OUR OCTOBER 2016 WEEK

[Richprins]

Jolly good, stf!

If that bird was small and alone it could have been a female wydah or widow-finch?

[Mel]

Even if the beak looks a bit small in that pic, the markings are right for a red-billed quelea

[PJL]

Just caught up again here STF! More brilliant sightings... the rhino and lion antics must have been great to see, whist the giraffe from the hide is fantastic

[steamtrainfan]

Thanks so much everybody for the lovely comments.

[steamtrainfan]

DAY 7 - THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2016 - AFTERNOON.


After a short drive around and seeing nothing I decided to go sit at Mankwe hide for a while.

How I wish I had the Nikon camera with me as it can take shots at 1/4000 but the Canon SX50 can only take take at a maximum of 1/1250.

I am sure the following sequence of photos would have come out much clearer but here they are.

Two plovers hassling a fish eagle.

[steamtrainfan]

oooops , sorry about the break - pressed wrong button.















After about 20 minutes of dive bombing the plovers flew off and left the fish eagle to settle down albeit in a bit of a ruffled state.



Our final photo for this trip.



We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Thank you for all your comments, bird ID's and other banter.

[Lisbeth]

The fish eagle resisted

Nice pic of the rhino with the muddy horn

Thank you STF and Joan for yet another great trip to Pilanesberg

[nan]

love the hairdo of the Fish Eagle
and the composition : Zebras with Rino

[Richprins]

Yes those last pics were useless, stf!

What does 1/4000 mean?

Thanks very much, this was very good indeed...lots of info for potential Pilanes visitors!

Did Joan win at Sin City?

[Mel]

Love watching when smaller than raptor birds hassle the bigger relatives! Always a great show when the smaller ones try to protect what's theirs against the "predators"