Kshhh Namibia shhh wifi bzzz…

We had a nice drive yesterday from Windhoek north to the fabulous Mondjila Safari Camp, which is just 30km south of Etosha National Park. Unfortunately, the wifi was out. Today, we had a great visit to the park, and now the wifi is back on, but it is slow and unsteady. Thus, I only get to show you one picture from the past two days, and this is it.

I was walking from the dining area to our cabin yesterday afternoon, and thank goodness I thought to bring my camera with me, just in case. As I strolled along the little path, I saw something streaky flit up into a tree right in front of me, and I thought I could see where it landed. I didn’t have my binoculars with me, so I tried to use my camera to find it, and when I looked through the viewfinder, I could hardly believe my eyes. In fact, I looked around my camera with my bare eyes again, because I couldn’t imagine how this amazing scene could be in that tree. If Anne and Deb had taped a picture onto the front of my camera to play a trick on me, that would be more believable.

Anyway, here it is, my very first pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum), and I don’t think it is much bigger than an American robin.

We get to go back to Etosha tomorrow and drive ourselves around, so I’m sure we’ll see more amazing sights, and I sure hope the wifi is working when we get back. Keep your fingers crossed.