by Audrey Benedict | Apr 14, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #18: A Moment in Time (Etosha National Park, Namibia) Settling in at the edge of Etosha’s salt-pan for a day observing the comings and goings of a diverse array of handsome bovids is a supreme luxury! The range of variability in size, fur color and...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 13, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #17: Bovidae Diversity (Namibia) African biodiversity has been a recurring theme throughout this series of ePostcards. With this postcard, I offer a fresh photographic canvas for exploring biodiversity within a single family—the Bovidae (antelopes and...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 12, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #16: Nectar Lovers When South Africa’s fynbos and succulent shrublands are in full bloom, watching sunbirds is a visual meditation, their gem-like colors–emerald, sapphire, ruby, and topaz–sparkling in the sunshine. Sunbirds are members of...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 11, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #15: Watching Lions at Sunset (Etosha National Park, Namibia) The sublime joy of spending a sunset evening watching a pride of African lions is a profound gift. These kinds of opportunities are usually only possible in parks and preserves where both...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 10, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #14: Hidden Water (Namibia and South Africa) The ability to locate a hidden spring or waterhole—reading the landscape and recognizing subtle clues—is a survival skill that must be learned by all desert dwellers at an early age. In Namibia’s northeastern...
