Africa Wild

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:26 pm

and a couple of waterbucks until we reached the high water bridge across the Letaba where you can alight your vehicle and where already lots of cars parked enjoying the early morning atmosphere and after quite a while after looking into each direction we in fact discovered that there was already a lot of animal traffic to be observed. Two younger waterbuck males were busy in fighting



and even more waterbuck were about to come down the steep and sandy riverbed.





I armed our binoculars checked out what is around whilst Timon was busy in taking shot after shot. A wonderful sighting was a black winged stilt, one bird which I remember having so far only seen once in Kruger and which I wanted to see again desperately.



Two hyaenas were also hanging around although a bit in the distance they were extreme good visible.



More families of waterbucks even with three youngsters nearly at the same age could be admired



and on the other side of the bridge a wood sandpiper was busy in catching its breakfast.



Lots of yellow-billed storks and African spoonbills conquered a large puddle in the riverbed and were also busy in fishing in perfect harmony.

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:26 pm



The grey heron had its own puddle and was striding around the puddle to look out for some fish and later on even walked into the puddle.





A pied kingfisher also dived from time to time into these puddles but same was impossible to capture but the spoonbills were willing to pose.



The waterbuck fight was not yet finished



and even a beautiful kudu bull appeared on the scene



where the hyaenas were still debating who is next on a waterbuck kill



although it looked as if only the horns and part of the coat was left.



So while one waterbuck might have lost his life the next generation was already waiting in the wings.



What a fantastic hour we spend on the bridge whilst also enjoying another mug of coffee between our photographic marathon. Meanwhile the sun also made it up behind the trees and we and so most of the cars as well carried on.