We were feeding the Ostriches on a recent visit to 'Rustig', a resort with various wild animals and hiking trails up the mountain, not far from Magaliesburg in Skeerpoort (Gauteng, South Africa) and this male put up a spectacular show of protecting his females, ignoring our offerings and charging the fence from time-to-time, a real force to be reckoned with!
Every now and then he would nonchalantly pretend to be pecking at something on the ground, a ruse that worked a few times, but when the unsuspecting victim got closer, his attitude changed completely! In one instance, an elderly gentleman almost got his ear pecked off!
This is one of his beautiful ladies he was protecting, a gentle gal with gorgeous long eyelashes who was delighted with the offerings of corn and seeds.
Camera : Fuji FinePix 2800Zoom
Camera : Fuji FinePix 2800Zoom
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I loved the photos and story, Maree. And I agree, that lady friend is really a charmer!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathryn! I'm just sorry I couldn't have gotten a better close-up of her eyelashes (they are ANY girl's dream!), but hubby was floiting all my efforts to get a good photo of his lovely lady!
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