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May 21, 2011, 8:23 am
When it rains here in Tsavo, the flowers bloom very quickly and, equally quickly, they fade and disappear. Often, you have a period of just 24 hours where everything is on fire, and if you miss that day, you have missed the greatest blossoming of the season.
This year, the perfect day was 10th Apri... Comment - Like
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May 19, 2011, 7:28 am
For those of you getting excited that the nature of this blog has changed, please calm down - I'm actually talking about symbiotic mutualism.
Symbiotic mutualism occurs when two organisms of different species (be they plant or animal, bacteria or any other living thing) live in close proximity and ... Comment - Like
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May 18, 2011, 8:01 am
Call me weird, but I think there is a difference between looking and actually seeing.
Imagine a kopje in Tsavo West, for instance...it's a pile of rocks with an odd assortment of plants growing in, on and around it. You might walk or drive past and think nothing more of it. But a kopje hides a mill... Comment - Like
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May 18, 2011, 5:17 am
Tsavo West at this time of year may be mostly overcast and grey, with uninspiring light for photography, but you can still find all the magic in the world that you desire there. Tsavo West has to be one of Kenya’s (if not Africa’s) most scenic parks, with the iconic massifs of Ngulia and Kichwa ... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2011, 8:40 am
The Bateleur Eagles have started sitting, which means that, within 4 days of me photographing them mating (see previous post), the female laid her single egg. In 52 days' time - providing there are no mishaps - the chick will hatch. The parent birds, who share the incubation responsibilities, have a... Comment - Like
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May 8, 2011, 9:15 am
One of the things you learn rather quickly as a nature photographer, is not to set your heart too closely on any single quarry on any single day, for you cannot choreograph events. It is true that the more time you spend out there with your camera, the luckier you get, but you still never quite know... Comment - Like
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May 6, 2011, 11:43 am
As most of you will know, the Bateleur Eagle is one of Africa's most distinctive, eye-catching raptors...a rather clumsy, awkward bird when perched but the most articulate acrobat of the skies as soon as it takes to the air, a hunter and scavenger of breath-taking beauty.
The environment around Kul... Comment - Like
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May 6, 2011, 8:50 am
It's amazing what can happen in just half an hour on the beach...and by hanging around just one single clump of flowers too. This is what all the fuss is about, the flowering riverside plants, kanahia laniflora with their lovely white blossoms, seen here in big close-up:
These flowers are a... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2010, 8:33 am
After a false start with one brief shower on 23rd October, the rainy season started with a real vengeance on the evening of 2nd November, with a storm the likes of which we have never experienced before here at Kulafumbi. It's a shame we don't have a rain gauge, otherwise I could have wowed you with... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2010, 3:38 am
What is your definition of a magical moment? For me, it is often a moment spent peacefully at one with nature. The mornings here at Kulafumbi offer many such opportunities.
Spending ten quiet minutes before work out behind the kitchen with the dik diks, hornbills, doves, sparrows and squirrels is a... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2010, 9:24 am
While they are certainly to be commended for their bravery, it cannot be denied that Spur-winged Plovers are not blessed with the biggest of brains. In fact, sometimes I find it amazing that any of them succeed at breeding at all and that the species has not died out!
Do you remember I said it look... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2010, 5:08 am
Impala and Baboons are often found together. They rely on each other's senses to warn of danger. With the new grass on our beach, the Impala are spending many of their days here, and the Baboons - who are always on the beach just after dawn and just before sunset - sometimes join them in the heat of... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2010, 12:39 pm
The Spur-winged Plovers attempting to nest on the island in the river below our house provide us with endless entertainment. Using more than just a little poetic license, here is a plover's eye view of the tactics that should be employed when dealing with unwelcome neighbours:
Always be aware of an... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2010, 4:37 am
These days people pop in for tea at Kulafumbi in any number of ways. Yesterday, one of our friends and two colleagues from the Kenya Wildlife Service stopped by our beach and came up to the house for tea, on their way back from counting rhinos in Tsavo East…
Kulafumbi in the dry season is the mos... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2010, 5:48 am
STRIPEY TSAVO SKY
We have spent far too much time away from Kulafumbi this year and, combined with always finding myself far too busy for my own good (I’m sure!), the telling of this tale has suffered.
Ian and I spent the lion’s share of July and August “on the road” in America and Europe,... Comment - Like
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Mar 15, 2010, 8:41 am
We keep getting a little bit of drizzle here and there, and oddly fluctuating days between stifling heat and haze, cloudy cold mornings and muggy hot afternoons…a strange time indeed for the weather.
Nevertheless the flowers seem to be enjoying the conditions, and many are starting to flower, inc... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
To put things in perspective, I’m going to take you back to October, during the height of the dry season. In fact, with the rains having failed for 18 months, it might be more apt to say it was a drought.
You’ll remember that the river had dried up completely on 6th September 2009. Because the ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Still fast asleep in his night basket, this photo which was
taken yesterday morning, shows how tiny Dinky really was.
Poor little Dinky died on my lap, peacefully in his sleep, at 10.30pm last night.
The day before yesterday, he suddenly took a turn for the worse in the afternoon, but then, after ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Little Dinky has taught himself to walk today...after his first feed of the morning, I put him down on the lid of the basket in which he sleeps at night (once upon a time, it was a laundry basket), and after a few minutes, he started trying to get up on very wobbly little legs. Eventually, he gave u... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
There's nothing quite so dinky as a baby dikdik....so it was easy to name the new addition to our household: without further ado, Dinky he was named. Let me update you:
This morning, a tiny dikdik baby was brought to us in a cardboard box by some people from the neighbouring village, who said t... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I know this will come as a great shock to you, but yes, I’m back… Life has become rather hectic and I don’t promise to update this blog as much as I used to but I will try to do better than I have been doing recently!
So, I’ll start with the bad news: Since I last wrote an entry, back in Fe... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The dry season on a river in Tsavo equates to non-stop wildlife action, and it’s fair to say this is a just description of the current situation at Kulafumbi. The river in front of the house is like a super-highway, attracting traffic all day long and all night long. Needless to say, we are in hea... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
It's not every day you're lucky enough to see a leopard...but in the past week or so, it has been an almost daily occurrence here at Kulafumbi. Now that's a slight exaggeration, I admit, but we have been seeing a leopard opposite the house quite regularly. Over Christmas, we watched a le... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
There’s no denying it: crocodiles are bizarre creatures. There’s been so much croc-action-at-Kulafumbi recently (sounds like something out of a hyped-up TV programme, doesn’t it?). Every day we hear their crashing in the reeds and the deep guttural hiss-roar that crocodiles make, and if we’r... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
One of the wonderful things about our house being set on the edge of a precipice, falling away to the river below, is that we are eye to eye with the birds as they pass by on the wing...and often we even get a bird's eye view of the birds themselves!
It's impossible not to wonder at t... Comment - Like
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