Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary

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Lovely ducks and a cute fugly! lol \O


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Amazing bird shots, BT ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Thanks for the comments everyone. Time to get on with this topic. Here are the last of the pictures I took on that first visit.

A Darter fight broke out in the middle of the dam.
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Blue Crane chick and adult..
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Crowned Cranes.
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And to round it off.
Pied Kingfisher.
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Little Egret.
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Greenbacked Heron who was concentrating very hard.
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And a couple of Terrapins.
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The crowned cranes are lovely! \O


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The first crowned crane looks like a real ballet dancer lol


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Love also the crowned cranes - Awesome ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Everyone loves the Crowned Cranes - such a pity they are captive :-(


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I have a soft spot for darters :-) and this is the first blue crane chick I see O:V O:V O:V


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I am now a regular visitor to this bird sanctuary and to avoid boring you to death with similar pictures, I'm only going to post the ones I consider to be unusual or special.

Visit on 15 February 2015.

Purple Swamphen.
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Two Grey Herons having a territorial dispute.
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Pied Kingfisher.
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Fugly the Moorhen chick getting bigger all the time.
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Sacred Ibis.
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Crowned Crane.
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Toko wrote:I have a soft spot for darters :-) and this is the first blue crane chick I see O:V O:V O:V
The place for Darters is Rietvlei!

I haven't see the chick since although I suspect it's quite a bit bigger now.


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