While waiting for guests to complete an activity this afternoon, I had a small bird party catch my attention.



A Longbilled Crombec, a Grey-backed Camaroptera, a White-browed Scrub-Robin and a few Chinspot Batis' were very busy alerting the world to something in the grass below them.



In the 5 minutes I watched them, only the female Chinspot Batis felt it was safe to pose in the open, while the others all skulked out of range of my camera.

Stunning little critters!!!

Booted Eagle's "landing lights"

One of the ID features that can be used on Booted Eagles is the two white shoulder patches. These are normally fairly easy to see, but I tried nonetheless to capture it in a photo for my "records". The sun had finally sneaked through the intense cloud we have been experiencing, just in time to highlight these "landing lights"

Booted Eagle - 04/05/2010 Robega Fields, North West Stuart Groom

Booted Eagle - 04/05/2010 Robega fields, North West Stuart Groom

Beautiful start to the day!!

Since starting my new job as Ops Manager for Airtrackers, a Hot Air Balloon operator, I have been going into Pilanesberg Nat Park on a number of mornings before sunrise. This is personally the best time of the day, with good sightings and great sunrises.

Recently, a band of mist was lying thickly in all the valleys of Pilanesberg, presenting this beautiful image:

And a slightly more eerie one:

And naturally, being creative is always fun:

Nature in all its glory:

What a way to start my day!!