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Lots of collared animals around Shing! :shock:

Rare location for cheetah, Harry! O\/ O/\ ^Q^

Your Nyala looks like another one of those females with horns....not sure of the animal's size?! X#X

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More photos from Shingwedzi:

Sharpes Grysbok:

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Honey Badger very far:

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Ellie it might be a Tusker -O- :

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Buff:

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This birdie kept me busy trying to get a nice pic of it :O^

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Bookworm(Anja):

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Hornbill:

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Shingwedzi sunset O/\ :

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Schrub hare:

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African Grey Hornbill:

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End of day 2 at Shingwedzi, next our trip to Crooks Corner..... 0() 0()


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Missed a couple Harry, but great to catch up again.

Love the White-throated Robin-chat. O/\

Nice to get a HB and Cheetah. \O

Those sharpies are not easy to get pics of. ^Q^


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Trip to Crooks Corner:

First sighting just outside camp a Goaway bird having a drink:

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Spot the animal:

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Another highlight of our trip, a BBJ on a kill:

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Eland faaaaaaaaaaaar away:

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Zebras playing:

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We found these ducks in a pond next to the road just before Babalal:

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A Tawny......I think -O- :

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Mopani worm:

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Look my big ears O** :

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Levubho river:

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Njala mom and baby at Pafuri Picnick spot:

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Njala bull:

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Ground hornbill and chick:

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Bateleur:

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Girrafes:

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That was some pics from Shingwedzi to Crooks Corner ;-)
Must just mention that the Pafuri area is bone dry, it looks like it hasn't rained there for a very long time :-(

Last day at Shingwedzi coming up....... 0()


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. O/\ Knob-billed Duck... male and female ^Q^
could be a Bateleur... juv. Bateleur :-?

I like too the Goaway, the Mongoose ;-) , Elands, Jackal and baby Nyala ^Q^ O/\ ^Q^


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Great pics again Harry, especially like the mopani worm. \O

The eagle looks like a Wahlberg's?

SPAM Kudu portrait. ^Q^


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Last day at Shingwedzi...:

A visitor at camp:

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My 2 Angels O** ;-) :

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Vultures at a dead Giraffe:

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Resting Buffalo:

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Young Ellie:

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Ostrich...we saw quite alot of them:

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Has been Buffaloe:

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Bushbuck:

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Collared Lioness:

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End of 4 days in Shingwedzi, next up Satara............... -O- ;-)


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Satara: 9 December to 15 Desember:

We were woken up by thunder and lightning and lots of rain at 00:40 on 9 December :shock: O-/ , Bookworm phoned and asked if I could come and close the windows of her tent as she had no umbrella and didn't want to get wet, soooooo I had to run, in ankel deep water dodging lightning and only in my shorts, to the tent about 100m away and zip up the windows :shock: :shock: My excercize for the year O** O** .

After about 4 hours sleep we packed the wet tents and ground sheets onto the bakkie and headed for Satara at about 6:15.

The area was very wet and it looked like the animals was more lively and happy ^Q^

We had the usual sightings like impala some Ellies, Zebra etc but then about 20km's from Shingwedzi we saw this:

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There was 5 Wilddogs coming from Mopani side, and they were on a mission :O^

After the excitement we saw a Corry Bustard:

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A SSJ O\/

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Girrafe:

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Wildebeest:

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The trip was really quiet till about 15 km from Satara when we had 3 BIG ellie breeding herds and at one stage we were between to of them :shock: O-/ , not a very nice experience 0- .

We set up camp at Satara almost next to the fence O:V

To be continued....... 0()


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Satara:

We had a good night sleep and got up early and explored more in the Satara area:

First sighting these Bateleur eagles feasting on flying ants:

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Wildebeest babies:

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BBJ looking for a snack:

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Lions very far, only able to clearly see them with bono's 0*\

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Visitor at camp:

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-O- :

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Water turtle not in water :-? :

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Enough for now....to follow our sighting of the trip or maybe of our last 9 trips.......... -O- :shock: O\/ O/\ ;-)


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You had great sightings... jackal, wild dog and a camp site next to the fence. ^Q^ ^Q^

Your -O- bird is a grey heron.

0() O/\ 0() O/\


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