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

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Love the jackal pics and the lion sunrise is great!! \O Some really interesting pics of the small stuff! ^Q^


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Awesome, awesome BT ^Q^

Love the lion road block with the sunrise. \O

NIce jackal pics O/\ and the beady eyed mongoose. ^Q^


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Great sighting BT \O , the Lions with the sunrise is stunning ^Q^ ^Q^
and must admint that is one ugly bug -O -O
love the Hyena's


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Fabulous sightings and photos once again! :shock:
I think your re-take of the Nigel Dennis Classic has come out pretty well. Love the colours! \O
But the rest is equally great... No point in mentioning them all, they are all fantastic. O:V O:V O:V


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Bushcraft wrote:Wow, more fantastic sightings and pics BT O/\ O/\ O/\

The early morning pic is brilliant \O
Thanks BC \O
Lisbeth wrote:Fantastic juvenile bateleur ^Q^ ^Q^ \O
It was after the remains of a small Leopard Tortoise that had been run over :-(
Flutterby wrote:Love the jackal pics and the lion sunrise is great!! \O Some really interesting pics of the small stuff! ^Q^
Glad you like them :-)
pooky wrote:Awesome, awesome BT ^Q^

Love the lion road block with the sunrise. \O

NIce jackal pics O/\ and the beady eyed mongoose. ^Q^
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JustN@ture wrote:Great sighting BT \O , the Lions with the sunrise is stunning ^Q^ ^Q^
and must admint that is one ugly bug -O -O
love the Hyena's
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Mel wrote:Fabulous sightings and photos once again! :shock:
I think your re-take of the Nigel Dennis Classic has come out pretty well. Love the colours! \O
But the rest is equally great... No point in mentioning them all, they are all fantastic. O:V O:V O:V
Thanks Mel!


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Excellent sightings and pictures BT \O

The morning lions are super,
loved the jackal and butterflies,
and the juv bateleur. Wow.


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Day 8. Balule.

Today we drove across to Timbavati Picnic Spot then back to the H1 and up to Olifants for breakfast.

There was some early morning action at the Hyaena den just up the road.

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and on the S39 a Hammerkop's nest with its owner flying in with yet more material

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a small troop of Soldier Ants was marching across the road

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and a beautiful flower - I've never seen this plant in flower before, can anyone guess what it is?

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At Timbavati, a butterfly and a strange looking beetle caught my eye - Can't find this in my insect book

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On the S127 this big guy was telling us to get out of his way

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a snake waited long enough for me to snap a couple of pics

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and a dung beetle made his erratic way across the road complete with brood ball and mate

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From the restaurant at Olifants I managed to get this Yellowbilled Kite

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and I managed these two pics when we got back to Balule

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on the way back to the Olifants bridge during the afternoon drive, a Steenbok posed nicely for me

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a Hadeda Ibis was nesting in a tree at the end of the bridge

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a Gyppo did a flypast

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and these two were taking a bath

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Amoli wrote:Excellent sightings and pictures BT \O

The morning lions are super,
loved the jackal and butterflies,
and the juv bateleur. Wow.
Thanks Amoli, I almost missed your post as it came in as I was submitting the last episode. \O


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Hammerkop's nest with its owner flying in with yet more material
It must take ages to make this quantity of stuff :shock: It would satisfy even the "princess and the Pea" ;-)

The beetle needs a reparation ;-)


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What a colourful beetle!! Love the first YBK pic!! ^Q^


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