Thursday 17 March 2011

BARN OWL


I managed to take this photo of a barn owl the other day. It resides in an old pump house close to the lodge but has managed to escape my efforts for some time now. There are always fresh pellets and it seems to do well on mice and other small rodents.

BUSH BUCK


The park has been very quiet for the last few weeks just like the rest of Africa when the rains come. So I have decided to return to the UK early to catch up on paper work and try to raise some much needed money to help support the project and inparticular the protection for the wild dogs.

I returned to Lilongwe because I have Malaria and decided it would be better to be there than in Kasungu just in case things became complicated. The worst seems to be over now.

Just before leaving I managed a shot of this bush buck. They hang around the main camp area for protection and as you can see she seems quite at home.