A martial eagle on a power pole
was checking out its feet and this behaviour we already noticed quite often especially when it comes to raptors.
Green pigeons drank from a smaller puddle we noticed on our way to Matjulu and I am always fascinated by their yellow feathered trouser legs (at least it looked so).
Zebras could be spotted still in the distance
and we noticed as well our first group of impalas
and now we were definitely back.
We reached Matjulu waterhole with lots of water in and around same as I still had in mind the pictures from last year where everything was totally dry. This year it was the complete contrary and I cannot remember having seen that area that green and lush. At the waterhole we noticed a family of Egyptian goose
and a couple of wattled plovers.
Then it got a bit quiet along the tar road but we stopped for a nicely posing European roller
who allowed a couple of close ups.
We came across white backed vultures, grey herons and a pintailed whydah also a bird we did not see that often -
love the way how the tail feathers were drifting the in the wind.
