Africa Wild

more strange

BEF

and Squirrel

seems it was good

By cons, what we found is exceptional, a Jackal eating a Snake and especially a BEF devouring a Squirrel ... remember that these foxes are insectivorous
On the road there are some European Nightjars (Engoulevent d'Europe) almost never visible during the day.

During the last 5 km, it rains so hard that only 100 m would have because of our clothes ... I rarely seen a tropical rain so long... and violent, that is normal ... and wetting of course

the driver didn't even see the road

12.11.2014

Departure to 8 hours, after putting everything in the sun ... to dry, only jeans my nephew and my shoes remain at TR.... inside... because of the Jackals
We prepare the snacks and hop towards Nossob Riverbed. A halt, as usual near the small pond of Twee Rivieren where there is a Black-headed Heron and at the soggy Samevloeiing after the rains that night.



Black-headed Heron/Héron mélanocéphale

Pigeon, Turtles and PCG.
The Goshawk seeking to catch something in a small bush, is it a mouse an Agama
it looks to me very difficult, it is a young, he does not really know how to do it, at least it makes us laugh



herb

log

it seems that was lost in the ciberspace

No Lion at Kij Kij.
Then along the road to the small dune, a little too far, alas, under a large tree, a Kori Bustard with a young
It is very difficult to see Outardes youth... only Mel can

Kori + baby

PCG poses for a photo, beautiful adult, supervising all around.
Again Auchterlonie for a stop... looking for reptiles, we are alone, we parked the car nearby the way ... just in case ... but anyway we don't have to run, but one can simply not follow the lane and go through the "plants" ... it's the environment, or our lives
It is understood that we are opening the eye, and the good, before leaving the car.
No snake ...Lion ... nor leopard

Museum from far away

Ivan searching

A little further, we are witnessing a fight/game with three squirrels. They run in all directions, jump, pirouette, are caught themselves, let go again, what a flexibility

Squirrel dance

Then a Secretary is "sit" on his lap
funny position, see the legs bent the other way

on the knees

And the jackpot for the park
a Pallid Harrier, extremely rare ... if ever seen in the park.
Too bad it's on a low branch, in the shadows, the picture is very difficult

Pallid Harrier/Busard pâle

And again a Common Scimitarbill, Hadeda Ibis and a Pygmy Falcon, a PCG, a Pigeon, a Shrike and an Ant-eating Chat and Kudu females.

Pygmy

Ant-eating Chat