From Floods and Surprises in River beds

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Great to see action shots of the wildebeests ^Q^ ^Q^


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Catching up 0:

A wonderful start with so many bird varieties O/\

You guys also got a black-crowned night heron. I’m yet to see 1. :-0

Junior rhino are becoming a rare sighting in KNP sadly :-(

Nice male lion near the S120 intersection O:V

Sjoe, there are plenty more birds around in the summer months ..0..

The Vurhami pride seems to love hanging out at the dam.

The vervet and mongoose interaction is very cool ^Q^ ^Q^

Lesser bush baby jumping on Timon’s shoulder :shock: =O:

A great lion sighting on the S28 O\/

Biyamiti viewpoint is a fantastic spot to sit and relax X#X

Your pics are excellent again ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Rather nice sightings once again! :yes:

Not sure why, but I do like those juvvie ground hornbills O:V


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Lovely sightings ^Q^


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So many TTs, so little time :-0 , but I always enjoy "seeing" through your eyes, especially the wonderful bird pics ^Q^ . Can't decide who loves mud more, ellies or pigs -O- , and the wildebeest interaction was very well captured O/\

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Flutterby wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:18 am Great wildebeest pics \O and a lovely lioness on the rocks. :yes:
Sometimes we do also stop for wildebeests O** - When in action we can watch them for hours O/\
Richprins wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:49 am Nice sightings, Pumbaa! :-0

That hippo pool road is nice. :yes:

I like the close croc....beggar... ;-)
When they do appear without any noise can can be indeed very sacry :-)
Lisbeth wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:51 am Great to see action shots of the wildebeests ^Q^ ^Q^
We indeed spent quite a while with them \O
Bushcraft wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 12:51 pm Catching up 0:

A wonderful start with so many bird varieties O/\

You guys also got a black-crowned night heron. I’m yet to see 1. :-0

Junior rhino are becoming a rare sighting in KNP sadly :-(

Nice male lion near the S120 intersection O:V

Sjoe, there are plenty more birds around in the summer months ..0..

The Vurhami pride seems to love hanging out at the dam.

The vervet and mongoose interaction is very cool ^Q^ ^Q^

Lesser bush baby jumping on Timon’s shoulder :shock: =O:

A great lion sighting on the S28 O\/

Biyamiti viewpoint is a fantastic spot to sit and relax X#X

Your pics are excellent again ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
Thanks for doing the catching up marathon 0/0


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Mel wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:45 pm Rather nice sightings once again! :yes:

Not sure why, but I do like those juvvie ground hornbills O:V
It is always nice to see a juvenile one in such a family group \O
Alf wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:37 am Lovely sightings ^Q^
We indeed had more than such a nice time \O
ExFmem wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2019 12:47 am So many TTs, so little time :-0 , but I always enjoy "seeing" through your eyes, especially the wonderful bird pics ^Q^ . Can't decide who loves mud more, ellies or pigs -O- , and the wildebeest interaction was very well captured O/\

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Always such a pleasure O0 0/0


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Then again we had extreme quiet parts we travelled on but we were compensated whilst standing for the final time at Duke’s waterhole as our beloved blue and common waxbills put up a show for us

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and arrived alternatively at the waterhole to quench their thirst

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or simply to take an extensive bath.

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In between we noticed also a pin tailed whydah who first landed in a bush

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and then started to feed on the many seeds on the ground.

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We had such fun in watching

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and photographing the waxbills as sometimes they presented to us quite comical poses

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and they even dived into the water

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and splashed around.

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They indeed must have had such a fun in the water on such a hot day.

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Sorry about all the shots I posed but I in fact could not really choose favourites as all of them came out as favourites of ours

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especially with the many common and blue waxbills together as both bird species are normally always on the run and seldom sit still long enough for some decent shots.

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The fuss the waxbills arranged obviously attracted other birds as also a redbilled oxpecker wanted to drink

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as well as a laughing dove.

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As it was already our last visit in that area we simply had to capture the view at Duke's on picture

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whilst the birds made a slight pause in their appearing we concentrated on some flowers also not far away from where we stood and after a while also a beautiful butterfly visited the flower as well

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and in the meantime the blue waxbills again appeared on the scene

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as well as another feathered friend.

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Then somehow all birds were gone and also we carried on and soon came across magpie shrikes,

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European bee eaters,

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to be continued......


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O/\

A birdie day!

Totally agree that it is difficult to photograph the waxbills, Pumbaa! :-0

What pretty creatures they are! X#X


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