If you ever wondered what a Lion sees from a shady spot under a tree. Here is one possible answer: A group of Humans walking by :-)…….. I am sure that we walk quite often through the high grass and do not even know who spots us.
On our walks over the last two days we saw a few Cape Buffalo and an Elephant bull.
When I arrived at the camp two days ago this Bull was greeting me with a good head shake.
I seldom take pictures on my iPad but I thought I quickly show you my “home away from home” for the next two weeks.
This is the view from my tent at the African Nature Training ANT camp at the Sabi Sands Game Reserve. I am looking forward to eight days of walking in the bush 🙂
PS: … And as you can see the web connection works so I will provide some “walk blogs”.
Today’s pictures are of a Nile Crocodile and of a Hippo on Lake St.Lucia. They were both giving me a “sharp look”. I was glad that I was not in the water. These pictures were taken from a boat.
Well, this will be the last post for a little while. I will be in Pretoria for two days and then I am off to the Sabi Sands for another week of trails guiding contact sessions (with Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Buffalo and Rhinos :-)).
If I have internet connection I will keep you updated during this time. If not, you will hear from me again on 23 March!
I have added 169 new images to my “New Wildlife Images” Gallery. (The new images are at the beginning of the gallery),
Here is the link: http://www.sperka.biz/new
Have a good week!
PS: The picture above is a b&w art image of a Zebra with the sun lighting it from behind.
Mfazana hide is one of the best hides I have ever seen. Built on two levels it allows great views of one of the waterholes at iSimangaliso Wetland Park (former St.Lucia Wetlands).
I stayed for about three hours and I got images of Grey Heron, Malachite Kingfisher, Cormorant, Water Lily, Saddle-billed Stork, Egret, Reedbuck, Waterbuck, Little Grebe, African Jacana, African Fish-Eagle and White Rhino.
My favorite shot is the one of this African Jacana male and his young chick.
On the first two days of my off-time I took a short trip to Cape Vidal on the Indian Ocean. This was the first time I was near the ocean since I arrived in South Africa last June.
In the next few days I will post a few picture stories from my excursion to the St.Lucia Wetlands and Cape Vidal.
This picture shows me walking on the beach at sunset. During the day there were a few dozen people on the beach, but in the late evening only the overnight guests at Cape Vidal remained. I had most of the beach to myself. Good for thinking. I loved it!
I have been asked by many of my blog readers if I could have more of my wildlife images online. Well, I have uploaded over 380 images which I took since my arrival in South Africa in June 2012. I will add new images every month and the new images will always be at the beginning of the gallery.
Here is the link to the new 2012/2013 New Wildlife Images Gallery : http://www.sperka.biz/new
Enjoy your weekend!
PS: The picture above is my new Facebook Cover!
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY to all my friends near and far!
If you would like to send a Valentine’s Day e-card with one of my images and make a donation to Panthera at the same time go to http://www.panthera.org/ecards
PS: All the donated money goes 100% to projects to protect the World’s Wild Cats.
I have recently created this slide to explain the Circle of Life to my guests on one of their game drives. It is amazing to see all the components of this cycle by just looking around when driving through the game reserve.
This fits well with my favorite conservation quote:
“In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught” – Baba Dioum
During my time off I am organizing all my images from the last three work weeks on Thanda. A somewhat tedious task (looking through hundreds of images), but it has its rewards 🙂
This morning I stumbled across this picture of a young Leopard who dragged a small Warthog kill in a tree. The youngster did have a good look around if anyone was watching before it started its meal.
I also came across the picture below which is now my new Facebook cover:
http://www.facebook.com/AnimalArtPhotography
Enjoy your weekend!
