A Hot-diggity Dog Flutter!

[Flutterby]

Lovely morning light there on the first birdies

Hot dog on the menu?

Thanks Toks. Maybe.

Lovely rhinos

lovely African Green Pigeon

Thanks for confirming my ID.

Nice rhino and I love the green pigeon

Some nice sightings specially that green pigeon

Great start Flutt's.

Cracking moth.

Give my regards to your Dad.

Thanks Dewi, will do.

Intriguing title... and lovely sightings to start with I'm with Puffy on the pigeon

Glad you agree.

Hey! They pulled you over for taking selfies while driving!

Great to see Mommo again, with AW shirt!

You like the flutterbyes types!

Good stuff this!

The selfie was taken at the gate! Yes, love flutterby types!

Oooh dogies .. count me in

Great start to the trip

Lovely big moth

Thanks Roger. Next episode coming up.

[Flutterby]

10/4/2016

JHB - Lower Sabie

Leaving Skukuza we saw this cutie with mom looking on.



Even though we had lots of time before we could check in to Lower Sabie we decided to head straight down the H4-1, hoping something good would hold us up. This kudu had some impressive horns!





We weren't sure if these hippos were alive or dead - we watched them a long time and didn't see any movement, but we did see plenty of hippo carcasses over the next few days!





A little ellie having a snooze.





Kudu on the S79 causeway loop.



Nyala with a broken horn.



Hippo carcass

[Lisbeth]

All those dead hippos are so sad to see

Lovely pic of the mongooses

[Toko]

Big boys these kudu bulls

[Richprins]

Good pics, Flutts!

Ja, interesting the oxpeckers on the first "dead" hippo, wonder how long it takes for ticks to "abandon ship" as it were?

If those hippo weren't dead, I'm pretty sure they were shortly after...

[Dewi]

More lovely pics Flutt's.

Sad about the hippos, but they are capable of bouncing back in numbers when conditions change.

[Mel]

Not sure where to start really

The feeding Kudu is great, the nyala despite the broken horn is totally handsome, love the little ellis snoozing,
and mongeese ( ) are always a winner

(I shall try to ignore the uncertain and sad parts...)

[RogerFraser]

Great pictures of the Kudu

Seems the Hippo population has been the biggest casualty of the drought so far

[Pumbaa]

Caught up Flutterby

in fact sad to see that many hippo carcass

Love your majestic Kudu and the little ellie

[Flutterby]

All those dead hippos are so sad to see

Lovely pic of the mongooses

It was very sad.

Big boys these kudu bulls

There were indeed.

Good pics, Flutts!

Ja, interesting the oxpeckers on the first "dead" hippo, wonder how long it takes for ticks to "abandon ship" as it were?

If those hippo weren't dead, I'm pretty sure they were shortly after...

They didn't look good.

More lovely pics Flutt's.

Sad about the hippos, but they are capable of bouncing back in numbers when conditions change.

Ja, I'm sure there numbers will climb soon.

Not sure where to start really

The feeding Kudu is great, the nyala despite the broken horn is totally handsome, love the little ellis snoozing,
and mongeese ( ) are always a winner

(I shall try to ignore the uncertain and sad parts...)

Thanks Mel. We also tried to ignore the sad parts.

Great pictures of the Kudu

Seems the Hippo population has been the biggest casualty of the drought so far

Definitely Roger, we only saw hippo carcasses, and strangely most of them had been left intact.

Caught up Flutterby

in fact sad to see that many hippo carcass

Love your majestic Kudu and the little ellie

Thanks Pumbaa! Never nice to see dead animals but it is the circle of life.