the swamp, ran around in random circles and terrorized each other. We were all laughing and smiling at the antics of the cubs, and I am glad I came away with some photos to share of the moment.
I hope you enjoy!
A recognizably dirty look as one cub gets all of Mom’s attention, and the other seems none too pleased about it.Watching the world from a perch on a high fallen tree.Diving for her sibling’s tail.One tries for a peaceful drink, while the other takes a bite of tail.Mom joined in on the fun as well, chasing the cubs up the hill. I’m not sure if the cub was attempting escape or a kick to her head…