The Heat is on and the Lions as well

[Pumbaa]

Great pics of the elephants drinking and having fun^Q^

We definitely had fun in watching them

[Pumbaa]

Gorgeous sunshine pic, Pumbaa!

And plenty of ellie fun!

The kudu sure has a lot of flies!

During our recent trip it was hard to capture either a sunrise or a sunset due to the many clouds

[Pumbaa]

Just catching up again Pumbaa. Wow, what fantastic hyena and wild dog sightings!! And some lovely ellie encounters too.

It was such a once in a lifetime sighting - Still one of my favourites

[Pumbaa]

Exquisite ellie shots Love the variety of your TT sightings

Thank you so much and we love the variety Kruger has always to offer

[Pumbaa]

Also the bulls had great fun in the water



or had an extensive morning drink



and besides the elephants also a couple of waterbucks were around as well



but kept away from the elephant who were now busy in drifting on the dam wall away from the dam





besides this displeased elephant bull as he obviously was the opinion he had missed most of the fun.



After a great time at the dam we returned back to Skukuza camp along the H1-1 but also along that road it was quiet besides a group of ground hornbills which was indeed a seldom bird specie we saw this year due to the dryness as in wet summers we see this bird far more often



We only stopped in camp for a short body break and to fill up the car and drove along the H4-1 along the Sabie and in one of the many trees close to the water Timon noted a Wahlberg eagle with a kill.



The Wahlberg was in fact not easy to detect and far more difficult to photograph as the treetop was extreme thick or a branch was hidding the raptor. Definitely an interesting sighting, however, I felt extreme sorry for this young mongoose.



After a while the Wahlberg took off together with its lunch and landed in a tree on the other side of the Sabie and so out of sight for us at least a bit further down the road we discovered a woodpecker in a dead tree,



however, we carried on and only found a couple of kudus such as this younger bull



as well as a couple of females

[Pumbaa]

already in the thick vegetation due to the prevailing heat. At least this handsome kudu bull



allowed some shots and even some close ups, he was in fact a beauty.





The rest of our drive was once again totally quiet so the best option in our opinion was to spend the rest of day or at least a longer time at Lake Panic to which we headed immediately. On our way to the hide we stopped in front of a still very muddy mud hole because a lot of beautiful butterflies landed in the mud.





At the hide It was luckily not that full as expected so we made ourselves comfortable and started to look around and we were happy to look onto a still nicely filled Lake Panic as we saw so far during that trip most of the waterholes drying out already.



Soon Timon detected a movement and found a water monitor under a bush quite well camouflaged



and in the dead tree a pair of yellow billed kites were sitting in the hot sun





one of the turtles took an extensive sun bath



and also a huge elephant bull arrived together with us and made a lot of noise whilst splashing with water.



A grey heron could be seen as well



to be continued...........................

[Lisbeth]

You are never short of kudos

Beautiful butterflies

Lake panic is never a disappointment

[Richprins]

A lovely morning, Pumbaa!

Lots of very interesting sightings...never seen a Wahlberg's with a kill!

Wonder what kind of woodpecker that is?

And the butterflies are exquisite, more macro photography from Timon!

Lake Panic is filled partly by pumps.

[ExFmem]

So many wonderful sightings - ground hornbills are always a treat, the Wahlberg w/ mongoose, tho' it tugs at one's heart, is a great find - well done, even the monitor pic shows its very cool tongue , but of course my favorite would be the Citrus Swallowtail (I think) butterfly - exquisite pic.

[Pumbaa]

You are never short of kudos

Beautiful butterflies

Lake panic is never a disappointment

During our recent trip the kudus were in fact not that easy to spot due to the thick vegetation and high grass