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Dressed to Kill – June 2011

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Shot of the Month – June 2011 This month we visit with the (Southern) Pale Chanting Goshawk (SPCG). Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? I had never heard of such a bird and I was surprised when I first spotted this striking fellow while visiting the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. SPCGs […]

By Any Other Name – May 2011

Shot of the Month – May 2011 Many would look at the image above and say that it was a picture of a giraffe. While this statement would be g[...]

Hoopoe – April 2011

Shot of the Month – April 2011 Do you have someone in your family or perhaps a friend or two in which everything about them seems bigger than li[...]

Nothing Lesser about this Cat – March 2011

Shot of the Month – March 2011 While all felines are apex predators and rest comfortably at the top of the food chain, most of our attention and[...]

Bat-eared Fox

Shot of the Month – February 2011 This month we will learn a bit about the adorable, but often hard-to-find bat-eared fox (BeF). I photographe[...]

Boo! – January 2011

Shot of the Month – January 2011 Is it a new year already? This weaver bird seems to share my surprise at completing another full rotation aro[...]

Winter Blues

Shot of the Month – December 2010 Now this is a Christmas scene that I can get excited about. I know, you snow-loving, holiday traditionalists[...]

Kingfisher 101

Shot of the Month – November 2010 Kingfishers are famous for their dramatic hovering and diving skills in catching, as their name implies – fi[...]

Flamingo Sunset? – October 2010

Shot of the Month – October 2010 This month a lovely scene that pretty much speaks for itself. Photographically I didn’t have to do much to ca[...]

Life’s a Breach – September 2010

Shot of the Month – September 2010 The sequence of events, more often than not, went something like this. Hear a thunderous watery clap. Spin on[...]

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