Africa Wild

aat wrote:BluTuna ,
You look like an angel......... you fligh like an angel..... you're an angel in the sky together with the lovely birds....
Great pics of the birds !!

Hi Aat! Thanks for the kind words but what are you smoking to make you think I look like an angel? Wait....... you live in Holland..... Stupid question -O

Mel wrote:I'll chirp the same chorus as most others: Those scenery with
reflection shots are fantastic

And so is the kingfisher sequence.

about the dappled sunshine on the warties -O

Thanks Mel!

Day 1. Saturday 27 July 2013. Sanbonani. Continued.

On the way back to Sanbonani we encountered a Martial Eagle


And at Nwaswitshaka dam a Hip-Oh wearing the latest fashion accessory headgear.



I managed to get a quick 40 winks at the resort and then headed off on my own. I went in at Phabeni Gate and headed up the S3.

A Fish Eagle was shouting the odds from a distant tree.




African Hawk Eagle



Further along, as I was driving out of a donga, some movement caught my eye but whatever it was vanished.







After a bit of manoeuvring, I spotted something in the grass












After a short wait, he got up and walked across the road right in front of me






I was confused, Blondie was not what had caught my eye, what I'd seen was much darker, so I waited a bit longer and...











That's my kind of Lion sighting, short, sweet, not sleeping and all to myself!

I continued and spied a Whiteheaded Vulture


I still had time left when I reached the S4 junction so I turned left and headed back to Phabeni gate along the S4 and S1.

Nyamundwa Dam was looking tranquil in the late afternoon sun.


And I had time to capture a beautiful sunset

Great Lion sighting I liked the way the one was looking at you

Beautiful sunset photos

Catching up here as well and so glad I did Wonderful pics BluTuna, love the reflection ones and the hippo with his head accessory is great. Hope you took many a more sunset pics, sigh

Stunning sightings BT and photo's to compliment them, amazing photo's here

harrys wrote:Great Lion sighting I liked the way the one was looking at you

Beautiful sunset photos

Not sure I liked the way he was looking at me - I'd just blocked him when he tried to cross the road and I think he was a bit wary of the car.

I love the Hippo with the hat
then great big Raptor
and of course the Fish Eagle calling
right, I can mention the Lion and the landescapes/Sunset
nice sightings for a nice episode

Katja wrote:Catching up here as well and so glad I did Wonderful pics BluTuna, love the reflection ones and the hippo with his head accessory is great. Hope you took many a more sunset pics, sigh

Thanks Katja! I got some special sunset pictures the following day

nan wrote:I love the Hippo with the hat
then great big Raptor
and of course the Fish Eagle calling
right, I can mention the Lion and the landescapes/Sunset
nice sightings for a nice episode

Thanks Nan, I thought the Hip-oh looked as cute as an adult Hippo can get - which isn't very! -O