Rietvlei Nature Reserve through Greenies' Eyes

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wow Amoli... what a chance, a lot of new birds O/\
I love the Diderik's Cuckoo... never saw in flight O\/ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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The red-backed shrike is the catch of the day ^Q^ ^Q^


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Thanks all.. ;-)


... and then I thought I saw two klipspringer, and I was sooooo excited.

no - it seems it was two steenbokkies... \O

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and a baby blesbok.. 0/0

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Outstanding pictures ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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We saw the Lanner and black chested snake eagle on the drive to the hide which is in th the picnic area. At the hide the red bishops and masked weavers were busy. We had breakfast in the hide O:V

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Walking back from the hide to the car, we could hear ther red chested cuckoo and searched around but could not find it

back to driving, we found a Black Shouldered Kite

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The black-shouldered kite is a beauty. I saw my first one at Rietvlei O\/


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Lovely pics Duke.. ^Q^ ^Q^


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Love the red bishop with the nesting material in his beak. :-)


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Some special sightings there O\/ O\/ O\/

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wow again nice sightings and pictures O/\ ^Q^


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