Thousands fly chirping through
the leaves of the acacia trees, perch lightly on birch branches, ears of wheat, and the golden rims of sunflowers, pecking seeds from their big black eyes.
Not exact matches
Incidentally, giraffes spend a lot
of time around the
acacia trees because they feed on their
leaves and twigs.
After two hours
of searching the cactus, aloe, and prickly
acacia — sometimes crawling to get a better look at
tree trunks and
leaf litter — I counted exactly six whiptail lizards, three toads, two geckoes, and one santanero.
This moth feeds on
leaves of the mopane (aka mopani)
tree, as well some
acacia.
On the other side
of the world, in Niger, farmers faced with severe drought and desertification in the 1980s began
leaving some emerging
acacia tree seedlings in their fields as they prepared the land for crops.