A couple of years ago the Red-billed Quelea nested on Malilangwe. This is an incredible sight where acres and acres of small trees, usually the thorny acacias, get smothered in neatly woven nests.
Quelea nest in these huge colonies and can breed 2 or 3 times in a season which can swell the birds numbers into millions in no time at all. In such numbers the devastation caused by the birds on wheat crops is terrifying.
When these birds finish nesting and move around en masse the flocks darken the skies as clouds of them descend on grasslands and waterholes.
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When things hot up in the bush the elephant calves just can’t contain themselves. They just can’t wait to get to the waterholes for their daily mud party. They have so much fun. Just like out kids going wild in a swimming pool on a hot day.
And of course I just wish I could join in the fun!
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