Nature for Us

The Marabou stork ( Leptoptilos crumeniferus) is a really huge scavenger bird found in close association with the vultures. They visit villages, abattoir, and slaughter slabs. They  are usually silent but make a clacking sound with their bill at there nests. This stork was captured at Forfore Local Govt. Area of Adamawa State; the North Eastern part of Nigeria. This stork was collected from poachers now kept in the Jimeta Amusement Park and temporal Zoo.

Antelopes at the river bank feeding and drinking water early in the morning. This live picture was taken at the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

have you considered the feeding habit and what the African elephant feeds on? here are but a few of what they feed on; the Baobab tree ( Adamsonia digitata) , the onion-like root and the root of other unidentified plants. 

Loxodonta africana ( the African Elephant); this photo was taken at the North Eastern park of Nigeria, showing a herd of elephants at a National Park.

  wild hog. This hog was retrieved from poachers  and kept at a Park environment to rejuvenate, before returning it back to the wild.

Snowy crowned Robin-chat; Cossypha niveicapilla nestlings during their breeding season between October and November. This bird species was observed from egg until the time they were old enough to fly. At maturity both sexes are similar, has a short tail compared to one of its allied species, the white crowned robin-chat. Only the center of the crown is white while the sides being black like that of the cheeks as seen in the images above. This bird species mimics varied calls of other species thus, during identification it is can be quite difficult to tell from its calls although it has its peculiar call. This image was taken at the North Eastern Nigeria

  Nuclear latifolia shown above at different reproductive stages from flowering to fruiting, however, the ripening stage is not shown. The ripening of the fruit is seen when the fruit turn dark-red, it has a really sweet fruity scent and numerous seed within the core of the fruit covered by a fleshy cover which is eaten. The agents of seed dispersion are mammals and aves. This image was gotten at The North Eastern Nigeria at Taraba-Baruwa Local Government Area and at Adamawa-Mubi North Local Govt. Area.