Mammals
Winter’s finally there and boy have I been enjoying it. I spent most of the weekend outside photographing landscapes that I normally pass without even giving them a glance. Everything just looks so much better when covered under a layer of ice and snow. My weekend started with 5 hours of waiting in a small […]
I promised myself to not start a rant about the weather on an average Friday morning. Instead, please be referred to my latetst batch of blogpostst and just rewind/replay over and over again. Last weekend, I did try some ‘after-sunset’ landscapes with very long shutterspeeds. I liked the first resultst, but not really worthy to […]
Over the years that I have been visiting the local fishing ponds, I have found a lot of proof for the presence of foxes (Vulpes vulpes, Vos). Tons of excrement, freshly killed ducks and even an unused den or two. People that, like me, regularly visit the place, often saw foxes on the trails between […]
A safari trip to South Africa of course would not be complete without sightings of the undisputed king of the savannah: the Lion (Panthera leo, Leeuw). Mostly, we came across lone male Lions, only on one occasion did we see a larger pride. This pride had killed a huge Buffalo in the morning and when we […]
When checking in for our stay at Tamboti tented camp, the staff told us there was a resident Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis, Honingdas) who visited the tents at night. We should just ignore it and everything would be fine.On the one hand, I looked forward to meeting the badger. They are mainly nocturnal and therefore […]
Out of Africa again, unfortunately. We had two wonderful weeks in the Kruger National Park and were lucky enough to see all of the Magnificent Seven (Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah and Wild Dog). Most memorable was the sighting of a Lion (Panthere leo, Leeuw) pride at a Buffalo (Syncerus caffer, Buffel) kill. A huge herd […]