Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

[Dewi]

Great shots BT.

Love those Butterflies and the lizard.

[JustN@ture]

Great installment BT , sure you wish the bugs would bugger off ,
That does look like an old Buff , lovely photo's

[Flutterby]

Wow, that buff does look old!!

Thanks for the Flutterby pics ...my favourites!!

[Lisbeth]

Beautiful "Flutterbies"

[pooky]

Just come on board BT

Some awesome pics from the macros in the beginning
to the old buff.

That is one lucky buff to have avoided being dinner
for some hungry lions

Super doggie sighting

Great bird pics especially the thick billed weaver building
his very intricate nest

[BluTuna]

This live reporting can be frustrating, the connection went down last night just as I was about to post this.....

Great shots BT.

Love those Butterflies and the lizard.

Thanks Dewi

Great installment BT , sure you wish the bugs would bugger off ,
That does look like an old Buff , lovely photo's

There are less bugs that last night but still enough to be a nusance. Right now I'm having to contend with a gale which is making the tent extension want to take off.

That Buff really did look the worse for wear.

Wow, that buff does look old!!

Thanks for the Flutterby pics ...my favourites!!

My pleasure, thanks for reading and commenting.

Beautiful "Flutterbies"

Thanks Lisbeth

Just come on board BT

Some awesome pics from the macros in the beginning
to the old buff.

That is one lucky buff to have avoided being dinner
for some hungry lions

Super doggie sighting

Great bird pics especially the thick billed weaver building
his very intricate nest

Thanks for joining in Pooky, glad you enjoyed the pictures. The Buff Weaver is actually dismantling some other poor bird's nest!

[BluTuna]

Day 3. Shingwedzi.

This morning we opted for a drive down the redrocks road to Tsange lookout and back. This time we started at the southern end so we could see Redrocks as the sun came up.

This turned out to be an excellent idea as we saw Redrocks glowing in the early sunshine.



At Tsange the usual lizards weren't coming out to play but I did manage to get this Hawk Moth as it zoomed from flower to flower.



On the way back we surprised this Warthog who started to run away.....



but then changed his mind and decided to show us her dressage skills.




Our afternoon drive down the river loops turned up one of the biggest elephants I've ever seen and he was sporting some good sized ivory.



On one of the loops I was watching this very young Vervet Monkey playing



When I looked at the next Vervet Monkey about a metre away and realised that something wonderful had just happened, she had just given birth!



She was licking the baby all over to remove the mucus



and she kept licking her hands that were bloody



Here she is holding the umbilicus which is still attached to the placenta which hasn't been expelled yet.



And finally we had another beautiful sunset.

[Toko]

The newborn ververt is just awesome

[Flutterby]

BT...what a special sighting!!! Simply wonderful pics!!!

[JustN@ture]

Awesome sightings BT
and the new born is an awesome sighting and experience