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Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:24 pm
by Tina
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Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:25 pm
by Tina
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Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:27 pm
by Tina
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cattle egret was around as well

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more flowers

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already sleeping

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Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:28 pm
by Tina
capped wheatear (7)

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more bonteboks

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another pied starling with dinner

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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

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as were many other birds –terns, kelp gulls, Hartlaub gulls, cape cormorant (8)

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swift (9) and arctic (10) terns

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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

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we only saw that it had caught a mouse when it flew away

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next was a karoo prinia

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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

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inside was a white-throated swallow (12) in its nest

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Re: Cape parks - flowers and penguins

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:41 pm
by Tina
outside we saw cape teal (13)

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little grebe

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yellow bishop (14)

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red-knobbed coot (15)

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and kelp gull

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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

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we had a final roadblock

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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.

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