On a game drive at Pumba Game Reserve near Port Elizabeth our ranger pointed out a Brown-hooded Kingfisher sitting in a tree next to the game drive vehicle. The next thing he said kinda got our attention. He asked us to look around and see if we could see any body of water. There was none. The Brown-hooded Kingfisher doesn't necessarily feed on fish but also on insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants. These invertebrates are usually hawked aerially, killed and then eaten. This means that it doesn't have to live near water like all his other Kingfisher cousins.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular posts
-
Port Elizabeth has arguably the most complete collection of surviving coast artillery buildings and equipment dating from the Second World W...
-
Being a family on a tight budget with a couple of Rugrats in tow, the grand total of our regular eating out experience is popping into KFC f...
-
Johannesburg boasts that it's the world's largest man-made urban forest and that's difficult to imagine until one actually visit...
-
Sailing into Algoa Bay as one of the 1820 British Settlers, Reverend Francis McCleland would have been standing on deck looking out over the...
-
There are normal hamburgers... ... and then there is the ultimate hamburger. The Godzilla of hamburgers, the Mount Everest of hamburgers, t...
-
Boys will be boys and when it comes to boys and their 4x4 toys there is no stopping them. When the South African government banned driving ...
-
In all the years working as a tourist guide I drove past Wilgewandel near the Cango Caves countless times and never stopped. It wasn'...
-
I never really "learned" to drink wine but that surely didn't stop me from attending and really enjoying the annual The Wine S...
-
Affectionately known as the Belvidere Church, the Holy Trinity Church in Knysna would make it onto my Top 5 favorite churches around South A...
-
There isn't much I have to add to the picture. Its not the best closeup, there is too much shadow and the flower is slightly wilting, b...
No comments:
Post a Comment