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3-8-2014
I've been back for a couple of months now and began planning my next trip on the plane. 
This fall I'll be going to South Africa and Namibia in search of the Welwitschia, a homely plant that gorws only in the Namib Desert.
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1-13-2014
Black-backed Jackal        
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1-13-2014
Helmeted Guinea Fowl. I find them endlessly amusing. They somehow survive dispite a proclivity to stand in front of cars. 
 
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1-13-2014
Old bull elephant headed my way.
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1-13-2014
Same elephants on their way to where they were drinking.
 
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1-13-2014
Spent the last week in Pelanesburg Park. Beautiful place, close to Johannesburg. It sits in the ring of a very ancient volcano.
These elephants came to drink right by one of the several hides there.
 
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1-6-2014
Leopard Spoor
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1-6-2014
Cheetah in the burn.
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1-6-2014
Wrinkles
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1-6-2014
Road Hog
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1-6-2014
African Tiger Dragonfly
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1-5-2014
Slender Mongoose, Kalahari Desert, SA
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1-5-2014
Brown-veined White Butterflys by a waterhole
Pilanesburg, SA. They were everywhere. Apparently they migrate every year from East to West. No, I don't know how they get back.
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1-5-2014
Desert giraffe having an early morning run.
Augrabies Park, NC  SA
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1-5-2014
Flat Lizard      Augrabies falls, NC     SA
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1-4-2014
spotted thick-knee      Kalahari Desert, SA
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1-4-2014
Two wildebeest fighting            Kalahari Desert
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1-4-2014
Springbok        Kalahari Desert
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1-4-2014
Oryx        Kalahari  Desert
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Kori Bustard           Kalahari Desert    These guys are 110 to 140 cm tall. 
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African Dragonfly
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12-21-2013
Young Giraffe
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12-21-2013
Thick-billed Weavers
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12-21-2013
Red Bishop showing off
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12-21-2013
Eagle flying off           Hluhluwe Game Refuge
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12-21-2013
Black-eyed Bulbul     Fourways Gardens, Johannesburg, SA
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12-21-2013
Sunbird at Pongwe Beach, Zanzibar
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12-21-2013
Black-backed Puffback        At Hluhluwe Game Reserve
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12-19-2013
This is a large male white rhino. Apparently, the females usually have longer horns.
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12-19-2013
Female Kudu  Hluhluwe Game Reserve
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12-18-2013
Hammerkop at Kruger National Park
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12-18-2013
Greater Striped Swallow       Kruger National Park
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12-18-2013
Emerald-spotted Dove
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12-18-2013
Greater Blue-eared Starling
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12-18-2013
Fork-tailed Drogon
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12-18-2013
Sunbird Nest
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12-17-2013
Running giraffe
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12-17-2013
Red Shongalonga at Leshiba.
 
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12-17-2013
This 3" long grasshopper appeared to be displaying.
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12-17-2013
Two white rhino in defensive posture.
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12-16-2013
Helmeted Guinea Fowl, Hluhluwe Wildlife Reserve
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12-5-2013
Runnin' through the Jungle
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12-5-2013
Hog Spa
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12-3-2013
Scarab    Dung beatles lay their eggs in large balls of rhino or elephant dung. Some bury the balls in underground tunnels. There are over 4000 kinds of scarab.
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12-3-2013
Young water monitor lizard. They get to be over six feet long, this on is only half that.
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12-3-2013
Warthogs are always amusing, they never fail to add a comic take on the bush.
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11-25-2013
Red Bishop    As opposed to red-winged blackbirds in the States, Africa has black-winged redbirds.
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11-25-2013
Thick-billed Weaver     Very industrious little birds. They weave a nest on a reed to raise their young. Red Bishops are usually their neighbors.
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11-23-2013
Nice looking kudu near Olifants Camp
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11-23-2013
Klipspringer near Olifants Camp in Kruger.
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11-22-2013
Black-bellied Bustard  Kruger National Park, SA
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11-21-2013
Split horn. Some repair work is needed here. 
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11-21-2013
This lone male lion had been feeding on his elan kill for several days, looks like he needs an Alka-Seltzer.
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11-21-2013
THe texture of this buffalo's horns is wonderful, almost looks like cast steel.
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11-17-2013
Snowy egret on Pongwe Beach in Zanzibar.
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11-17-2013
You put the lime in the coconut and mix'm all up.
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11-8-2013
One of Stone Town's residents.
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11-7-2013
Went to see the giant tortoises on Prison Island. It rained most of the day. Tortoises didn't mind it. Some of these guys are 150 years old.
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11-6-2013
The streets of Zanzibar are narrow hot and exotic and colorful. You just want to keep to the side of the street though, so you don't get run over by a moped or a bycicle.
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11-5-2013
Arrived in Zanzibar this morning. The airport is archaic. The Hotel reminds me of Rangoon in '36...or was it '35?
Lots of kids jumping in the ocean as the sun sets. They look like they're having a great time. 
11-3-2013
Yesterday I attended a snake handeling class at Heia Safari Park outside of Johannesburg. Johan is one of the premier snake authorities in SA and around the world. It was a very good experience. You never stop learning.
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Male bomslang in Johan's fingers
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This Puff Adder was one of the unwilling participants at the snake course. He also had cobras and bomslangs.
On my last day in Kruger I saw a bus full of tourists looking out the windows at something. There didn't appear to be anything there. As I approached I could tell they were looking down at the road, but at first I didn't see anything. When the bus left and I could get closer I could see they had been watching this large land snail.
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Not exactly one of the big five. These leopard tortoises seem to be everywhere. People driving in Kruger are apparently very careful at avoiding them. My whole time there I never saw one road kill.
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10-31-2013
Just got back from two weeks in the bush with no internet access. The quiet and isolation were luxureous. Only the distant snorts of hippos, a myriad of bird sounds and the occasional rattle of a passing Land Rover. This lion was a loner. He had just taken down an eland more than twice his size, and after gorging himself, looked in need of an Alka Seltzer.
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10-21-2013
 
Tomorrow morning we're leaving for Makalali Preserve next to Kruger National Park. There is supposed to be an amazing array of wildlife including the Big Five. It has been raining off and on ever since we got to Johannesberg and unseasonably cool. After a few days in Makalali I'll be going to Kruger for a week by myself.
 
                                        Follow my travels in Africa on my website: www.artvidervol.com
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I'll be going back to South Africa in Oct. 2013. I will be in the bush for as much of three months as I can possibly stand. 
For me, this is the real world. I will persue it as long as it exists. 
Follow my blog on artvidervol.com. I'll be updating it aboutt every other day while I'm gone.
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Warthog Spa
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African Rock Monitor  
This one walked right by our rondavel at Shindgwedzi in Kruger Park. It let me photograph it while it feasted on large shrimp-like grubs it plucked from under leaf litter.
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White Rhinos
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Cheetah
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Impala
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Zebra Eye
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Afternoon Dip
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Wattled Starlings
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Paradise Whydah       A tail with a bird attached?
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European Roller
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Rainbow Skink
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Building a Nest       African Sacred Ibis
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Black Heron

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Too Close  
I've noticed that most of the cars that elephants sit on or push over are white with a blue one once in awhile.
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Tusker
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Hamerkop        
When it comes to building a nest this bird doesn't know where to stop. Some nests are almost two meters across.
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Yellow Hornbill
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It's a major project for a giraffe to get a drink.
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Cape Buffalo
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Hippo
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African Grasshopper     Pyrgomorphidae   You can't beat an African grasshopper for that showy flair.
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Black Korhaan
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Cape Eagle Owl
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Kudu
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Pearl-spotted Owl   This one just landed in the tree in front of me.
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Lioness
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Lioness    Road Hog
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Malachite Kingfisher
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Oxpecker
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Red Bishop    In the US we have red-winged blackbirds, in Africa they have black-winged redbirds.
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Zebra Spring   I sort of expected this one to have a big horn growing out of its forehead.
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Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
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Worse than gophers
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Hadedas
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Red Duiker
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Real Jungle      
The Raffia Palm Forest on the East Coast of South Africa. Extremely humid, dripping and soggy. 
Loud, giant cicadas live here. The sound is metallic and deafening. It is also the home of the Gabon Viper. This snake has the longest fangs measuring in at 2". Sadly the palm forest is disappearing  rapidly giving way to development.
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Rainbow Shield Bug                                                                                                                                    Photo: Nancy Vidervol
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African Wild Dog
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African Fish Eagle                                                                                                   Hluhluwe Park, KwaZulu-Natal, SA
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Black Girdled Lizard             Cape Point, SA
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Weaver Bird
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Red-Billed Queleas    They fly around in giant flocks, give or take ten thousand or so.
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Emerald-spotted Dove
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Goliath Heron
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Saddle-billed Stork
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