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Like the Sandgrouse and Silverfish Dam Elephant (and the other photos)

Cool close-ups of the Dropwing

Love the playful voung ellie and all your birdies, BluTuna

Stunning landscape pictures too - Sigh

nan wrote:magnificent Fish Eagle, love too the Sandgrouse and the chick Spurfowl)
I notices the eye color of the Coucal and the bill too

Thanks Nan, Nothing escapes your steely gaze eh?

Toko wrote:Like the Sandgrouse and Silverfish Dam Elephant (and the other photos)

Cool close-ups of the Dropwing

Maybe the Dragonfly was to cold to fly the camera lens was just a few cms away when I took the pictures,

Pumbaa wrote:Love the playful voung ellie and all your birdies, BluTuna

Stunning landscape pictures too - Sigh

Thanks Pumbaa! I usually take landscapes when I don't have any other subject matter and that was very sparse on this trip.

Back at Shingwedzi, I couldn't believe it when this exquisite Giant Carpenter Bee landed on a bush right in front of me.



A Robber Fly with lunch.


And a really tatty Spotted Joker Butterfly.



Back on the road for the afternoon drive, a view of the Kannedood Dam wall from an angle I've never seen before. The bush in this area has been washed away along with the earthen part of the Dam wall.


A view along the river from one of the loops.


More Elephants.


Back at camp we visited the old picnic area and found that there is now an unrestricted view of the river towards the bridge and the sunset.

love the Ellies in the sun/dust
and the macro too

Lovely sunset and elephants raising dust

That is the same Giant Carpenter you found in your garden the mystery one

Stunning Shingwedzi sunset and once again brilliant insect pictures, BluTuna