Tag: South Africa
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Brown-hooded kingfisher
Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Martin-chasseur à tête brune Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Little bee-eater
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Guêpier nain Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Whales in False Bay, seen from a boat
While you may be lucky enough to see whales from the sky like we did in August 2015, thanks to African Wings in Hermanus, the most common way to approach these huge mammals is taking a boat tour in a location where they are seen quite usually. Since whales are relatively common during Summer near…
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Whales in Hermanus, seen from above
To start the publication of a series of photos shot in South Africa, here is gallery of some quite unusual pictures: Whales shot from a small plane (African Wings) in Hermanus, about one hour driving out of Cape Town. We could see quite clearly a large number of whales like this Southern Right Whale paddling…
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Elephants protection in Africa
Elephants are -generally speaking- a species endangered in Africa. They have been vigorously hunted for the ivory of their tusks (sometimes for the mere pleasure of hunting big game) and poaching is still intense of many African countries (from de 1.5 million animals in 1970, we are now down to around 500,000 pachyderms). The largest…