After seeing up to 3 families a night pass through Nectar's gardens many years ago to seeing one single bushbig for the last year is distressing to say the least. "Boetie" as we have named him, is probably the son of an older bushpig we had named "Lucy" who frequented Nectar's gardens for years and used to eat apples from my hand. Alas, we haven't seen her for about 18 months are fear she must be dead. Her son now comes on his own. He has always been very skittish and tends to bolt and charge unexpectedly. I now see that he only has partial vision in his right eye which no doubt hampers his vision and judgement. He is obviously hungry and we leave all our scraps for him (he has his favourites and his dislikes) and are pleased that we can contribute to the eco-system we habitate in - for how ever long we are here - rather than hamper it.
"Peg Leg" as Hamid, who is renovating Nectar, has named her, is an endearling one-footed wagtail who comes to the large terracce every day to peck around and look at you as if to say: anything for me today? She loves cheese, biltong, rusks, etc, but eats very little. She may have lost her one foot in fishing tackle; but walks confidently with her peg-leg.
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