Africa Wild

Great selection again, Pumbaa!

Nice to be alone in the hide, and interesting hippo sequence, wonder if they are family?

How big was that blind snake about?

The pic of the malachite kingfisher has something ethereal about it

Everything looks much nicer when the sun is out

I saw my first Namaqua dove in the KTP and thought that it was a very rare and special bird It is a pretty one though

nice pics of the hornbills

I like the hippo interaction and the hornbill

The snake is a Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake, they can grow quite long and you'll see them after rains.

It's always rewarding when a hide is quiet and there is interesting stuff to watch

Great sighting of the ground hornbill too

Alf wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:04 am Never seen a namaqua dove before

Love the hippo action

Also for us not a regular sighting

Flutterby wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:49 am Lovely pics as usual. I like the hornbill in the long grass.

Always love to spot animals any kind in the long grass

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 8:13 am Great selection again, Pumbaa!

Nice to be alone in the hide, and interesting hippo sequence, wonder if they are family?

How big was that blind snake about?

I guess they were family - The blind snake was not very long - Maybe about 30 cm long

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:58 am The pic of the malachite kingfisher has something ethereal about it

Everything looks much nicer when the sun is out

I saw my first Namaqua dove in the KTP and thought that it was a very rare and special bird It is a pretty one though

nice pics of the hornbills

Although Timon took it against the light I also love the shot of the malachite

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:01 am I like the hippo interaction and the hornbill

The snake is a Schlegel’s Beaked Blind Snake, they can grow quite long and you'll see them after rains.

It was great to spot something we never saw before in the park

Mel wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:02 pm It's always rewarding when a hide is quiet and there is interesting stuff to watch

Great sighting of the ground hornbill too

We could have spend the rest of the day there but then we would have missed something special

Further down we then spotted two kori bustards



out of which one most of the time was hiding behind a bush but at least always one of them was visible



quite good despite the high grass and same was in fact successful in catching something.



At the causeway along this road which is always carrying water we today spotted the red dragonflies first on a log



and then on a rock but the small crocodile obviously kept away that day





but therefore we discovered a small nearly dead flower.



Then it turned again extreme quiet and as it was still early we hit again the road after a short break in camp and gave the S126 a try as this is a road we normally drive at least once when in that area and not far we were stopped by a troop of baboons



out of which a couple of individuals were sitting in the green grass



whereas others mostly youngsters

preferred a huge bare fallen bush.



Some of them used their higher position to eye us suspiciously



but for us it looked as if they were sitting lazily on a throne.



From time to time a friend visited the one sitting on the throne



and after a while even four of them sat more or less together with a couple of struggles in between.





Needless to say that we had a fantastic time in watching them and we even stayed quite a long time



and even could capture again a mom with her youngster busy in baboon back riding



and whilst watching the baboons we noticed in a close by tree a lot of carmine bee eaters



and even a plum coloured starling.





to be continued……

The baboon pics are extraordinary! The one youngster sitting all the time on the throne is fantastic

Plum coloured starling

Prettily colours birdies Same goes for the dragonfly too

And I'm sure the boons were interesting to watch I also like that pic with the baby riding on mum's back