From Floods and Surprises in River beds

[Lisbeth]

The Diederik cuckoo is still on my bucket list.

Not the preferred weather of humans and beasts

For once a dikkop doing something

Cute young hyenas

[Richprins]

Ja, it can be VERY cosy in the rain if you are dry Pumbaa! (Excellent for sleeping.)

Lots of birds.

I like the Christmas Bush!

And love the shot of the males with the cars, what a sighting!

[Alf]

More wonderful sightings

[Peter Betts]

The Diederik cuckoo is still on my bucket list.

Very common in all rest camps (Especially if there are Weaver colonies like say Lower Sabie) from Oct to April but silent generally after New Year (Breeding Generally over) Easily found by following the call in camp to its calling post

[Peter Betts]

Pumbaa your 'Jacobin Cuckoo' is in fact a Levaillants Cuckoo a scarcer species so well done . In older bird books known as Striped Cuckoo because of striping below the chin ..clearly visible below the chin in your pic

[Peter Betts]

The masked weaver instead was only interested in nesting material

This weaver here is the Village Weaver ...with its distinctive dark markings on its back ..great photo

[Peter Betts]

I chose the wrong photo sorry ..but the weaver is a Village

[Flutterby]

Nice sightings of the cuckoos. Fantastic to see big male lions in the road.

[Pumbaa]

I like that swallow tree

A very cute little hyena too

And of course those beautiful male lions - wow! Just a shame that there were so many cars.

We also got our share

[Pumbaa]

The Diederik cuckoo is still on my bucket list.

Not the preferred weather of humans and beasts

For once a dikkop doing something

Cute young hyenas

You are right dikkops normaly only do hang around