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2014-03-06

Two Years in the Wild!

This is a message for all my friends in and around Nashville!

I have been asked quite a few times if I will give a presentation about my work in South Africa when I am visiting Nashville in 2014. So here it is!

The Brentwood Photography Group kindly invited me to speak at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, 3 June 2014.

The presentation will be about “Two Years in the Wild!“. I will share some of my adventures and experiences – with a lot of images 🙂 and I will also talk a bit about my methods to get good wildlife pictures.

Guests are very welcome at the meeting, so if you would like to be there, just mark the date in your calendar.

The meeting will be held at the Otter Creek Church of Christ on Franklin Road in Brentwood. The meeting will start at 6:30pm.

It would be great to see you then!

Click here to download a PDF with the meeting information:

PS: Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who you think might be interested in the topic – Thanks

2014-03-04

BIRDS – Village Weavers mating

Since I have posted the image of a strangely colored bird a few days ago – now identified as a Village Weaver – a few of you have asked me about how do Village Weavers normally look like.

So here is an image of a Village Weaver pair mating in front of their nest.

2013-10-31

Be prepared?

It looks like a silly picture, but I was preparing for something serious!

What was I preparing for? Have a guess?

I will blog the answer this evening 🙂

Picture by Warren Beets

2013-07-06

At the Nashville Zoo …

Yesterday I gave a presentation about my first year in Africa to the Nashville Zoo staff and docents. It went well. The audience enjoyed the sights from Thanda and my comments :-).

Earlier in the day I had a look at the Clouded Leopard cubs at the zoo. This youngster played with me for a while, somewhat roughly 🙂

My visit to Nashville is almost over and I enjoyed meeting with friends and visiting the zoo. Next week I will travel back to South Africa.

… and thanks to Heather I got a picture with me and the cub!

2013-07-01

Where?

Guess where I am right now?

In Nashville, Tennessee, USA!

I was invited to a surprise party last weekend and therefore could not say anything online about going to the USA beforehand.

I will be in Nashville until next Sunday (7 July) visiting the Zoo and meeting with a lot of my Nashville friends. In case anyone would like to contact me during this time my USA phone number is 615 305 6015.

PS: The good looking gentleman on the images is me on a jet-ski, having fun on a beautiful small lake near Nashville.

2013-05-18

Lions and Leopards on My Mind!

I was playing with various images today and this is a resulting collage. I have called it “Lions and Leopards on My Mind”.

PS: I will not be at Thanda from 20 May until 10 June so there will be less Wildlife posts during that time (I will be in Europe on vacation :-)).

2013-01-022013-01-02

I am back :-) – Happy New Year

Sorry about not posting since Christmas but my Internet connection was down until yesterday.

We were very busy at Thanda over the holidays and I had quite a lot of great sightings (pictures and stories to follow in the next few days).

I will be on my “time off” starting next Sunday. Believe it or not – next Monday I will go for my South African drivers license test (I need that one for a Public Transport Permit). After 32 years of driving a car I had to go back to driving school again 🙂

Today’s picture was taken by one of my guests from Germany after a particular interesting drive in rainy and muddy weather conditions. The mud ended up on my face and on my guests faces. We had a great time!

I wish all of you a Happy New Year 2013!

2012-11-12

Qualified :-)

I am now a qualified “Backup Trails Guide”. I have just received the certificate from FGASA (Field Guide Association of South Africa).

I have also passed my “Advanced Rifle Handling” course and once my rifle competency is registered with the South African Police I can start walking with clients in areas with “potential dangerous game”

The next step is to log another hundred hours of walking and another fifty encounters before I can be assessed as Lead Trails Guide. This will take quite a while.

Have a good week – mine is already very good 🙂

PS: The picture shows me walking as Trails Guide during my recent course – Picture: Craig Fitt – Thanks

2012-08-08

This time it’s me!

Quite a few of my friends have asked if there are ever any picture with me on game drive.

Well, this shot was taken by Jo Perry, one of the African Impact Volunteers (Thanks for letting me use the picture :-).

I was explaining the “circle of life” after one of our sunset shots at our largest waterhole (I was kneeling on my driver’s seat!)