Kruger....Our adventure continues..... *

[Flutterby]

Love the hippo with the jacket. Your birdie looks like a Red-billed Firefinch.

[Dewi]

Great couple of posts Harrys.

Your birdie under the bridge is a Wood Sandpiper.

The Korhaan is Red-crested and I agree with Flutts on the firefinch.

Love the plated lizard pic and the baboon/impala scene looks so tranquil.

-O at the hippo's new coat.

[harrys]

More Letaba Photos:

Hippo with a map :



Baffaloe posing for a pic:



Zebra posing for a pic:



Young Waterbuc:



Some Ducklings:



Crested barbet:



Dove:







Some Big foots:









Girrafes:



Kudu:



Thats it for now, more a bit later....

[Sprocky]

Nice pics Harry!

Your is a Pied kingfisher.

[harrys]

Soooo Letaba continues.....

Bluewildebeest:



I just love this beautifull tree:



We saw this Eagle munching on some flying ants but I cant find it in my bird book, maybe a juvinile eagle of some sort:



Tataruka thought this plant was beautifull and took a photo:



We decided to travel down to Satara for the day and here is some pics:

At Olifants.... note the Eagle:



Landscapes:







Camelion in the road:



Eagle on the Olifants bridge:



Croc baking in the sun:



Egyptian Geese:



Warthog:





Ellies in a huddle:



Ellies having a dip, these guys kept us entertained for about a hour:





Our first Rhino:



Rhino, Giraffe, Bluewildebeest and Zebra:



Unknown birdie, but we saw lots of them near animals feeding in the grass:



Baboon:



Thats it for now, later I will wrap up our stay at Letaba.........

[nan]

again nice episode
the first "juvenil"... is not a juvenil, is a Tawny Eagle, +/- pale form
this one in flight, over Olifants, easy to recognize with the tail in "V" is the same on the bridge, Yellow-billed Kite
and the last one, nice one, Wattled Starling
superb Baobab, one of my prefered tree and nice view over the Olifants river

[harrys]

Last of Letaba.......

Near Satara this Tusker:



The 3 Musketeers:



YYeeesssss??:



Tawny Eagle:



Lone Vulture:



Ground Hornbill:



AAAAAAHHHWWW:



One of my favourites....Croc on a rock:



Saddlebilled Stork:



Secretary Bird:



Olifants River:





Mischief......:



And that my friends was some of our sightings at Letaba and seroundings

Next up Shingwedzi....

[Dewi]

Missed a few posts here Harry. Nice to catch up though.

Nice views of the Olifants and love the one with the kite soaring by.

The 3 musketeers is great. -O

Think your last pic of a Tawny Eagle is a Steppe Eagle - yellow gape extends behind the eye. Great sighting.

Can't wait to find out what you saw at Shingwedzi.

[harrys]

Shingwedzi 5 Dec to 8 Dec 2012....:

After a not so peacefull nights sleep(we had 3 young men next to us who played some games and giggled like little girls till 2 in the morning , they went to sleep after I explained to them what I will do to them if they don't shut up and be quiet..... oh I had my ax with me )we packed up and left at 6:00 heading for Shingwedzi.

Here is some photos:

Sunrise:



This Elephant didn't like the Buffaloes intruding on his waterhole :



Buffaloes and Warthog coming for a drink after the grumpy Ellie left in a dust cloud:





And what are you up to sir :



Bookworm arriving at Shingwedzi in Miss Denty :



Setting up camp.......that's when the fun started and Dad was not allowed to help pitching the tent

Tatarukas thoughts....where does this go:



After lots of sweat and some mumbling and offcourse some help from Dad the tent(and Bookworm and Tatarukas home for 4 nights)was pitched and ready to be occupied:



After setting up camp and having a or 2 we went for a swim and relaxed till 15:00 and then our late afternoon trip on the Kanniedood road............

To be continued.......

[harrys]

Shingwedzi.......:

We set out on the Kanniedood rd and this is what we saw:

Young Nyala:



birdie:



Very empty Kanniedood dam:



Fish Eagle in flight:



It's a wonderfull life :



Waterbuck and Saddlebilled stork:



One of our sightings of the trip......Cheetah





Photo from our campsite of a very dry Shingwedzi



That was photos from our first day at Shingwedzi, we saw a Lioness with a collar almost at the camp gate in the river bed but there was too much trees in the way so unfortunately no photo

More to follow soon