Enjoying The Kruger Without Staying In The Park

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Thanks all for coming along on all my drives ^Q^ ^Q^ \O

Almost exclusively a “bird” day with some other two-legged ones thrown in ;-)

I started out quite early in order to have lots of time before meeting Harry and Clan for an early lunch at Letaba.

As always when going in direction Letaba I went towards Sable Dam. On the way two Bateleurs cuddled together and it was certainly not cold. There must have been another reason.

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I hoped that they would change position, but nothing to do, so I was the one who must move. They looked like Siamese twins and did not move a feather.

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At the Dam only a Blacksmith lapwing and a wood sandpiper

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Looks as if it is skating lol

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I did not realize that this was a grey-headed kingfisher until later when it was uploaded to my laptop O/\

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Further on a Tawny Eagle which had some very pretty colours and made quite a nice figure on top of the termite mound

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All the time it had been raining and I had thought about cancelling the lunch, but around 10:30 it stopped so everything proceeded as planned.

A Shongololo on the wet H9

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At Nhlanganini only some hippos, but that was more than I ever had seen and was to see there lol

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On the bridge a little further ahead a good looking grey heron ;-)

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Just before the access road to Letaba a very well hidden hyena under a bush. I am not sure that I would have seen it if there had not been a car parked in front. They moved on and I tried to get a pic of what on a closer inspection turned out to be a mom with two pups

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One pup was up and about sniffing at the surroundings

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While the other was sticking to the milk bar without moving an inch and in fact I only saw it because the hyena was not moving at all

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Stunning twins of bateleurs ^Q^ ^Q^

Water skating lol


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There’s a den on the left culvert going towards Letaba. We have seen the mum there previously \O


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At the Letaba restaurant deck it was not difficult to spot Harry & Clan ;-)

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After having missed them in KTP the year before it was nice to have managed this time around and Harry and I had a good chat. I am afraid that I was the one speaking the most :o0ps:

The youngsters looked very tired or more than tired they were sleepy. I wonder what they had been up to the night before O**

After having greeted harry and co. “Good bye” I continued to the bridge across the Letaba River.

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There was a nice assembly of herons, storks and egrets. A grey heron caught my interest. It had just caught a fish

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Shake it a bit

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Into the mouth

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And down it goes

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Off to catch another one

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And after just a short moment

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Egrets and an African Spoonbill

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Other family members

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A yellow-billed Stork and little egrets

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The view on the other side of the bridge

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Further on along the river an African Fish-eagle on foot not looking very elegant ;-)

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Yellow-billed stork busy fishing or whatever they do

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A great egret

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I had spent a lot of time on the bridge and it would be better to start heading home.
I took the S131 which was absolutely deserted apart from a lot of swallows “roosting” on the road. I still have not found out why, because they were sitting still and not doing like e.g. other birds do to get rid of parasites :-?

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Maybe one of you know something about this behaviour?


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Alf wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:09 pm There’s a den on the left culvert going towards Letaba. We have seen the mum there previously \O
They were on the right hand side, maybe they had crossed the road -O-


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Excellent stuff, Lis! ^Q^

So much water, one can see the rivers were even higher! :shock:

Looks quite boring there with the harrys drinks-wise! lol

Love the birdies, especially the heron sequence, and great vistas! [O]


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Too many pictures… How am I supposed to remember what I saw here with my short memory 0=

lol lol lol

But I sure remember having seen a stunning variety of birds - big and small ^Q^

Also a fleeting glimpse of the hyena pup. Shame they would show properly :O^

And of course, the "elusive" harrysandco species 0/*


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