and literally 500m further down the road there was another predator also deep in the shade and grass 
Rog!
Pumbaa wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:53 am
We waited a bit but as nothing more appeared we carried on to take the Steilberg road and where ever we watched the current drought could not be overlooked and was obvious everywhere.
At least it looked as if rain clouds were about to build up but the higher the sun came the less the clouds got.
A group of kudu ladies crossed the street and one late comer had to keep up with the others
due to the fact of the few vegetation on the bushes I cannot remember having ever seen that many kudus, steenboks and duikers as during this trip. At least now I know where the animals do hide when the park is green and lush they are there but very well hidden. Same appeared as well for the many warthogs which came across.
https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 8&p=267164Pumbaa wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2015 1:20 pm Today we then drove via Steilberg and here we noticed that it must in fact have rained in that area a lot during last night’s thunderstorm as we had to drive via lots of large puddles and also the views we normally do enjoy on that road were covered by mist and clouds and to find something positive out of that morning it was not that hot as the day before and gladly so it stayed the whole day.
Nevertheless we spotted a lovely crested barbet on that road,
some amur flacons and then we only heard something rustling in the grass and saw finally a very skittish warthog popping its head out of same – surrounded by a lot of flowers
and a European roller was also in the mood to pose.
https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 0&p=189543Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:31 am Contrary to yesterday we decided to drive the S120 today although that road never offered anything exceptional for us but the views are always great. Well today we had great luck with the birds on that road and we were happy that we had chosen same finally. The whole road was exceptionally lush and green and first the birds could only be heard but not seen so it looked a bit more like a jungle. Somehow Timon stopped for a strange bird which was indeed difficult to capture as same was far too close for the huge lens and always hidden behind leaves.
It was our very first juvenile amethyst sunbird – What a cutie! But a movement just on the other side on the road in another tree made us turn our heads as there we spotted an African hoopoe also one of those tricky birds to capture at least for us but this one sat still enough for some shots and was on top a born poser.
At that stage of the trip we did not know that this bird crossed our path as often as never before and that it making the stays at Kruger always so thrilling you never know what you might get to see and how often and of course where and when.
Whilst we were busy in watching the hoopoe a plum coloured starling could be seen on another close by bush but unfortunately same kept hidden the whole time behind a thicker branch.
The plentiful arrow-marked babblers were noisy and strengthened the feeling of being in a jungle even more but we were again successful in capturing another spotted flycatcher which occurred in that part of the park this year quite often.
Even a rhino appeared but somehow got a fright and disappeared suddenly in the dense bush
we even came across a mud bathing buffalo in his private spa but same was nearly invisible and we could not locate a gap in the lush vegetation. But the birding luck still continued as we spotted a brown hooded kingfisher which we only saw once before. The guy we met today was even willing to pose and although he left the branch a couple of times always returned to same.
On the next bush we spotted two Jacobin cuckoos although the cuckoos do have always a bad habit when landing in a bush – they always nearly kept invisible but sometimes patience paid off!
