Africa Wild

you have very good eyes to see the Swifts on this picture
nice Lions, seems they have long, very long hair

The first pic is one of the most horrible architectural monsters, that I have ever seen ............ the rest is lovely

I would expect you to see the swifts and not the buildings!!

Nice lions!

Hahaha, and I thought you had gone down South for the weekend
while I enjoyed your beautiful British weather...

Not saying anything about your photos... Dunno how to express myself anymore.

Great stuff!

I wish Mel.

Thanks for the comments Mel, Nan, Fluts & Lis.

So, as we wandered around in the crater, several bird species popped by to see us.

A Brown Snake-eagle made a fly-by as we went to the restaurant to eat lunch.


A Grey Lourie eyed us from it's perch.


This Three-banded Plover was busy searching some pools for food.


A pair of Reed Cormorants displayed on a dead branch.


Speckled Pigeons were always present around the chalets.


And Helmeted Guineafowl were always along the roadsides somewhere.


A Coqui Frencolin posed nicely in the roadside for me.


And an African Darter caught a tiddler in one of the dams.


Not to be outdone after the Darter's display of fishing prowess, a Malachite Kingfisher tried his best.








All in all, some nice birds to be seen. Some more to come later though....

what a joy to see all these birds
I saw once a Coqui Francolin... said at myself "will have a picture later" never saw another one

Lovely variety of birds

Coqui Francolin! Never seen one!

Thanks Nan, Lis & Fluts.

Birding around the camp or in the car parks to the hides was a great way of getting close enough to the birds to get reasonable pics. The birds are tamer in these areas as they are more used to people wandering around.

Crimson-breasted Shrikes were common on the paved areas outside our chalet.


As was this Blue Waxbill.


Crested Barbets hopped around in the leaf litter looking for food.


While a Cape Wagtail favoured the concrete steps along the lawn.


Black-collared Barbets were in the bushes overhead.


And Fork-tailed Drongos preferred prominent lookout perches.


Close to the hides, Sabota Larks searched the verges.


Tawny-flanked Prinias favoured the boardwalk edges.


and a Rattling Cisticola skulked in the bushes next to the bakkie.


But best of all was a Green-winged Pytilia which hopped around on the car park searching for seeds.

What beautiful sightings... wow