At Duke’s we met another birdie who was a bit shy
and again met there the pin tailed whydah we noticed there already yesterday
and same even presented his approach for landing.
Unfortunately meanwhile the rain set in again and also on a smaller causeway we had to cross on the S137 the water was flowing strongly and consequently we did not see anything until we again stood on the Lower Sabie causeway where we discovered an African jacana
and we had known better after a short body break at Lower Sabie that the S21 which we originally wanted to drive was closed so without seeing anything we returned to Lower Sabie and I even asked at the reception there whether Biyamiti camp was still reachable. The friendly receptionist even called there and got the confirmation that the camp was still reachable and presently there were no road closures in that area so in order to be on the safe side we decided to drive straight into that direction and could drive along the S139 instead so on the shortest way which was along the H5/S108 we neared Biyamiti and met along our drive an African fish eagle resting on a branch in the rain.
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The Bume causeway we had to cross next was already an adventure but luckily same was still passable - here a view after we crossed same safely.
Along our way we luckily met a kudu male who was extreme hungry
and meanwhile we already turned into the S139 where we met an already very drenched and unhappy looking bateleur couple.
I must say that we pictured the drive on that road much more worse because of the hilly and winding road but besides a lot of puddles no adventurous crossing of any causeway had to be done so we could relax a bit more and stopped for a woodland kingfisher in the rain
and another not that happy looking bateleur.
At one of the many causeways we had to cross a hamerkop was in hunting mode
and we also noticed a lot of white backed vultures but also this road was also very quiet.
to be continued……