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Re: special moments

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:32 pm
by Mel
Saddle-billed storks are definitely very smart-looking birds! ^Q^
Lovely riverview as well. O:V

Re: special moments

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:45 pm
by Toko
Love the Grysbok O/\ O/\ O/\ and you managed some scenic photos O:V O:V O:V

Re: special moments

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:06 am
by Flutterby
Lovely shots! \O We've just booked 2 nights at Shingwedzi in April and I can't wait to do the S56 again! O:V

Re: special moments

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:48 am
by Bushcraft
Fantastic scenery pics ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Grysbok O:V

Re: special moments

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:31 pm
by Bush Brat
Awesome pics! ^Q^
Grysbok! O/\

Re: special moments

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:09 pm
by Pumbaa
To my opinion the riverbed changed already compared to last February only shortly after the floods - Gladly most of the trees along the tar road leading to the entrance gate of Shingwedzi survived \O

Love your grysbok, saddlebilled-stork and pytilia X#X

The Mphongolo loop is also one of our favourites in that area as well

Re: special moments

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:40 pm
by Heksie
Just love your grysbok, can enjoy them for hours, I always stay with them until they disappear.
ANd a great kiekie of the pytilia ^Q^

Re: special moments

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:14 pm
by flying cheetah
Thank you all for your lovely comments \O ^0^ ^0^

The following morning I left Shingwedzi and headed southwards towards Olifants. Before I turned into the S50 I had a last look on the destroyed low level bridge behind the camp which used to be one of my favourite spots in the whole park. I hope the day will come soon when I can stand on this bridge again!

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The firsat km's along the river were very quiet but suddenly I heard a loud ROAR behind me. It took a while but then I found the individual that was rsponsible for this amazing sound. It was a nice male lion who made clear that only he was the king of this area :O^

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He was much farer away than many other lions I saw during this trip but this was a very impressive animal and his roaring was immense! When I finally left him it was time again to look at the smaller animals like these Bee-eaters and enjoy the beautiful landscape.

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Not far behind the Hide there used to stand a beautiful Fevertree where I always had a short stop but this day I had to realize that this lovely tree has fallen :-( I wonder what has caused te death of this tree :-?

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I was curious to see what awaited me at Grootvlei. There was lots of water but not many animals around. So I took a pic of some Storks that were flying high above me.

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Of course I also made a last visit to Tihanganyani to see if the lionswere around again. But today the waterhole had no visitors at all...So I arrived sooner than I thought in the Mopani area and before I had lunch in the camp (fantastic as always!!) I checked the Shipandani bridge again. No Elephants this time but this beautiful dragonfly also was very entertaining. Especially if you want to take a pic of her...

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Re: special moments

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:48 am
by Flutterby
Nice sightings...we'll be there in two weeks!! O:V

Re: special moments

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:10 am
by flying cheetah
Flutterby wrote:Nice sightings...we'll be there in two weeks!! O:V
Lucky you O/\ O/\ Would be great if the bridge behind the camp can be used again as it always produced great bird sightings for me when I was there in April/May (when there was water)!