From Berg to bush in March 2015 part two – KZN*

[Tina]

we took the uMphathe loop and found papyrus(?)



and more flowers

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reedbuck



giraffes

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and a flying kudu.



while we were watching some barn swallows

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we nearly missed the approaching buffs



but then we even saw the whole family

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thank you, Lis, Toko, RP, nan, Flutterby and Pumbaa

the one with the giraffe‘s heads sticking out of the grass is one of my favourite pictures as well.

Toko thanks for the id again – is the small one the tropical house gecko?

Thanks for confrming the id of the novice. Are the other ones emperor swallowtail, african monarch, and acraeas (not sure which ones, though)?

[Tina]

17.03. 2015 continued

we found a waterhole where we saw reedbuck

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african jacana



black crake



the next lifer – pin-tailed whydah



and three-banded plover

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a little bit further we saw some willies in the grass



all day long we saw many flying “objects” which we called Wuchtbrummen as we had no idea what they were. This is the best picture I managed



Fortunately, this one landed in the grass and it turned out that our flying objects were dung beetles

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at the next picnic spot uBhejane we were even that lucky to see what had always been on my wish list – a dung beetle at work

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then we found some cuddling zebras