Kruger National Park Challenges - New Entries

[ExFmem]

Entry 5 - 240 points

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371. Purple-crested Turaco - 40 Points



H1-3

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270. Common Greenshank - 40 Points



Letaba River

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269. Marsh Sandpiper - 40 Points



Sunset Dam

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124. Lappet-faced Vulture - 40 Points



(In the sky har har) Sept 2017

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087. African Openbill - 40 Points



Sept. 2017

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580. Groundscraper Thrush - 20 Points



Sept. 2017

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765. Greater Blue-eared Starling - 20 Points



Sept. 2015

[ExFmem]

Flutts

This one is NOT new, but a replacement for my previous poor pic please.

762 Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis



Sept. 2016

[Flutterby]

[Richprins]

Ex!

[Lisbeth]

Good one for RP, Sis

[Richprins]

Five in One!

warthog, zebra, giraffe, impala, waterbuck


Jones' dam

[ExFmem]

Entry 6 - 230 points

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067. Little Egret - 20 Points



Lower Sabie Bridge

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066. Great Egret - 20 Points



Sept. 2016

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743. Brown-crowned Tchagra - 20 Points



Sept. 2016

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071. Cattle Egret - 20 Points



Sunset Dam

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Two-in-one : Cattle Egret & Red-billed Oxpecker - 70 Points



Sunset Dam

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869. Yellow-fronted Canary - 20 Points



Sept. 2016

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122. Cape (Griffon) Vulture - 60 Points



Sept. 2016

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[Flutterby]

Five in One!

warthog, zebra, giraffe, impala, waterbuck


Jones' dam

I can't see wathog or giraffe, but it does look like there's buffalo.

[Klipspringer]

A juvenile Bushveld Lizard Heliobolus lugubris

This lizard has evolved to mimic Anthia beetles, a remarkable adaptation known as ‘Batesian mimicry’. Anthia beetles spray a noxious acidic pungent fluid when molested. To resemble such a beetle, the juvenile Bushveld lizards are jet black with white markings and are the approximate size of the beetles. Like the beetle they also walk stiffly and jerkily while foraging with arched backs and tails pressed to the substrate. By mimicking these beetles, it is thought that the incidences of the juvenile lizards being preyed upon by predators such as birds, mongooses and snakes are significantly reduced.
When the lizards reach a length of 40 mm, metamorphosis into the uniform brown and grey adult colouration of the lizard begins and is complete when they are 50 mm in length.

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Resting in the grass along the Matjulu loop.

[Klipspringer]

Cape Wolf Snake Lycophidion capense

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Lower Sabie