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Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic

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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.

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Two proud parents of....

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this really insane looking chick

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A greenbacked Heron with an early breakfast

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Mayhem as a parent arrives with food for two hungry chicks

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and beats a hasty retreat once they have been fed.

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A Jacana just as it lands

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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!

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

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A last couple of pictures....

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Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:59 am
by Lisbeth
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Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic

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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 \O

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 \O



it is what I was thought to \O .... 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
\O

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. O-/
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. @#$ O/

Re: Flavour of the Month - Nov 2012: Lake Panic

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:39 pm
by nan
O-/ :shock: O/

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. ;-)
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