March 31, 2012

Today the subject for my daily photo came flying into the lounge.
It was bashing itself against the window to try and get out (the dogs went beserk!)
The little heart was beating like crazy, but I HAD to take a photo before I let it go.
 I watched it fly to the fence, where it gave me a last glance, scraped its beak, shook its feathers into place and disappeared - before I could even raise the camera for another shot.
It still has no name, although I searched the net to try and identify it. The upper parts were all one colour except for the splash of yellow on the shoulders, while the belly was light brown/dark beige

March 30, 2012

A male House Sparrow sitting high in the Mkuhlu tree - I wonder if it was cooler up there?
The heat and humidity today was unbearable

March 29, 2012

A beautiful Water-buck nervously looking around while grazing about 500 metres from where Lions were spotted on Sunday. Mom and I could not believe our eyes when a car pulled up with four young tourists who wasted no time to get out of their car, stroll across the road and take photos!
They ignored our friendly warning and defiantly continued while muttering quietly.
Quite sad really - why is it part of our human nature to ignore rules?