From Floods and Surprises in River beds

[Flutterby]

Love all the birds.

[Lisbeth]

Lucky you, to be so close to a Malachite Kingfisher

[Alf]

Wow won't even notice the eggs in the nest

[Richprins]

Very good, Pumbaa!

I like the crumbed turtles!

And of course Lago di Panico!

[Pumbaa]

Quite a big fish for such a small bird

Love those cute mongoose

I always wonder how the smaller birds can sawllow such big fishes

Love all the birds.

And even more to come

Lucky you, to be so close to a Malachite Kingfisher

Yes, luckily same returned quite often to that place

[Pumbaa]

Wow won't even notice the eggs in the nest

You are right they were not that easy to see but extreme close to the hide - I guess that is why we saw them

Very good, Pumbaa!

I like the crumbed turtles!

And of course Lago di Panico!

The crumbed turtles looked so funny

[Lisbeth]

Have you been on holiday, Pumbaa?

[Pumbaa]

Sorry for letting you wait so long but we have been on summer Holidays for two weeks in Denmark but now we are back



The longer one sit in the hide busy in searching for something to see the more you will see – We discovered more green backed herons



observed the now unguarded nest of eggs of the jacana



and were extreme delighted in finally also admiring the African darter for the first time for us at Lake Panic. Same was sitting on the dead tree when looking to the right, still a bit far away but we were confident that same might come a bit closer.



In between we concentrated again on the green backed heron



and finally also one of the pied kingfishers we already spotted far away landed closer and even presented a just caught fish



and after same had been swallowed its strange hairdo.



After it got a bit quieter on the birding site we had also time for the always colourful dragon flies





and now the also the darter changed its position as well



and also the squacco heron was now willing to pose after same kept nearly the whole time we spotted same earlier hidden.



Finally the malachite was present again

[Pumbaa]

once more with another fish



as well as the masked weaver



needless to say that most of the people in the hide moved meanwhile to this side to get the best shots.



Overall it was quite a busy come and go but we had an incredible fantastic time again in the hide with our beloved feathered friends especially with the darter,



the pied kingfishers



and finally also with a juvenile fish eagle who just landed



on the waterside of the lake and was busy with looking in the water.



After same eyed long enough its own reflection it more or less jumped onto a really small tree stump



And observed now life from a slightly higher angle.



After a more than fantastic while same finally took off and disappeared but gladly at such a place there is always something to be seen and now one of the the pied kingfishers



could be admired



and even landed quite close to where we sat.



to be continued…….

[Lisbeth]

The hairdo of the malachite Kingfisher is hilarious

The Fisheagle is beautiful, especially with wings open

Lots of other great birds.

The next time I'll be going to the Lake Panic hide, I'll try to sit there for a looong time, it seems to pay off