From Floods and Surprises in River beds

Post by **Richprins** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:24 am

Lovely morning, Pumbaa!

Wet birds!

Post by **Flutterby** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:46 am

Baby waterbucks are so cute! $\O$ $\O$

Post by **Lisbeth** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:20 am

Lovely waterbucks, big and small $\O$

The landing ducks are great

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:11 pm

Peter Betts wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:20 pm Love the White faced Ducks

They indeed looked a bit comical $O/\$

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:12 pm

Alf wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:20 am Amazing sightings

We definitely could not complain $\O$

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:12 pm

Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:24 am Lovely morning, Pumbaa!

Wet birds!

It was in fact a lovely morning

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:13 pm

Flutterby wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:46 am Baby waterbucks are so cute! $\O$ $\O$

Totally Right - They do have a high cuteness factor $O/\$

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:13 pm

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:20 am Lovely waterbucks, big and small $\O$

The landing ducks are great

We caught them in the act $O\/$

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:14 pm

We were still discussing whether to continue on the S36 or whether to take the tar road to Satara when we faced a closed road and so the decision was already taken and we had to drive via the tar road and not long on that road we had to stop again as a large elephant herd was about to cross the road with one of the cutest youngster we have ever seen

but same was not alone and surrounded and protected by a huge mom and a lot of aunts

but within the vicinity of the larger ones the little one got more and more overconfident

and walked closer to the road and consequently also to us

and then suddenly started to scream one’s head off and so brought the whole herd on the scene immediately.

For sure we drove soonest backwards and then they decided to cross and block the road

and waited for more to join them

they also had a cute youngster with them

Post by **Pumbaa** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:15 pm

who even was smiling

whilst the others were feeding

soon the cute youngster met a friend

and mom was nursing one of them. Luckily they all stayed relaxed and soon we could continue our way.

The road leading to Leeupan was a stringing together of puddles in all sizes and not easy to drive but finally we succeeded and just noted a taking off woolly-necked stork

and after we parked the car we noticed in the dead tree in the middle of the pan masses of knob-billed ducks and on the ground two males

were involved in a fight and the water splashed in all directions.

to be continued……..

Africa Wild

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