Day 3 continuing:
Near Satara we saw a Bateleur in a tree next to the road, but I only managed to stop(with the caravan) when I passed it......Bookworm nearly bit my head of(her words......you missed the Bateleur reverse reverse fast )....Ok reverse fast with a caravan!!!! me nevvaaaaaa.... so I reversed very slowly and she got 2 pics, but then it flew away and after circling came and sat next to the road......best ever sighting for us of a Batteleur
Special Toko for Toko to say welcome back
Steenbokkie
Blue Wildebeest
Burchell's Starling he really tried very hard to get his pic taken
Hippos catching up on their tans
The samallest baby Hippo I've ever seen
Majestic Kudu
Martail eagle
Some more of day 3 soon.....
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Thank you for the Toko welcome photo, love it
Splendid Bateleur - well done
The blue birdie is a Burchell's Starling
The eagle does not look like an immature Martial to me
Thank you for the Toko welcome photo, love it
Splendid Bateleur - well done
The blue birdie is a Burchell's Starling
The eagle does not look like an immature Martial to me
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magnificent Bateleur
and to me too seems not to be a Martial
and to me too seems not to be a Martial
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Last pics of day 3:
Blackbellied Korhaan
Koribustard
Waterbuck
Maroela Sunset
That was day 3.........
Blackbellied Korhaan
Koribustard
Waterbuck
Maroela Sunset
That was day 3.........
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The bateleur is gorgeous! And love the colours in the Maroela sunset too.
Funnily enough, I had the same thought as Toko... not martial... but I thought osprey.
Funnily enough, I had the same thought as Toko... not martial... but I thought osprey.
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Day 4 - 19 August:
We left camp at 06:15, stil a bit dark.....
Hayena in the dark
Saddle billed stork and woolyneck stork
Baboons still sleeping
Beautifull Njala bull
Ground hornbill
From Bobbejaan krans
Kudu
This Birdie(looks like a woodpecker of some sort)
Ostrich
more coming soon.......
We left camp at 06:15, stil a bit dark.....
Hayena in the dark
Saddle billed stork and woolyneck stork
Baboons still sleeping
Beautifull Njala bull
Ground hornbill
From Bobbejaan krans
Kudu
This Birdie(looks like a woodpecker of some sort)
Ostrich
more coming soon.......
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Lovely pic of the sleeping baboons
The woodpecker looks like a Cardinal Woodpecker.
The nyalas are such pretty antelopes
The woodpecker looks like a Cardinal Woodpecker.
The nyalas are such pretty antelopes
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Just caught up Harrys.
Great sightings and a wonderful mix of different species.
Love the Young Sandgrouse, the Wood Sandpiper, the Bateleur and Martial Eagles.
Also like your Waterbuck pics and the Olfants river view.
Great sightings and a wonderful mix of different species.
Love the Young Sandgrouse, the Wood Sandpiper, the Bateleur and Martial Eagles.
Also like your Waterbuck pics and the Olfants river view.
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Day 4 continues ......
Only photo of Lions near Girvana waterhole, one lady told us that when they got there 4 Male Lions was in the road stalking a Buffalo herd......they made a kill and then there was a stand off between the Lions and the Buffalo's, after a while the Buffs left and the Lions finished their meal.......then we arrived
Squirrels for Lis
Then at Nsemane dam we saw this Raptor, he was feasting on something
Wildebeest
My best ever pics of Vultures on the S100
Green backed Heron, I've never seen anything stay so still for so long
These big birds feasting in a tree, we could not make out what they where eating, but it was a frenzy
Some fishies
Nice scenery
to be continued.......
Only photo of Lions near Girvana waterhole, one lady told us that when they got there 4 Male Lions was in the road stalking a Buffalo herd......they made a kill and then there was a stand off between the Lions and the Buffalo's, after a while the Buffs left and the Lions finished their meal.......then we arrived
Squirrels for Lis
Then at Nsemane dam we saw this Raptor, he was feasting on something
Wildebeest
My best ever pics of Vultures on the S100
Green backed Heron, I've never seen anything stay so still for so long
These big birds feasting in a tree, we could not make out what they where eating, but it was a frenzy
Some fishies
Nice scenery
to be continued.......
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