cheetahs that i have chanced upon

kgalagadi frontier park (northern cape, south africa) 15 august 2005, evening.
left to right, top to bottom
- a band of brothers (five cheetahs) have been surveying from the height a large herd of springbok
- they move along the ridge
- then descend onto the plain, and ignoring the springbok (to the right in the photo) continue across in indian file
- they head straight towards my vantage point... but give me the springbok treatment

birds that brightened my path series 2

flamingos in pretoria zoo.
all others from kgalagadi frontier park.
- 4th secretary bird
- 5th kori bustard
- 7th martial eagle
- 9th would they be ostriches ?
- others birds of prey (aka raptors) : nearly every tree (of which not many) has its resident raptor
(click on photo to enlarge)