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Showing posts with label pelican. Show all posts

Friday, December 8, 2017

08/12/2017 A few last photos from Nevis before we leave. Will be in the UK on Sunday.

Brown Pelican in flight (Pelecanus occidentalis)...

As above...

As above.

A friendly goat.

Vervet monkey in the Palms...

As above

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Orchid in the botanical gardens.

An unusual Hibiscus seen at Montpelier Plantation Inn.

Donkeys seen by the shore at the old racecourse ...

Also cattle with an egret at foot.

The waning moon seen between the wind blown palms.

Loving having your comments but I will only get back to replying when we get home 😊

Friday, June 9, 2017

09/06/2017 Despite what the temperatures say, it was cloudy and dismal here today so I have been sorting South African photos again.

Maximum temperature 25C, minimum 14C. 11 kmh NW wind 14 kmh gusts. 9mm rain measured. Lots of thunder and lightning.

Magnificent views in Kwa-Zulu-Natal.

Nyala Male. (Tragelaphus angasii)

Nyala female.

Beetle - Tenebrionidae family

Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator)

Great White Pelicans - (Pelecanus onocrotalus). White storks (Ciconia ciconia) and others in the background.

Impala (Aepyceros melampus) with a Redbilled Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on its back.

White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)

Wildebeeste (Connochaetes) on the run.

Yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus)

Burchell's coucal (Centropus burchellii),

Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus)

Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

08/03/2017 A snowdrop in the garden and more holiday photos all taken in KwaZulu-Natal..

Maximum temperature 15C, minimum 6C. 34km/h SW wind. 12 mm of rain measured this morning.

Snowdrops are in the garden.

Dragonfly; I think it is a Banded Groundling (Brachythemis leucosticta)

Not often you see these road signs other than Africa!

European Bee-eater, (Merops apiaster)

Nyala female, (Tragelaphus angasii)

Trumpeter hornbill, (Bycanistes bucinator)

Pelicans (Pelecanus) and in the background what I believe to be Yellowbilled storks and an egret.

More pelicans with a Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in the background

Flooded bridges in Natal.

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Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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