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Yellow-Billed hornbills are a common sight in the Zimbabwean lowveld. Just seeing one lets you know that you are in big game country.
They are bold predators and this one was happy to fly in and scratch around my vehicle as I sat by a pan. The bush is in its autumn dress,russets and reds everywhere, […]


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Today,like the last three days has been cold and cloudy. Kim is away,taking his family back to school after a week here. After working in the office all morning, I escaped into the bush after lunch. As I drove, it began drizzling and I didnt hold much hope for the afternoons game viewing. Banyini yielded […]


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I’m finding it so frustrating not getting out filming all day and really only having a few hours in the afternoon to get out.
But the hangar is coming on well. Only a couple more days I hope but I’m travelling again tonight to get my daughters back to school.
It was another cool day and in […]


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Today, I had an interesting experience with a musth bull. Musth is when a bull is ready to mate,the male equivalent of being in heat. He was close to the road and as I drove up to him, he turned and walked towards me in an odd manner.

I sensed that all as not right with […]


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