April 16, 2015
Cheetah, Cape Fox, and Springbok in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Here are three more favorite images from my recent visit to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, which encompasses the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, in South Africa. I pulled into a waterhole early one morning to see what might be there when I saw a group of springbok running towards the waterhole from further downstream in the dry Auob River. When the dust cleared, I saw a cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing there wondering what happened to breakfast. I quickly drove down the road and captured this nice backlit image.

The next morning I was driving along the dry Auob River when I saw something like smoke rising from the ground. I stopped to investigate and after a while a Cape Fox, Cama Fox, or Silver-Backed Fox (Vulpes chama) came out of its den. The "smoke" was backlit dust rising out of the den as it was being excavated. I got some nice images of the fox, but my favorite image(s) came the next morning when I returned to the den (above).

These two Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) bucks had a long serious fight one morning. I had seen Springbok spar before, but these two were in some serious competition.