Time for a quick little travel tale.
Many folk do not really enjoy staying at twee Rivieren . We do ...and over the years we have had the most incredible sightings very close to Twee Rivieren. Many people are only interested in the Big Cats. As much as I do enjoy the Big Cats and I feel very privileged to have witnessed both the mating of leopards as well as the offspring of that mating so close to Twee Rivieren I also enjoy the the smaller creatures as well.
We have visited the park many times since 1998 and in all of those visits I have never seen a Fork-tailed Drongo hitching a ride on an Ostrich..or on any other creature for that matter. As the Ostriches were disturbing the insects the Drongo was swooping down to catch them. Then straight back up to the feathery dining room table. Very clever Drongo if you ask me. :lol:
My next little surprise on that drive was a beautiful sighting of a Namaqua Sandgrouse. Many folk would just drive past this bird but I was absolutely gobsmacked at how beautiful the feather pattern was . I had never really noticed those blue patches on the feathers. I had also never really noticed it's beautiful pointed tail....it is the only Sandgrouse with a pointed tail.
The Sandgrouse was most obliging in allowing me to photograph him... :lol: The beauty of nature never seizes to amaze me .
one of my favorite
