The photo of the genet was taken by Dave at Harold Porter. But this shy night hunter is quite often seen in Rooiels. It comes sniffing round after a braai and if you are sitting quietly will even sometimes venture briefly into the house.
The delightful mongoose pictures were taken in Dave's garden by Jeremy. Thanks to them both for sharing. Added in at the bottom is a photo of the genet that starred in our Leopard cave camera in 2016
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Oh dear - yes I forgot my door. And it would be just when the baboons were in the vicinity! But I was so amused at how it took its booty and went and ate it sitting at the table out on the porch. We are so lucky to live here in the abundance of nature - even if it can at times be a nuisance to remember to keep the trelli-door locked to keep out the baboons, close off your chimney to protect from dassies eating your fruit and flowers, or close an interleading door to be sure that the mongoose that gets in through the shutters does not eat all the butter or dogfood!
Some people sharing their photos - Dimitri the glorious sunsets, Sandra showing the abundance in the lagoon pools and some others too. Baboons on the cars are part of a normal Saturday morning in Rooiels village! A photo from last year - we look forward to more visits from the leopards, otters and others at the cameras in the cave. Wolfgang has offered to escort any interested person to visit the one camera next time they go. You need to be fit for a clamber up over rocks and through trees.
Baboons came asking for an invitation to tea at the Clarksons -- less welcome was the rather large boomslang that Ernst kindly came and helped them to catch and release! Tortoises are out everywhere at the moment - they may be searching for water given how dry it is. The genet has been in the area (sitting up on a Rooielser's window ledge one night) perhpas that is why the mongooses have been scarce just lately. The dassies have taken to raiding (flowers in vases, rusks and fruit at risk!) and they fit through those small gaps the baboons dont! We live in a nature conservancy and are so lucky we still share our village with all the animals - even if they are not always welcome inside our homes.
.Thanks to Jeremy van Zyl for sharing photos of their walk to the seals with Wolfgang. Some great pictures of the Bull being regal. All the photos shared are in a folder in the Galleries
Some delightful photos of our newest little baboon and the stunning wave through the window -- photos thanks so much to Rita Blake for sharing
The striking Watsonia borbonica carpets the valley between Rooiels and Pringle Bay in swathes of bright, shocking pink. And interspersed with it are the lovely Morea ramosissima weaving in bright patches of yellow. And then down below a host of other bulbs and flowers, including gladiolus, nemesia, ixea, phyllopodium, pseudoselago, lobelia, wachendorfia and many more.
November 2017 Thanks to Jill Lockley for working so hard in the Village centre gardens - and to everyone else with all the wonderful natural gardens. Go to the Galleries to find photos of the lovely gardens and fynbos in Rooiels. Please share more photos to put into these Field Notes - or on the Galleries.
For those who would like more tips go to the Gardening page and to the Fynbos page |
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