Out of our Window

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Geo: -24.7435, 26.2573

This afternoon as dusk was approaching I was looking outside our large bathroom window and I could see a male bushbuck eating the bushes. Nearby there was a female bushbuck. There are about a dozen bushbuck that live in the camp. I see them most days grazing in the bush. They will usually stop and stare at me when I come across them and then continue eating once I walk past.

After the bushbuck left the bushes outside our bathroom I looked up and saw the tree branches move, which I have learnt usually means that there are monkeys jumping about. In Madikwe Game Reserve there are Vervet Monkeys. They are light grey, white chest and black face. He was just staring at me and had I not been noticed he would have jumped on the window sill- like one did a week ago. Monkeys are known to jump through windows and take food and toiletries. I took a photo of him and then closed my windows!

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Photos

01 Male Bushbuck
The male bushbuck outside our bathroom window.

02 Looking at me
The male bushbuck noticed me looking at him.

03 Female Bushbuck
The male bushbuck's female companion.

04 Female Bushbuck
Its head among the branches.

05 Cheeky Monkey
A very cheeky looking monkey that would have jumped into my bathroom window had I not been standing there looking at it.

06 Eating
The male bushbuck eating leaves from the bushes.