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Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:14 am
by Richprins
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....
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:59 am
by Lisbeth
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:11 am
by Lisbeth
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:25 am
by Flutterby
Lis, what is that little LBJ in the first post?
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:47 am
by Lisbeth
Sorry, I should have written it. Bad pic, but it's a thick-billed weaver

Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:51 am
by nan
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:47 am
Sorry, I should have written it. Bad pic, but it's a thick-billed weaver
it is what I was thought to

.... well done, not so often seen
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:27 pm
by Flutterby
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:34 pm
by Richprins
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.

Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:39 pm
by nan
Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:46 pm
by Richprins
Well, it got fixed, sort of...just takes very long to fill up again.
