Last weekend

We helped out at the animal count at the watering holes here is some of what we counted (of course we didn't count the birds).


Zebra


Warthogs


Mongoose (I think) black tip



You have to keep in mind the size of these animals, this sable family by itself compared to one with warthogs then some with elephants!





A concern to alot of people was that so few roan where spotted



Some birds...



The jewel of Liwonde National Park Lillians lovebird



the lourie, beautifull colors blue and green and then it speads its wings to show its brilliant red!




my favorite the kudu




the ever present impalla



A hippo, look at his foot! He leaves a funny foot print!



heartabeast with baby




elephants, and lots of them they love to play around in the water holes


an older one that remains with only one tusk



nap time, he laid there for 15 minutes



I noticed they love to cross their back legs when resting






the eland always seem to be camera shy, these are the best shots we could get of them




Bushbuck male and female



Shawna while sitting at her water hole one day got invaded by buffalo! They just came out of the trees! They counted 94 of them!






baboons



a large baboon and a bushbuck together at the watering hole



Sorry we did not get more photos of each other but we were separted for the actual sitting in the hides... so we got lots of animals and not any people pics. So after the weekend we went back across the river and to our home. One morning we heard a hippo had been killed so we went to see...

they had already started cutting it up, this was one of the many chunks of meat


They let the blood drain into the ground and left the head to ward off other animals trying to escape the park to go eat from the dry season irrigated gardens.


No wonder they get out often, the fence is above Shawna's head here!


On our way to that spot we spotted two other skeletons from other hippos killed outside the park.


Our portion, made for a nice dinner!



We also took Shawna to see the school. They have water flowing through the taps now. The problem is very very salty water so they can not drink it, they shower and wash clothing in it. This tap they have diverted the run off into the small orchard.


The church is coming right along, because the church donated the land then the church collapsed HELP Malawi is helping them to build a new one, it looks very nice!


The plant nursery is coming right along also, only that the shallow well has run dry.



THe headmaster at the school requested a puppy. So when we heard Mphatso our little gal had pups again we agreed to get one for him from Danny the volunteer keeping Mphatso. This is the headmasters kids with the puppy. A female named rafiki, she has alot of her mothers mannerisms!



Thats all for now, but we are currently doing a large animal count (transect walks) in the park and will post pictures after the weekend!