For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Lizard Buzzard and snake


Sometimes, chance brings you to the right place at the right time. Cruising around on one of the sand roads, I spotted this buzzard in a tree with a snake which it was eating.
The snake must be about 1.5m in length but as it was nearing the end of the day and I had to take the pictures against the setting sun, the pictures are not good enough to identify the snake. It does seem to have a vertical stripe on it which would make it a non-venomous species.

4 comments:

OneStonedCrow said...

wow - what a find ... pity about the sun ...

I wonder if it's a whip or sand snake?

Gaelyn said...

You have such a good eye. Excellent sighting.

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

Hello Graham. I hope things are going well with you now?

The snake was too far away to actually identify unfortunately.

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

Thanks Gaelyn. I must say that during my stay here I have had wonderful sightings. I have a lot of video material I want to post sometime too when time allows.