Now I'm off to Namibia, Ethiopia (briefly), Thailand, Ethiopia (ditto), Namibia and South Africa before finally coming back to Cape Town at the beginning of February. I'll try to write a blog post in there somewhere.
Here are a couple non-bird photos from the latest tour when we visited the famous Big Tree. Famous both for being appropriately named and for its Mottled Spinetail roost. It came through on both counts. We had a charming local guide Simon who gave us the adult tour, showing off ALL of the images in the tree's knots and branches, featuring, among other things, a rhino, a penguin, both male and female genitalia and an ostrich foot. Some were more believable than others.
Compare the tree in summer in these photos with what it looked like in winter in this blog post from August. One of the best things about guiding is visiting sites multiple times, allowing me to see how they change over time. This area was at the end of a drought the last time I visited in August and entirely brown, so seeing it in summer so green was a very stark contrast.
These are the trip participants, Jonathan (left) and Michael.
A closer view of the tree and the group.
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