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FEATURE | THE CALL OF THE WILD – Part Two

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Videos of the wildlife at Minneriya and Kaudula national parks in Sri Lanka – July 2024,

Bull elephants battling for rights to the ladies of the herd
Sea eagle enjoying its dinner, joined by its mate
A golden jackal with lots of time on its …paws
A mongoose going about its mongoosy way
A tremendous Gulp of cormorants (that’s what a flock of them is called!) going for dinner before heading home to roost
Another video of the bull elephants putting up their quiet show of force

VERSE | THE LAST FLIGHT

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I look ahead, scan the horizon
The sun is just rising, brightening 
The world around me
I feel nature’s potency run through my veins
With all its might
Each muscle and each tendon tightening
I am ready for flight

My feathers gleam, I spread my wings
I catch a current of air as it sings
I lift off and soar 
At one with the world around me
I climb higher and higher
I listen to the hum of the stratosphere 
I can hear the cosmic choir

I glide, I soar, I sail, I fly
In the startling blue of a cloudless sky
I dip, I climb, I plunge, I rise
I shoot ahead as the crow flies
I whoop in the throes of sublime joy
CRACK! I feel the fragments of lead 
Of human sport. I plummet to my death