Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:12 pm
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It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
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Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:15 pm
Sunday 29 November 2015 - Skukuza -> Balule.
The weather-guessers had predicted that the day would start off cloudy but would quickly improve with sunshine by 10:00. Bzzzzt - WRONG. It started off cloudy and stayed cloudy until Late afternoon.
I went to Lake Panic anticipating that the gloom would give way to some sunshine.
A Squacco Heron looking for an early breakfast.
A Brownhooded Kingfisher with a Thread Snake.
It did brighten up a little but the Sun stayed stubbornly absent from view.
A a Greenbacked Heron.
Back to camp to pack up and get some breakfast. We hit the Cattle Baron again and had the all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast. This was very good value at R80pp and was probably the best breakfast I've had at a restaurant in the Park during the past 25 years.
The journey to Balule had some highlights, but not many.
A Lioness in the Sabie River bed.
Elephants, also in the Sabie River bed.
And a big surprise in the middle of the day, our only Leopard for the trip which we'd have missed if it weren't for a friendly truck driver.
After setting up at Balule we decided to take it easy and stay in the camp for the rest of the afternoon.
This is Balule's resident Scrub Hare.
And the first of many, many, many Cicadas.
The weather-guessers had predicted that the day would start off cloudy but would quickly improve with sunshine by 10:00. Bzzzzt - WRONG. It started off cloudy and stayed cloudy until Late afternoon.
I went to Lake Panic anticipating that the gloom would give way to some sunshine.
A Squacco Heron looking for an early breakfast.
A Brownhooded Kingfisher with a Thread Snake.
It did brighten up a little but the Sun stayed stubbornly absent from view.
A a Greenbacked Heron.
Back to camp to pack up and get some breakfast. We hit the Cattle Baron again and had the all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast. This was very good value at R80pp and was probably the best breakfast I've had at a restaurant in the Park during the past 25 years.
The journey to Balule had some highlights, but not many.
A Lioness in the Sabie River bed.
Elephants, also in the Sabie River bed.
And a big surprise in the middle of the day, our only Leopard for the trip which we'd have missed if it weren't for a friendly truck driver.
After setting up at Balule we decided to take it easy and stay in the camp for the rest of the afternoon.
This is Balule's resident Scrub Hare.
And the first of many, many, many Cicadas.
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:59 pm
Wonderful Lake Panic shots, BluTuna 
still have to find our very first squacco
and your sightings on the way to Balule were in fact not that bad 
still have to find our very first squacco
and your sightings on the way to Balule were in fact not that bad Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:45 am
I can hardly imagine Lake Panic without sun, but at least you got a squacco heron and a green-backed one 
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:59 am
Still wonderful pictures even with all the clouds.
Poor lioness, caught in the act
Poor lioness, caught in the act
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:24 am
Great squacco heron shots 
Poor lion
Looking forward to more great pics
Poor lion
Looking forward to more great pics
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:28 am
Lucky leopard sighting and nice hare.
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:39 pm
which we'd have missed if it weren't for
Oh, this is so rarely correct these days, using "were" in "if" clauses/sentences!
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Oh, this is so rarely correct these days, using "were" in "if" clauses/sentences!
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:10 pm
The sightings were good but sparse.Pumbaa wrote:Wonderful Lake Panic shots, BluTuna
still have to find our very first squacco
When you get back to SA, go to Marievale Bird Sanctuary - lots and lots of Squaccos there!
Re: It ain't arf 'ot 'ere Mum.
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:11 pm
Yep, good herons, a pity about the sun!Lisbeth wrote:I can hardly imagine Lake Panic without sun, but at least you got a squacco heron and a green-backed one