Good morning everyone… A while ago we told you about one of my favourite old lions in the park called “Murtu”! The young male who has been seen in his old territory is taking over! He yesterday moved in on one of Murtu’s lady’s, and just when they past us on a pan close to Leeudril they walked past on of Murtu’s bones that was scattered over the pan. Circle of life! Enjoy and see you tomorrow.

Good morning everyone…I got this pride yesterday morning at Leeudril waterhole, there was two cubs and two males and two females, and all of them were trying to climb trees!! What a sight. The little ones struggled a lot but managed to get to the top of  a fallen down Camel Thorn tree. As usual the males was more interested in the females than climbing trees! After the morning’s activities they strolled to the closest waterhole!  Enjoy and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone… The Black-Shouldered Kites are building nests, and the breeding season is approaching!  Black-shouldered Kites form monogamous pairs. The breeding season is usually August to January, but is responsive to mice populations. Both sexes are involved in building the nest, which is a large untidy shallow cup of sticks usually in the foliage near the top of trees, taking about two weeks to complete the nest-building. Enjoy and see you tomorrow.

Good afternoon everyone…Sorry about the delay in blogging, we got stuck with some great sightings and over the next week we’ll share all of them with you! Today’s photograph is one of the big male leopards of the south, there is only 3 males that we know of. Here he was watching a blue wildebeest, but it was not to be! The wildebeest ran away after spotting him! This photon was taken just south of Leeudril, 10 km north of Twee Rivieren. Enjoy and see you Monday!

Good afternoon everyone… For this week we will be out doing field-work, meaning no coms for updating the blog. We stayed out already for this weekend so today we share with you a couple of photographs of us what it looks like when we are out in the bush. More will be posted when we will be back in camp again. Have a good day and see you next week!

Good afternoon everyone… Sorry for the late post, I just got back from the field, I got this cheetah on the dunes just before Samevloeiing on the hunt! She was very thin and her sister and two brothers were stalking a group of springbok. Fortunately they caught a springbok the next day! Enjoy and see you on Monday!

Good afternoon everyone!… The sunsets and sunrises are getting more and more beautiful every day! The sky was on fire this morning, and we were driving around to look for animals to put against the burning sky. We found a group of springbok grazing on a ridge close to Samevloeiing! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone!… Its getting very cold up here! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Anyway, animal life goes on as usual. Recently we popped into Nossob camp to take some photos for Wild Magazine and we spent some time with the grounsquirrels there. They are always entertaining! Here one is pushing the other one over, just to make sure he knows who’s the boss! These cute animals are identifiable by their white stripes along the sides, the missing external ear and the long, bushy tail, which offers them shade. Because they are often fed by visitors, they can become a nuisance. So pleeeeease don’t feed them when you are in the camps! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!

Good morning everyone!… The Lanner Falcons are having fun again at Kij Kij! Here one is snatched in mid-air! The sandgrouse comes down to the waterholes to fill their feathers with water for their chicks! The feathers of the belly are specially adapted to absorbing water and retaining it, allowing adult birds, particularly males, to carry water to chicks that may be many miles away from watering holes, up to 50 km away! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!

Good afternoon everyone!… Everything is cooling down at the moment, last week it was 1 degree Celsius, and the winter is not even here yet! You here a lot of barking geckos in the summer when its hot, but a lot less when its colder. We bumped into this little one last night after spending some time at a hyena den.. He was running around underneath our spotlight, catching insects thats drawn to the light! “Barking Geckos are limited to the arid western parts of southern africa. These little guys are heard more than they are seen. You can hear them every-night, but can you see them? Noooooo not easily, they are very small, this one was about 3cm long . The calls of these little reptiles signal sunset and for all living in the Kalahari, this means also that another hot day is ending and that the coolness of the night has arrived. The males call on most summer nights to attract mates. Enjoy and see you tomorrow!