Exploring the Boundary
In a previous blog, I spoke about what rangers do on their day off. One of the activities is walking. Rangers John Mohaud, Nick Sims, Chris Taylor and I decided …
In a previous blog, I spoke about what rangers do on their day off. One of the activities is walking. Rangers John Mohaud, Nick Sims, Chris Taylor and I decided …
One of the perks of being a trainee ranger is that in the latter stages of the training period you get the opportunity to go on game drives with qualified …
What do the Maldives and dragonflies have in common? Well, not a lot, seeing as how there is no surface water to speak of in the Maldives, and dragonflies need …
A few days ago we were stopped listening to a squirrel alarm calling at a predator in the bush. This could have meant there was a bird of prey, snake, …
Trying for a blurred panning shot is a bit like going to a casino. You know the house almost always wins, but you’re going to give it a go anyway, …
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” …
As much of a blessing as the internet is, in these days of easy access to information, it’s hard to tell what is factual and what is complete fabrication. Thankfully …
In less than a month I will return to Londolozi and can hardly wait! Then I started to wonder whether our first visit set the bar too high. Our first …
“There is nothing that reduces us to our proper dimensions more rapidly and completely than spending long periods in the company of elephants.” Mitch Reardon, Shaping Kruger Everyone that has …
When a man is tired of {Londolozi], he is tired of life -paraphrase of Samuel Johnson I have had the good fortune of visiting Londolozi numerous times over the years. …
The Makomsava female has only recently been attracting the amorous attention of the area’s male leopards. She was viewed attempting to mate with the Flat Rock male a month or …
Cardinal woodpeckers have a very distinctive call; a “chittering rattle” as described by one of South Africa’s more prominent bird books. It is often heard when out in the bush, …
With the Sand River barely trickling and temperatures still rising, we patiently wait for the returns of the rains to wet the scorched earth. In the heat there has been …
September and October don’t often have a lot of status attached to them in the South African Lowveld. Winter is June/July August (cold and dry), and Summer is December/January/February, defined …
We’ve written quite a bit recently about how the Nhlanguleni female’s cubs are the first intact litter in seven years to make it to independence on Londolozi. And while this …