A cat or a lifer a day keep the doctor away

[Lisbeth]

A crowned eagle A pity that it was headless

Great sequence of the fish eagle

You even got a leopard

[Flutterby]

Wow, some really great shots...the kingfishers in the rain, the leopard and the fish eagle.

[Pumbaa]

The fish-eagle feeding behaviour is well captured, they always look around between the next bit of feeding

It was such a wonderful sighting and we were happy to having observed same

[Pumbaa]

What unique shots all round, Pumbaa!

A great reward with difficult weather and patience!

The fish eagle is amazing, eating a barbel. And thank you especially for the crowned eagle, an almost unheard of location!

Nobody luckily can change the weather and you simply have to accept is as it comes and sometimes you even will be rewarded

[Pumbaa]

A crowned eagle A pity that it was headless

Great sequence of the fish eagle

You even got a leopard

The crowned eagle was such a beautiful eagle but the vegetation on that road is simply too dense

[Pumbaa]

Wow, some really great shots...the kingfishers in the rain, the leopard and the fish eagle.

Although it was a quiet and still rainy day same had its moments

[Pumbaa]

Overall it was again a quiet drive but I guess whichever road you might have taken that day it would have been always a quiet drive. At least a couple of more birdies were willing to show up such as this woodland kingfisher



another lilac breasted roller



and another vocal woodie.



Soon we reached the Biymiti weir but same was impassable today as even more water was flowing down the weir compared to yesterday already, however, cannot understand why they did not close that road or maybe same was closed but not from the direction we came anyway, however, we spotted on the rocks at the weir a black stork,



and a hamerkop for any other birds the water was simply too strongly flowing so we stayed not that long a returned back to camp and came across European be eaters



and a group of giraffes



who took a curious look into our cameras





were willing to pose whilst lifting their heads from the delicious bushes





and even the oxpeckers were doing their work – Luckily that the giraffe’s neck is that long so many of them do find a spot.



Whilst we still had to drive through huge puddles yesterday same even dried up a bit today and got already slightly smaller and also the rain meanwhile disappeared nearly completely. To our joy we stopped for a group of red faced mousebirds but had not much luck in photographing same as they are definitely not easy to photograph as they do not sit still long enough.



We felt a bit sorry that we had to disturb a group of impala males who made themselves comfortable right in the middle of the road



for sure only unwillingly they finally cleared the road although we drove even more careful as we do anyway.



A crested barbet inspected us from behind a branch

[Pumbaa]

and a hamerkop could be seen at one of the many causeways which luckily in no way hindered us to drive on that road.



After we also paid the lookout point a final visit we returned back to camp and now had even enough time for a little nap which was very much needed after those exciting first days in the park and it was even time for a bit of reading and sure for taking pictures of a black collared barbet who paid a visit



and to capture the view right opposite our unit although nothing could be seen but simply love that view



and finally we also could admire a juvenile fish eagle in its flighting skills



as same was circling right above us in the sky.



We only started extreme late to our afternoon drive which leaded us again into the direction of the Biyamiti causeway and we met another lilac breasted roller



and a nicely posing green backed heron



who simply had to be captured especially with the green background which even looked much greener after all the rain.



We stopped a while on our beloved causeway and already noticed that the water level here already dropped and more and more sand island emerged and right in the riverbed we noticed marabou storks



and on a branch on one larger rock a lot of European bee eaters



out of which some were even willing to come a bit closer.





Then we was again time to return back to camp and along the way we discovered grey louries



and for sure the bateleur couple in their favourite tree.



Back in camp we still had to wait a while until we could lit the braai as a short rain shower came down but same did not last long so our braai could start and it even stayed dry for the rest of the evening and even during the night no rain was falling.

to be continued……..

[Klipspringer]

Lots of birds I love the black stork - impressive red legs

[Lisbeth]

So many different birds and even a red-faced mousebird

When it is raining heavily the rivers and dams fill up in no time and start to overflow and of course the sand roads are the first to suffer