AW Pilanesberg Meet 23-29 September 2013

[leachy]

such a wide variety of game and so well captured steamtrainfan..

[steamtrainfan]

I have this feeling I should have stayed with you guys for the week...

Jackals and..... wow, a Kori bustard... or no, actually two kori bustards. I am green...
I spent the week searching for kori bustard.

Glad Amarula didn't give you any attention.. -O -O

Lovely pic of the LBR, Joan and great healing work with STF.

Wish you had been with us Amoli. Thanks so much for the lovely comments.

nice LBR, Spoonbill and big tusker
I like too the baloon... a bit "another time"

Thanks nan.

Nice, stf!

So what was that "muti"?

Thanks for the compliment R.P.

SOAP BULLETT

Nice episode STF!

Thanks very much B.B.

Another great update STF

Kori bustard I didn’t know that they cruised around there also

I have seem more Kori Bustard in Pilanesberg than anywhere else. Thanks for jumping on board again.

such a wide variety of game and so well captured steamtrainfan..

Thanks so much leachy- glad to have you on board again.

[steamtrainfan]

WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER 2013. Part 1/2

We woke up to one of those stunning African mornings that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world.


Pete insisted that we head down to where we saw the kori bustard yesterday in the hope that it would still be around.

On the way down we stopped at Mankwe Dam.

Goliath heron.


With an Egyptian goose taking off in the background.


It was very interesting to watch this wheatear collecting twigs and leaves for his nest. The most interesting part was to watch as he ducked down a hole in the ground and popped out again a few seconds later to go and fetch more nesting material. I did not know that wheatears nest underground in old rat or snake holes. Unfortunately he was so quick when going in and out of the whole we could not get a shot of him partly in the hole.


Red-breasted swallow.


Another pic of the barn owl in Mankwe Hide.


Pearl-breasted swallow at Mankwe Hide.


A large crocodile seen from Mankwe Hide.


Marico flycatcher seen at Pilanesberg Centre.


This little fellow stole half of Joans breakfast. Joan had taken her eye off her food to look at the bird above and within a second he had whizzed down snatched her food and sat a few metres way eating it.


Oh, by the way, the kori bustard was nowhere to be seen.

NEXT: More birds with a few animals thrown in.

[Sprocky]

More great pics STF!!!

[Lisbeth]

Your photos are getting better and better

The LBJ is a marico flycatcher

[steamtrainfan]

More great pics STF!!!

Hey Sprocky - so good to hear from you again. Hope all is well with you.

Your photos are getting better and better

The LBJ is a marico flycatcher

Thank you for the lovely compliment Lisbeth.

Thank you also for the ID of the marico fkycatcher. How you ID these LBJ's is way beyond me.

[Lisbeth]

Form, color and size of the bill. Color scheme including legs and eyes. Distribution and habitat. Once you are sure of the family open your book and search. Lots of practice. I am doing the bird ID challenges on the SPF, which is a fantastic school

[nan]

superb serie of birds, even a Goliath Heron, not so often saw

[Bush Brat]

Another day for birds!! That monkey looks very angry!

[Pumbaa]

All in all stunning pictures here

To mention my favourite which are the barn owl and the Goliath heron in the water

Thanks so much