Good morning everyone, well done Colin Wylie! He is the leader with 5 correct answers! Next month will be the last quiz for the big prize!! Yesterday’s quiz was a Social Weaver (Philetairus socius) chick! The Yellow Cobra is primarily active during the day and early evening. It feeds on a wide spectrum of prey, including other snakes, and tends to climb low trees and raid sociable weaver nest-colonies. Enjoy and see you tomorrow!

PS. here are some Springbok having fun in the early morning, pronking and running!

Good morning everyone! Colin Wylie has taken the lead, looks like your river-guiding years are actually paying off, ha-ha!!! Yesterday’s bird was a Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus). Just as the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eats insects, which are caught in the air from an open perch. Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters has a preference for honeybees. Here is todays quiz: What bird is in the snake’s mouth? This is the last of the second quiz, good luck and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone… Colin Wylie, good on you!!! Well done! Yesterday’s quiz was a Charadrius tricollaris (Three–banded plover) chick! Today’s quiz is also a tricky one, it was taken at Samevloeing waterhole in the south of the Park. Good luck and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone! We are back in the park, and are ready to get on with the quiz! So far Andrew is our leader with 3 correct answers and Dan Hugo and Colin Wylie is breathing in his neck with 2 correct answers each.

Here goes todays quiz ( by the way its a very, very young juvenile (chick)!) , good luck and see you tomorrow!

Good afternoon everyone… Sorry about not posting yesterday! I had to come to Upington to get some provisions and service my car, the answer to the no. 4  quiz is a Southern Anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)! Well done Dan! Ill go on with the quiz on Monday. Ill be in Upington for 4 days. Enjoy your week, weekend and see you on monday!

Good morning everyone… Well done Colin Wylie, Friday’s quiz was a Melanistic Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar). We are back with the LBJ’s and here goes today’s quiz! Good luck and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone… Well done Dan! Its was the Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius) – right, and the the Black Kite (Milvus migrans) – left! Dan is creeping up on Andrew!! Ok here goes today’s quiz. Good luck and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone! Well done Sue James!!! Andrew came in a close second, two minutes behind you! Cape Glossy Starling, Cape Sparrow & African Red-Eyed Bulbul! Well done! Andrew, and well done to you too! There is indeed a owl behind the bush! – joke! Here goes today’s photo! Good luck! I want the name of both birds?

Good morning everyone, its bird quiz time again. We want to know the identity of all three birds? Good luck and see you tomorrow!

Good day everyone! Not a lot of sightings this week, but at least its warming up! Today we have one of our favourite, and most entertaining animals in this park! Meerkats are small burrowing animals, living in large underground networks with multiple entrances which they leave only during the day. They are very social, living in colonies averaging 20–30 members. Meerkats forage in a group with one “sentry” on guard watching for predators while the others search for food. Sentry duty is usually approximately an hour long. When a predator is spotted, the meerkat performing as sentry gives a warning bark, and other members of the gang will run and hide in one of the many bolt holes they have spread across their territory. The sentry meerkat is the first to reappear from the burrow and search for predators, constantly barking to keep the others underground. If there is no threat, the sentry meerkat stops signaling and the others feel safe to emerge.