Africa Wild

Lovely shots, Pumbaa!

So different to see lion in the bright green mopane shrubbery like that!

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 12:23 pm I have read somewhere that cats are yawning when they are hungry, but I don't know if it's true

Squirrel!

As they do often yawn they must be extreme hungry I often had to yawn then as well

RogerFraser wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 7:53 pm Love the manicure shot of the Lion

Nice Squirrel pose

It looked so funny - I know that my cats had home do sharpen their claws as well on their cat tree but they never hug the whole cat tree as this giant lion compared to my small cats did

Richprins wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 5:45 pm Lovely shots, Pumbaa!

So different to see lion in the bright green mopane shrubbery like that!

Yes they hid there a while whilst the zebras where close - It was simply lovely

It got now a bit quiet during our drive but we stopped for vultures



as well as the ever present zebras



who were around plentiful and we enjoyed all the views into the nearly empty Shingwedzi



until we reached Red Rocks lookout point where we always take our time in watching around



and simply enjoy the silence and views from there.





Although we drove all loops along the tar road it got now extreme quiet but we nevertheless continued as we wanted to drive still today the S56 and after a short visit to Babalala we slowly strolled along our beloved Mphongololo loop and soon stopped for a colourful plum coloured starling



and more zebras





some with oxpeckers



and with a group of warthogs in front.

We came across giraffes



and enjoyed the view from our favourite look out along the Mphongololo as same is normally always carrying water



where we do always stop and today we again were rewarded as we spotted there an African cuckoo



indeed a more than nice surprise as we do see that bird not that often and this one got busy in catching some sort of caterpillars.





For sure hippos were also present in that pond as well as grey herons farer away



further during our drive the riverbed got emptier and emptier with nearly no water flowing nevertheless we discovered quite a lot of different zebras



in the dry riverbed.



to be continued………………

I love the Cuckoo, Zebras and the Starling wow
and the landescapes + tiny Phacochere

Pumbaa for this TT

Red Rocks are always lovely. The last time I was there, unfortunately it rained

Lots of zebras

Nice cuckoo

nan wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 9:18 pm I love the Cuckoo, Zebras and the Starling wow
and the landescapes + tiny Phacochere

Pumbaa for this TT

The tiny Phacochere are also my favourite and we were happy about that cuckoo shots

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 11:26 am Red Rocks are always lovely. The last time I was there, unfortunately it rained

Lots of zebras

Nice cuckoo

Red Rocks is always a must stop for us and I in fact also lovely when it is raining - At least from time to time we had rain there too