Phil Perry Wildlife Photography
Kalahari, Tswalu Game Reserve, 2016 Wildlife Photo Gallery
The incredibly elusive Pangolin. Awesome animal. Very difficult to find indeed. My first ever sighting. |
Mother and calf Hooklipped Rhinoceros. |
Female Hooklipped Rhinoceros. This species lives in thick bush where it feeds by browsing on trees and shrubs. |
Mother and calf Hooklipped Rhinoceros (also called Black Rhinoceros). |
Such a rare and beautiful sighting of this oh so rare mammal. Thankfully the rhinos are doing well at Tswalu. |
Sable Antelope grazing. |
After the two Cheetah fed on their Red Hartebeest kill for two days, skin and bones were all that was left over for a passing Blackbacked Jackal. |
Blackbacked Jackals mostly scavenge, though they also catch small prey items or eat fruits such as tsamma melons. |
A second Blackbacked Jackal appears on the scene, very likely the mate of the first Jackal. |
Mate or not the Jackals fight for possession of the carcase. |
Note the raised hackles during fighting. |
The fighting mostly consists of show rather than physical attacks. Neither animal can afford to become injured. |
Point made, the newcomer can now feed from the carcase. |
Time to feed. |
The loser looks on. But will soon get another chance to feed. |
... Just not quite yet. |
At last another chance to feed. |
A temporary truce so that both Jackals can feed together. |
Meerkat digging for food. |
Meerkat on the move. |
Meerkats Allo-grooming. |
Lookout Meeerkat perched atop a shrub shortly before giving alarm call. |
Meerkats looking towards possible predator following alarm call by the lookout Meerkat. |
Meerkats use their tail as a prop when they stand upright. |
Close up of Meerkat. |
Meerkat with sand covering head after digging activity.
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Meerkat shaking sand from his head. |
Meerkat digging for food. |
Lookout. |
Meerkat family. |
Warthog drinking at waterhole. |
Warthog. |
Warthog sand-bathing in hole it has just dug. |
Extacy ! |
Job done ! Warthog now covered in cooling sand and mud. |
Kalahari Sand Snake peering out of a hole at base of tree. |
Southern African Giraffe. A male as indicated by the bald tops of its horns which lose their hair during fighting with other males. |
Flock of Burchell's Sandgrouse. |
Greater Kudu at waterhole. |
Greater Kudu drinking. |
Blue Wildebeest drinking. |
Blue Wildebeest and Doves. |
Roan Antelope resting in shade. |
Roan Antelope. One of the largest bovids. |
Roan Antelope scratching flank. |
Roan Antelope browsing on tree leaves. Mostly Roan are grazers, feeding on grasses. |
Springhare. A nocturnal rodent that movesby jumping in the manner of a kangaroo. They have large hind feet and small forelegs. |
The lookout spots a Jackal and gives the appropriate alarm call. Meerkats use different alarm sounuds for different dangers. So the alarm for a bird of prey that is flying is different to that for a land mammal. |
All the Meerkats in th group come back to the den site until the danger has passed. |
This young Meerkat spotted a Hornbill flyiong overhead and flattened its body to the ground while keeping the bird in sight. Just in case. |
Determined digging. |
Success ! A beetle larva for breakfast. |
African Buffalo. |
Bull African Buffalo. |
African Buaffloes at salt lick. |
Male Cheetah yawning. |
Herd of Eland, the largest antelope species. |
Whitebacked Mousebird sitting on its nest. |
Sable antelope. |
Cape Hare resting in the shade |
Tsessebe, one of the fastest antelope species. |
Gemsbok - a species of Oryx |
Lion cubs waiting for adults to return. One with claws on siblings' head. |
Lion cubs romping. |
Blackbacked Jackal. |
Cape Fox cub sitting in front of den site in clump of shrubs. |
Adult Cape Fox and two cubs. |
Adult Cape Fox digging at edge of den site. |
Sable Antelope grooming hind leg. |
Adult and calf Hartmann's Mountain Zebra. |
Group of Hartmann's Mountain Zebras. |
Hartmann's Mountain Zebras with calf. |
Bateared Fox at burrow entrance. |
Eland running. |
Male Cheetah with Red Hartebeest kill. |
Two brothers with prey. By working together in a 'coalition' the two siblings are able to bring down large prey species such as this Red Hartebeest. |
Cheetah on kill. |
As there are no lions or spotted hyaenas in this part of Tswalu, Cheetah will gorge themselves for a day or two until they have eaten the whole carcase. |
The two Cheetah will either take turns feeding or, occasionally, eat at the same time. |
Sable grazing. |
Red Hartebeest. |
Male Lion yawning while dozing upside down. |
Male Lion cleaning foreleg. |
Male Lion yawning. This lion, together with his brother, move between two prides of lionesses, cubs and immatures. |
Subadult Lions moving quickly away from approaching dominant male. Eventually the male and his brother with chase off any young males from the pride. |
The immature males are keen not to confront the mature male as he can be a threat to them. |
Highly social animals, lions often interact with other pride members. |
Lioness fending off male Lion. |
Social interacting. |
Something in the distance attracts the interest of the whole pride. |
Male Lion at the peak of his powers. |
The two dominant male Lions, siblings, greet each other as the second one rejoins the pride. Between them they visit two different prides on the reserve. |
Scaly-feathered Finch. |
Burchell's Zebra. |
Springbuck. |
Adult and Juvenile Meerkats. |
Meerkats rotate lookout duties. |
Duty done. Time for another Meerkat to take over sentry duty. |
Female Steenbok stood in shade. |
Cape Fox. |
Male Hooklipped Rhinoceros. |
Spotted Eagle Owl. |
Bokmakierie. A species of bush-shrike. |
Mother and calf Hooklipped Rhinoceros. |
Leopard Tortoise. |
Springhare jumping, kangaroo-style. |
Cape Fox carrying a cub in its mouth. Photographed in very low light. |
Brown Hyaena. |
Male, Female and Baby Steenboks. |
Flock of Burchell's Sandgrouse landing at waterhole. |
With many thanks to ranger and tracker Kosie and Siphiwe.
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