It's official, Spring has sprung!

Giraffe feasting on Knob-thorn flowers

Snowfalls sprinkled all 9 provinces of South Africa less than a week ago, but in the low-veld the Knob-thorn Acacias are in flower – spring has definitely sprung:)

All the signs are there.......

Waterholes are rapidly drying up and those still with water are attracting hundreds of animals;

The skies are hazy with dust and smoke from wild fires;

Gusty winds ripple through the remaining grass, keeping all animals on high alert;

Kudu antelope are looking bedraggled and hungry;

Hippos are at their fittest, walking long distances at night for little return on food;

Newly damaged trees everywhere, being relentlessly torn apart by elephant foraging for juicy bark;

Cold nights turning into clear warm days;

Now, the desperate wait for the rains to arrive.........

Drying waterholes, slim hippo

Large buffalo herd camped out at a waterhole

 

Selecting the next tree to push over

Warming up after a long cold night

Very few leaves around for this young browser

   

Clear, sunny days in the low-veld