Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

[Dindingwe]

The baby Meerkats are so cute, hardly able to stand on their rear legs
The small Honey Badger is adorable as well. I would never have thought that I would find this ferocious animal so touching !
Great snakes pics too

[Mel]

What a day!!! First you got that really nice encounter with Hanri and her cub, then those cute little squirrels and a "tame" steenbok that doesn't run of straight away and then… drumroll… the most flabbertastic sighting one can have of a honey badger, in my opinion! Although I got to see something similar by now as well, the quality of your sighting makes me go drooling all over my keyboard

[ExFmem]

Alf, Flutts, RP, Dindingwe, and Mel - thanks to each of you for sharing in my excitement over the HB encounter - it really was special to us. I'm surprised it's not seen more often since it appears they move the cubs quite regularly??? Anyway - moving along…

[ExFmem]

A couple more "families" -

Blue-eyed Blonde - this male lost one of its eyes somehow, but appears he's not having trouble finding companionship.





A couple of rats with a pet lizard





A new mommy -





Misc. birds -










The Harsh Reality of Animal Life - Finding food is difficult enough. Killing it without being injured is yet another challenge. Keeping it from other predators and scavengers - not so easy. Here's what one Tawny Eagle had to endure just to get a bite to eat:














After successfully beheading the snake, another bird of prey swoops in…





…no meal to be had for now.

Eating will have to wait until the eagle can find a spot where it can partake in peace.










Peace at last??






Nope…







What next? …locusts, alien sinister forces?





None of the above:





Forced to move yet again, the Tawny flew over the dune, so we didn't see how this example of the daily struggles of wild animals ended.





Whenever I'm having a rough day, I think back to how incredibly harsh the lives of the Kalahari animals are, and that really gives me perspective on how good I have it.

[Lisbeth]

Well done with two whistling rats. It is hard enough to find one

I saw the blind lion a couple of times in Nov. 2017. Once with TWO ladies

Fantastic sequence of the tawny Yes, sometimes both raptors and predators have a tough life Not to talk about snakes, springboks and similar

Great photo of the mousebird

[Lisbeth]

I lost another chapter while I was in Singwedzi

A short glimpse of a cape cobra is all that I have seen of snakes, not only in KTP, but in all the parks I have been too

A remarkable, unique, marvellous Honey badger sighting

Mel had a pic of a honey badger with offspring; I wonder if it was the same one

[harrys]

Wow what can I say just awesome sightings and photos

[Flutterby]

ExFmem, you really do have some amazing sightings!!

The kittens are just too cute, and what a clever mom!

Amazing pics of the Tawny Eagle!!

[Richprins]

Exquisite pics and narration as always, Ex!

You DO have an eye for a story, i must say!

Wonder what snake that was?

[Alf]

Stunning pictures of the tawny eagle and snake