Whites Pond, Concord - May 28th part 2

Whites Pond

Feeding young very quickly!

look at my legs!  Yummy!

Ribbit

Heron with their young

Blue Bird

Muskrat

Starling with a snack for her young

The best days nearly always come in half days.  This one was no exception.  After a very successful owl hunt, we came home to work out where "Whites Pond" was located.  We got a fix, packed some more gear and a lunch and headed out.  We found it, got one of the 3 parking spaces and walked in.  We weren't there 3 minutes and the heavens opened.  Luckily John had the foresight to bring an umbrella.

We weren't daunted though.  We came back a few hours later to sunshine and had a marvelous hunt!  Here are a few of the images.

Enjoy!

Cheri & John

April 2010 - Chameleon and the Snake

After seeing the pride of 5 lions we were heading back to camp when on the road in front of us we saw a green chameleon. It was a pretty odd sight as this mostly green creature was walking down the brown, sandy road...not blending at all! The chameleon's only defense is to blend. We stopped the truck and began to watch him. The next thing we saw was this skinny snake screaming out of the grass on the side of the road. He was heading straight for the chameleon.

What could he want? He ceratinly wasn't big enough to eat the chameleon? As we watched the snake began attacking the poor green creature. Another vehicle came up behind us and as it approached the snake shot off to the side of the road again. Once that truck had stopped...back he came. We don't think he was venomous as we didn't see any fangs, but boy oh boy was he after that poor chameleon. We watched for about 30 minutes and after that we left. Very sad to see, but part of the circle of life.

There is a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHnBEUP86ks

Cheri & John