WILDLIFE BLOG

Recently we found a dead giraffe behind the camp. When we found her, she was still warm and there was no obvious cause of death. We discussed the various possibilities but could only conclude that she must have been killed by an acute injury because she was in good condition and showed no sign of sickness. During the first night, hyaenas came and opened up the belly and began feeding on the carcass. The following day, [...]

Today I spent a while watching a Burchell's Coucal foraging in the leaf litter around the base of an Ebony tree. It had a fairly successful time, first finding a centipede and then a small snake which I think is a Cape Centipede Eater, although without a good view of its head, I wouldn't be sure.

When I arrived back from a road trip around the area, I spotted this odd looking creature in a nearby tree. It flew like a Cuckoo but didn''t look like any cuckoo I''d ever seen before. After taking a couple of photos, and playing with the idea that it might be a very rare Long-tailed Cuckoo, I decided that I think it is a rare hepatic morph of the Eurasian Cuckoo, and is a colour variation [...]