Africa Wild

Lots of collared animals around Shing!

Rare location for cheetah, Harry!

Your Nyala looks like another one of those females with horns....not sure of the animal's size?!

Good spelling!

More photos from Shingwedzi:

Sharpes Grysbok:



Honey Badger very far:



Ellie it might be a Tusker :







Buff:



This birdie kept me busy trying to get a nice pic of it



Bookworm(Anja):



Hornbill:



Shingwedzi sunset :



Schrub hare:



African Grey Hornbill:



End of day 2 at Shingwedzi, next our trip to Crooks Corner.....

Missed a couple Harry, but great to catch up again.

Love the White-throated Robin-chat.

Nice to get a HB and Cheetah.

Those sharpies are not easy to get pics of.

Trip to Crooks Corner:

First sighting just outside camp a Goaway bird having a drink:



Spot the animal:



Another highlight of our trip, a BBJ on a kill:





Eland faaaaaaaaaaaar away:



Zebras playing:



We found these ducks in a pond next to the road just before Babalal:





A Tawny......I think :



Mopani worm:



Look my big ears :



Levubho river:



Njala mom and baby at Pafuri Picnick spot:





Njala bull:



Ground hornbill and chick:



Bateleur:



Girrafes:



That was some pics from Shingwedzi to Crooks Corner
Must just mention that the Pafuri area is bone dry, it looks like it hasn't rained there for a very long time

Last day at Shingwedzi coming up.......

. Knob-billed Duck... male and female
could be a Bateleur... juv. Bateleur

I like too the Goaway, the Mongoose , Elands, Jackal and baby Nyala

Great pics again Harry, especially like the mopani worm.

The eagle looks like a Wahlberg's?

SPAM Kudu portrait.

Last day at Shingwedzi...:

A visitor at camp:



My 2 Angels :



Vultures at a dead Giraffe:



Resting Buffalo:



Young Ellie:



Ostrich...we saw quite alot of them:



Has been Buffaloe:



Bushbuck:



Collared Lioness:



End of 4 days in Shingwedzi, next up Satara...............

Satara: 9 December to 15 Desember:

We were woken up by thunder and lightning and lots of rain at 00:40 on 9 December , Bookworm phoned and asked if I could come and close the windows of her tent as she had no umbrella and didn't want to get wet, soooooo I had to run, in ankel deep water dodging lightning and only in my shorts, to the tent about 100m away and zip up the windows My excercize for the year .

After about 4 hours sleep we packed the wet tents and ground sheets onto the bakkie and headed for Satara at about 6:15.

The area was very wet and it looked like the animals was more lively and happy

We had the usual sightings like impala some Ellies, Zebra etc but then about 20km's from Shingwedzi we saw this:





There was 5 Wilddogs coming from Mopani side, and they were on a mission

After the excitement we saw a Corry Bustard:





A SSJ






Girrafe:



Wildebeest:



The trip was really quiet till about 15 km from Satara when we had 3 BIG ellie breeding herds and at one stage we were between to of them , not a very nice experience .

We set up camp at Satara almost next to the fence

To be continued.......

Satara:

We had a good night sleep and got up early and explored more in the Satara area:

First sighting these Bateleur eagles feasting on flying ants:





Wildebeest babies:



BBJ looking for a snack:





Lions very far, only able to clearly see them with bono's



Visitor at camp:



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Water turtle not in water :



Enough for now....to follow our sighting of the trip or maybe of our last 9 trips..........

You had great sightings... jackal, wild dog and a camp site next to the fence.

Your bird is a grey heron.