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Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:24 pm
by Tina
Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:25 pm
by Tina
Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:27 pm
by Tina
cattle egret was around as well
more flowers

Beach Salvia
Salvia africana-lutea
already sleeping

Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:28 pm
by Tina
capped wheatear (7)
more bonteboks
another pied starling with dinner

Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:35 pm
by Tina
leaving Postberg we stopped again to have a look at the lagoon
flamingos were everywhere
as were many other birds –terns, kelp gulls, Hartlaub gulls, cape cormorant (8)
swift (9) and arctic (10) terns

Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:37 pm
by Tina
a little bit later this black harrier (11) was sitting right next to the road
we only saw that it had caught a mouse when it flew away
next was a karoo prinia

Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:39 pm
by Tina
the last stop for the day was Abrahamskral bird hide
inside was a white-throated swallow (12) in its nest

Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:41 pm
by Tina
outside we saw cape teal (13)
little grebe
yellow bishop (14)
red-knobbed coot (15)
and kelp gull

Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:42 pm
by Tina
then we had to hurry to reach the gate but there still was time to take a picture at Gelbeek
we had a final roadblock
and reached the gate just in time. The nice guard who helped us in the morning was leaving work for the day and asked for a ride to Langebaan which we gladly offered. Then we returned to our lodge.
Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:42 pm
by Tina
19.09.2014
originally we had planned to go to the park early and leave around noon towards Fish Hoek. But as breakfast was available later as expected, we only arrived at the gate at 11:30 am. The first stop was at Seeberg bird hide.
