David Mwadime – Kalama Safaris

The Young Weaver Bird

David Mwadime — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:15:06 +0000

Some of the youngsters of the weaver birds have no clue what it takes to impress a mate. They think all you have to do is build a nest and she will be pleased. as time goes by they try their best to woe the females but they don’t even pay attention for their cute dances. It takes lots of experience to be able to do it once and win them, some of the things needed to be learned is, 1. Wind direction 2, security type of materials used to build (talk about pick lady.) availability of food as she takes care of the chicks as the they grow up etc. the older mature makes it look so easy. The sad part is that the younger males may build up to 10 nests sometimes just to win one female for the season.

The Evening in Amboseli

David Mwadime — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:49:21 +0000

This is how animals have learned to evolve in Amboseli, while we think its a problem for them as the environment changes to the its normal. They take every change with lots of ease. Remember they were there before we did, and these changes have been there before…

An Evening in Amboseli

David Mwadime — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:41:11 +0000

Good Morning, Africa

David Mwadime — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:18:14 +0000

It is 5:15 in the morning. The morning birds sing for joy celebrating the break of dawn. Inside my tent all the lights are off, and I hear a little cricket crackling at the edge of the tent covers. Just when I turn and pull the covers over me thinking it’s still too early for me to get up, I hear a heavy, deep roar. It feels like three huge males outside my tent, knowing a lion’s roar, I know how far they are. Once, then twice, then another roar picks up.

Now it’s a vocal only one hears to understand how Africa wakes up. Like a guide on steroids, I get up, grab my t-shirt and throw it over my shoulder, put car keys in my pocket, and gather my camera and lenses. I feel the sweetest breeze of an African dawn. With my thermos full of coffee filled up last night before going to bed, I fill up my cup as I watch the sky turning from a dark, gray shower of colors, amber then a thick orange. As the first ray of the sun peeps at the edge of the mountain. I cannot help but appreciate how beautiful Mama Africa is when she gets up, and how grateful I am to be here to enjoy this.

Listen, you have only one life and a day in it is gone by and will never ever come back again. You are so blessed to be alive today. Travel, and see the world. Come to Africa, and let’s enjoy it like it is the only time we have. Good morning from Africa!