Archive for March 15th, 2007

A few days ago while sitting with the wild dogs I discovered a Red-billed Hornbill nest with chicks.

So today at dawn I camped out at the nest to film the adults feeding the chicks and also hoping that the chicks might break out their nest today to fledge.

Well none of that was to be. After […]


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So they’re out there to baffle us yet again.
This is not like an African animal I know. That very rounded body just doesn’t fit.
Possibly, yet again, the artist was on a high when painting this. One of those magical trances they go into.


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14th March 2000
Accepted by Tjololo!!!? Great thought anyway. Searching for him until after midnight, all we had was his tracks heading into the Sand river and nothing coming out. So we headed off for a nap on high, dry ground away from mosquitoes. We were awakened to a leopard grunting only meters from the car. […]


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