A cat or a lifer a day keep the doctor away

[Lisbeth]

What a wonderful day! There is a gorgeous view from that terrasse

[Richprins]

WOW!

Simply great pics and verandah experience, Pumbaa!

Can't wait to get back there!

Lovely to watch without feeling the heat...

Never thought there would be Klipspringers at the hide...

Love the spoonbills together.

[Klipspringer]

These birds had their easy meals

[Pumbaa]

The sunset over the dam is just magical

It was such a fantastic day and this was the cherry on top to end the day

Really beautiful photos

Thanks so much, Harry

[Pumbaa]

What a wonderful day! There is a gorgeous view from that terrasse

It was a more than fantastic view - We sat there until it was pitch dark

[Pumbaa]

WOW!

Simply great pics and verandah experience, Pumbaa!

Can't wait to get back there!

Lovely to watch without feeling the heat...

Never thought there would be Klipspringers at the hide...

Love the spoonbills together.

The more often we stay there the more we love it there

[Pumbaa]

These birds had their easy meals

We had such a fun in watching all of them and never saw that masses there

[Pumbaa]

Saturday, 21. February 2020 – Mopani - Shingwedzi

Driven roads: H1-6 – S142 – S50 – S143 – S50 – S135 – H1-7 – S55 – H1-6 – S135 – Confluence – H1-6

First stop in the morning was then for sure at our beloved Shipandani causeway and honestly I did not expect to see already that much birds there that early but I was totally wrong as the best places had already been taken especially by the crocodiles



who then started to clear the causeway already despite we neared the causeway with our car definitely carefully.



The yellow billed stork did not bother at all as same was already busy in catching breakfast but must say that we did not stay long as it was still a long way to drive so we continued our way



and next stop was then at Mooiplaas waterhole which was unfortunately deserted and when we were about to continue as discovered a couple of black backed jackals in the high grass



who were frolicking around carefreely



whilst we had been watched carefully.



We tried to continue whilst the jackals were out of sight but many of the mopani bushes along that road were occupied by amur falcons which simply had to be photographed.



Some were sharing their bush



whilst others had their own one



and we were happy that we could capture that many of them as this is one of our favourite raptors.



Next stop was then at Nshawu 4 were we discovered another jackal



who posed extreme nicely for us

[Pumbaa]

and watched attentively in the distance,



snuffled around and again turned around to us



obviously discovered something between the high grass and far too soon disappeared in the high grass.



To our delight we again detected at least one of the two fish eagles in the dead tree we already saw yesterday



and a bit farer away we also noticed a smaller herd of elephants.



Although the S50 was our road to drive a short detour to Tihongonyeni is always a must for us and we also discovered a red crested korhaan in the not that high grass



as otherwise we would have never noticed same.



As always a lot of zebras and wildebeests were around and some were still too lazy too stand up and instead enjoyed the early morning sun



and when we reached Tihongonyeni waterhole a lot of buffaloes were already around



some were already lying in the waterhole whilst others were producing a lot of dust already



but all of them were extreme willing to pose for us





and so we happily took shot after shot.



to be continued……..

[Alf]

Have never seen so many falcons in the trees like that

What a productive morning