WILD PORTRAITS: Wild Animal, Bird & Insect Images

  • BIG GAME: Large Wild Animals photographed at Kulafumbi [2007] (23)

    For the purpose of this Gallery, anything from a Warthog upwards will be considered "Big Game"...unless of course it has its own gallery, like the Antelope, Crocodiles & Mother & Baby Hippo do...
     

  • ANTELOPE: A varied collection photographed from (or near) the house [2007] (32)

    There are several different types of antelope at Kulafumbi, from the diminutive Dik-Dik to the chunky Waterbuck...here is a cross-section...
     

  • HIPPO MUM & BABY: Mother & Baby Hippo living opposite the house [2007] (12)

    Hippo bulls are known to kill baby hippos, so whenever a mother gives birth, she often keeps her baby away from the main pod [group] until it is big enough to be out of danger from the big males. One mother and baby have taken up residence in the reeds below our house - it's wonderful to have them here with us every day, and watch the little one grow...
     

  • SMALL FRY: The smaller creatures photographed in, from or near the house [2007] (59)

    The small animals are no less intriguing than the larger ones...in fact, often they are more so, for it seems all the more amazing that something so small can still survive in such a harsh environment...
     

  • SLIM, THE BLACK-TIPPED MONGOOSE (8)

    Slim is the name we have given to the Black-tipped mongoose which lives around the house (and frequently comes into the house) name for Black-Tips is "Slender Mongoose"...and you've got to admit, he's not exactly obese. The birds don't like him much, and always cluster around in bushes above him, shrieking out their alarm calls...
     

  • TRACK STORIES: Footprints, Pugmarks & Paw Prints (71)

    The prints in the sand and in the mud bear witness to which animals have passed by the house, or been down to drink at the river...both day and night, they all leave their mark...
     

  • BIRDBATH & BIRD TABLE: Catering for Kulafumbi's avian residents [2007] (16)

    The birdlife here at Kulafumbi is staggering...you only have to take a glance at my running bird count to see how many species populate this area. Many of them live around the house - indeed in the house too, and this is a record of those which visit our birdbath and bird table.
     

  • RESIDENT BIRDS: Photographed on the property [2007] (188)

    In addition to the birds which come to our birdbath, there are dozens which live around and about the house and the property. I've tried to keep this gallery for resident species, and compile a separate gallery for migrant birds...
     

  • MIGRANT BIRDS: Visiting once a year [2007] (27)

    We get a lot of migrant species passing through Kulafumbi, especially because of the river. As far as possible, I've tried to keep this gallery dedicated to the migrants - you can see our resident species in their own gallery.
     

  • SEPTEMBER GOOSE FAMILY: The story of "our" goslings [2007] (48)

    We've watched this Egyptian Goose pair raise their goslings, right from the first day they arrived on the Athi River. The goose nest is quite far up the dry Mtito River. When the tiny goslings were ready to leave the nest (early September 2007), they would have had to jump out the nest, falling several metres through the air before bouncing like little fluffy tennis balls when they hit dry land. As if that was not enough, they then had to walk the kilometre or so to the Athi, where finally they found a flowing river. To begin with, there were seven goslings, but it's a tough & precarious life being a gosling in this part of Africa...
     

  • INSECT LIFE: Kulafumbi's small wild world [2007] (65)

    As elsewhere on the planet, there are thousands of different insects at Kulafumbi, most of them exquisitely beautiful in close-up. For 99% of the year, the bugs don't bother us at all - they are merely a subject of fascination. For the few days when it rains heavily, however, we are literally over-run by insects of every shape and size, and I would be lying if I didn't say, we don't like the insects one little bit during that time!
     

  • CREEPY-CRAWLIES: Multi-legged beasties [2007] (2)

    They're not insects, but some of them might as well be...here is yet another collection of weird and wonderful (and sometimes unwelcome) creatures from Kulafumbi...