I've got a feeling of a hot summer in Kruger

[RogerFraser]

Love the green backed heron and whydah .

Crocodile doing it job

[Lisbeth]

I love the hamerkops flying

Lots of life at the Gardenia hide

Luckily there are crocs cleaning up

[Richprins]

I love this installment, Pumbaa!

What a wonderful time at Gardenia, always something there.

Yes, the hide is always cooler, as it is elevated, under trees, and sometimes has a breeze over the water!

Great crocodile and hamerkop shots, have you seen the huge nests they make?

Also very interesting warthog behaviour!

Looks like a tawny eagle in the dead trees.

[Pumbaa]

Love the green backed heron and whydah .

Crocodile doing it job

The green backed heron was indeed a poser

[Pumbaa]

I love the hamerkops flying

Lots of life at the Gardenia hide

Luckily there are crocs cleaning up

Yes we had a great time at the hide and evencould have stayed longer there

[Pumbaa]

I love this installment, Pumbaa!

What a wonderful time at Gardenia, always something there.

Yes, the hide is always cooler, as it is elevated, under trees, and sometimes has a breeze over the water!

Great crocodile and hamerkop shots, have you seen the huge nests they make?

Also very interesting warthog behaviour!

Looks like a tawny eagle in the dead trees.

Unfortunately we could not detect the nest - I know it is a huge one - It must have been in one of the trees surrounding the hide

[Pumbaa]

On the other side of the causeway we even discovered a lot of fishes



who were still swimming around again we were lucky having found such a good filled pond along the way as most of them were already dried out or only had very few water left.



We stayed at this little pond quite a while as also no other cars were around and also noted this lovely dragonfly.



It got then a bit quiet again but we were lucky in detecting more rhinos although these were a bit hidden close to a tree and bush





It was indeed fantastic that we already saw that many of them although this was still our very first full day



and obviously the oxpecker did enjoy their presence as well.



Again it got quiet due to the midday heat but we were happy in tracing a large group of white storks



still hanging around in that area



and also captured a white crowned shrike which we noticed this year plentiful all over the park.

[Pumbaa]

Meanwhile we reached the tar road leading to Crocodile Bridge camp and as always in this area masses of general game were hanging around especially this cute zebra youngster stole our heart.



That area also looked extreme browsed already compared to other parts of the park as the grass was overall extreme high and plentiful.



Mom and her youngster put up a show for us and we stayed quite a while with them





but then an urgent body break at Crocodile Bridge was more than neede and also the legs needed a stretch as well.

We afterwards paid a short visit to Gesamtombi which carried a lot of water and consequently quite a lot hippos were populating the water and as it meanwhile was about time we strolled slowly via the H5 / S108 into the direction of Biyamiti. At one causeway still a smaller puddle was left in the shade and consequently a small herd of elephant was around and took a refreshment



and as also a bit mud was left we had to wait a bit longer until they cleared the road but



shortly after them a large elephant bull forced us to stop again and we only passed same in a safety distance.



The rest of our drive got quiet as meanwhile the thermometer showed 37 degrees indeed this was the hottest day we experienced this year although must say the 36 degrees we had on most of the other days did not feel colder at all. So after we moved into bungalow No. 3 at Biyamiti and filled up the bird bath we enjoyed the silence in camp with a couple of cold ones on our verandah and for sure we were hoping for a couple of birds maybe visiting the bird bath. After a while we strolled to the hide and discovered elephants



as well as a couple of beautiful trees



on the other side of the nearly bone dry riverbed.



to be continued………

[Lisbeth]

A cute zebra foal with mom

I think that your white-crowned shrike is a lesser grey shrike

More rhinos

And of course the white stork

[Richprins]

I love fish shots, pumbaa!

And more rhino!

Having some cold ones at Biyamiti in 37 degrees!

How did you manage without aircon there?

Also love the tree pic.