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August 2011 : Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Zimbabwe
Temperature
Average Minimum:12°C (54°F)
Average Maximum:26°C (79°F)
Minimum Recorded:9°C (48°F)
Maximum Recorded:32°C (90°F)
Rainfall
For the period:1.4 mm (0 in)
For the year to date:300 mm (12 in)
It’s often a little unnerving when you catch someone that has been intently watching you for a while – and out here in the wild it’s no different, but more exciting and exhilarating!
We had that experience this week when we were busily setting up a special dinner under the stars and, after that sixth sense feeling one has of being observed, looked up to see a magnificent jet black Verreaux’s eagle (Aquila verreauxii) perched on a branch overhead, keenly observing our every move!
Of course these encounters are a little more adrenalin-filled when the observers are a pride of lions or a leopard watching you, as regaled in this journal’s story of, “A nugget of gold”.
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, Zimbabwe
By Jenny Hishin
Singita Pamushana
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Zimbabwe
31 August 2011
