A day trip to Umlalazi Nature Reserve

[Flutterby]

we visited Umlalazi in March

lovely pictures - I hope you did not only go fishing

Thanks Tina. The men fished and I went exploring.

Waiting for the birds

Don't...I wasn't very successful!

Umlalazi actually sounds quite relaxing with a hint of lazy in it.

Sounds about right!

[Flutterby]

I decided to go exploring. I did a short bit of the Coastal Dune Forest Trail and found a red duiker.



This so called birder's paradise proved a bit of challenge for me! I did see a Wooly-necked Stork, and this African Pied Wagtail...



...and a lifer - a White-eared Barbet. This was the only pic I could get after chasing this bird around for about 20 minutes!



And that was it as far as the birds went! As with most reserves, the vervets were a problem. This one managed to grab a bread roll that SO was using to put on his line.



Naughty but cute!!





Then, THIS appeared which wasn't so cute! Don't know if this is a genetic abnormality or if it was sick - it did have a large swelling on it's jaw.







My BIL has seen this same vervet here before, so maybe it's healthy enough.

And that's it for our day trip to Umlalazi.

[Lisbeth]

The vervet is without fur

Not very adventurous, but as long as you had a nice relaxing time..............

[Flutterby]

Lis, it was just too hot to do too much!

[Pumbaa]

WoW red duiker and colourful fiddler crabs

Thanks Fluterby

Strange looking vervet Looks indeed like a genetic abnormality - Looks also a bit larger then the normal vervets?

[Bushcraft]

Been here a few times

Fishing in the river isn't very productive, but the sea is very productive.

It's the breeding grounds for diamond skates who arrive by the thousand from December to March.

How did the SO get the eel off

Weird looking vervet I wonder what's going on there

[nan]

the fishing was good... with a Vervet

[Tina]

we saw THIS as well - rather eerie

[Toko]

Now, that's a dy trip

Love the Mangrove forest and the crab. The Barbet is also special

[Mel]

That vervet... it doesn't seem to have any hair But the little one is cute indeed, especially in the shot where it is pensively chewing on its hand.

for the red duiker!