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The next morning we did an early trip in to Croc bridge so that we could get to the shops to stock up before heading to Tamboti the following day .
We went up the S25 to the S108 and back down the H5 .

Our first sighting was this family on the move

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These two Kudu Ewes were having breakfast

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This Burchell's coucal was warming itself

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A waterbuck posed in the early light

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A Glossy Starling was reflecting the rays

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Some male Impalas were Training

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These squirrels were chasing each other around the bush

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This bird was warming up in a tree .We did not ID it
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This little one decided to stop all traffic until mom moved off into the bushes then decided to rather go with her .

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Along the H5 we found some young Hyenas suckling

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A few hundred meters away some Adult Hyenas were moving through the bushes .
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We reached the Tar of the H4 and turned towards Lower Sabie so we could go down S130 Gomondwane loop and then to Dukes....


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Some muddy Rhinos ^Q^ ^Q^

It's a Burchell's starling the Cape glossy has yellow eyes ;-)

Lovely waterbuck in the sun \O

The two baby hyenas are still very cute :yes:

I can understand that you did not ID that bird, It looks strange :-? lol

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Wow so many different animals travelling such a short distance ^Q^ ^Q^

Going to Tamboti O/\ O/\

I can't wait ^Q^ ^Q^


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Nice pic of the waterbuck :yes: and lovely hyena sighting, not to mention the unmentionables! :-0 ^Q^


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Amazing how the grass is always low in the Crocobridge area! :-0

I think it is a brown snake eagle, the raptor. ..0..

Nice pics, Rog! X#X


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Fatastic sightings despite the heat, Roger,

my favourite is the muddy rhino and the three in the golden light \O \O \O

Lots of birds as well and a great variety of different antelopes as well out of which I like the shots of the kudus and bushbucks O/\ :ty:


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Lisbeth wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:42 pm Some muddy Rhinos ^Q^ ^Q^
It's a Burchell's starling the Cape glossy has yellow eyes ;-)
Lovely waterbuck in the sun \O
The two baby hyenas are still very cute :yes:
I can understand that you did not ID that bird, It looks strange :-? lol
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:ty: for the ID .Love watching the young Hyenas .Some more later \O
Alf wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:20 am Wow so many different animals travelling such a short distance ^Q^ ^Q^
Going to Tamboti O/\ O/\
I can't wait ^Q^ ^Q^
:yes: was a good quick trip
Flutterby wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:13 am Nice pic of the waterbuck :yes: and lovely hyena sighting, not to mention the unmentionables! :-0 ^Q^
Was happy to see them :yes:
Richprins wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:08 am Amazing how the grass is always low in the Crocobridge area! :-0
I think it is a brown snake eagle, the raptor. ..0..
Nice pics, Rog! X#X

Pumbaa wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:02 pm Fatastic sightings despite the heat, Roger,
my favourite is the muddy rhino and the three in the golden light \O \O \O
Lots of birds as well and a great variety of different antelopes as well out of which I like the shots of the kudus and bushbucks O/\ :ty:
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And then our first Leopard sighting of the trip O**

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This fellow was sunbathing on a tree

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And this one on a rock :

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A Mongoose was using its long neck to look over the grass

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This old fellow was mobile in the sun

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The heat was on by now and these Ellies were trying to stay in the shade

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We had got close to the gate and found a traffic jam .The Cheetah that we had seen yesterday had moved further into the park

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It got interested in some Impala further away

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But soon gave up and went into the shade

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At Croc bridge we stopped for the gents and took a pic of the bats before we left to the shops and stocking up for the trip to Tamboti

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Later that afternoon we had an amazing experiance next to the fence at Marloth ...


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Later we drove the fence .We noticed a herd of Ellies coming to the river so we stopped and stood by the fence to watch them .It was only the SO myself and the youngest Rugrat who is terrified of Ellies ...
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Then another small herd arrived and joined

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They were drinking and slowly crossing over the river towards us

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and then more arrived

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and more crossed

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Some even sprinted down the bank to get to the water

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and more the one at the back off this group had a floppy ear ...

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and even more

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The group was now numbering more than about 50 ellies around us some upstream some opposite and some getting much closer to the fence ..

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The majority were now on our side of the river and getting closer some even about 40 meters away but down the bank from us.

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Including floppy ear who was right bellow us

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This youngster picked up a scent of us or others by the fence and raised the alarm
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She protected the herd who moved away from us the oldest and biggest just carried on grazing but the rest with youngsters moved away from where we were standing
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The sun was setting and we left to go to the house to pack for the move

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The rugrat said this was her best ever Elephant & Kruger experiance O:V \O


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Wow how wonderful to share some elephant time with them


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