Africa Wild

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:14 am**

BluTuna wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:43 pm

I was up early and off to LP again leaving the SO in bed.

The sun was coming up as I approached the LP parking area.

Two proud parents of....

this really insane looking chick

A greenbacked Heron with an early breakfast

Mayhem as a parent arrives with food for two hungry chicks

and beats a hasty retreat once they have been fed.

A Jacana just as it lands

Another Grey Heron arriving with food. It's amazing how the chicks recognise their own parents from a great distance and only that bird's chicks start making a noise!

A crocodile was cruising around and not even creating a ripple on the water.

A last couple of pictures....

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:59 am**

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Thick-billed Weaver

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Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:11 am**

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Juv. Black-Crowned Heron

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Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:25 am**

Lis, what is that little LBJ in the first post?

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:47 am**

Sorry, I should have written it. Bad pic, but it's a thick-billed weaver $\O$

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:51 am**

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:47 am Sorry, I should have written it. Bad pic, but it's a thick-billed weaver $\O$

it is what I was thought to $\O$ .... well done, not so often seen

Posted: **Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:27 pm**

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2018 6:34 pm**

Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:48 pm The outlet valve/tap was leaking, and a replacement not available. So it had to be removed for repair and a controlled release allowed. It should begin filling up again now.

This was actually not the case. The dam is fed by a pump from the Sabie river, and the delivery system simply failed. SP did not pick this up, it came from a convoluted and desperate reporting by tourist/helping hand etc.

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2018 6:39 pm**

Posted: **Fri May 04, 2018 6:46 pm**

Well, it got fixed, sort of...just takes very long to fill up again.

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