Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic

[Richprins]

I was up early and off to LP again leaving the SO in bed.

The sun was coming up as I approached the LP parking area.



Two proud parents of....



this really insane looking chick



A greenbacked Heron with an early breakfast



Mayhem as a parent arrives with food for two hungry chicks



and beats a hasty retreat once they have been fed.



A Jacana just as it lands



Another Grey Heron arriving with food. It's amazing how the chicks recognise their own parents from a great distance and only that bird's chicks start making a noise!




A crocodile was cruising around and not even creating a ripple on the water.



A last couple of pictures....

[Lisbeth]

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Thick-billed Weaver

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[Lisbeth]

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Juv. Black-Crowned Heron

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[Flutterby]

Lis, what is that little LBJ in the first post?

[Lisbeth]

Sorry, I should have written it. Bad pic, but it's a thick-billed weaver

[nan]

Sorry, I should have written it. Bad pic, but it's a thick-billed weaver

it is what I was thought to .... well done, not so often seen

[Flutterby]

[Richprins]

The outlet valve/tap was leaking, and a replacement not available. So it had to be removed for repair and a controlled release allowed. It should begin filling up again now.

This was actually not the case. The dam is fed by a pump from the Sabie river, and the delivery system simply failed. SP did not pick this up, it came from a convoluted and desperate reporting by tourist/helping hand etc.

[nan]

[Richprins]

Well, it got fixed, sort of...just takes very long to fill up again.