Cape Town - Table Mountain

A view of Table Mountain from the house we stayed at in Cape Town:



You get to the top of Table Mountain by a gondola lift:




The views from the top are incredible:




The top of Table Mountain is at the same level as the clouds:


Walking above the clouds:


The nearby Lion's Head peak covered in clouds:


Rock Dassie's love to sun themselves on the rocks:






They also like to enjoy the views:






Gondola cable-attachment mechanism:


Weird sensation... driving on the wrong side of the road:


King Protea flower (national flower of South Africa) at the Cape Town botanical garden:


Pincushion protea flowers at the botanical garden:


Now you can tell why they call it a "Table Mountain":


Its visible from most places in Cape Town, and you can still see how it near perfectly matches the cloud level:

The Big Five

Lion:









Elephant:









Rhino:



Leopard:






Buffalo:

Florida in July

A few friendly owls and an eagle at a Tampa raptor rehabilitation center:

















Nature at the Lettuce Lake Lake:









Short-tailed Hawk: a rare find, seen very closely:


A family of red-eyed vireos:


Carolina wren:


It's Florida...


My new favorite raptor: Swallow-tailed Kite: