A cat or a lifer a day keep the doctor away

[Flutterby]

The owl doesn't look happy.

[Richprins]

Never seen so much water at Biyamiti...quite a sight, Pumbaa!

And yes, no aircon there!

Amazing how quickly the birds can dry out too!

[Pumbaa]

That’s lots of water at the weir

That crocodile is huge

The next day the water was even much higher

[Pumbaa]

The water is flowing fast

The owl looks really funny

Lots of nice birds

These owls when wet do never look happy

[Pumbaa]

The owl doesn't look happy.

But they do always offer some nice photographic opportunities

[Pumbaa]

Never seen so much water at Biyamiti...quite a sight, Pumbaa!

And yes, no aircon there!

Amazing how quickly the birds can dry out too!

And also the roads can dry out quite fast

[Pumbaa]

Tuesday, 11th February 2020 – Biyamiti

Explored roads: S139 – S25 – H4-2 – H5 – S108 – S25 – S139 – S139 – S25

Luckily we noticed after the alarm clock did its job that it did not rain much during the night and that also the strong wind was still blowing and dried at least everything a bit.

After all the rain the previous days we in fact did not expect to see that much but as long as we will face no road closures everything will be fine so we hit the road and came across a couple of younger kudu bulls



followed by two giraffes out of which we originally thought we disturbed a honeymoon couple



who had blocked the road





but after a more precise observation we discovered that it was two males, well they could have been on honeymoon anyway but it took more than half an hour until they cleared the road but nevertheless entertained us quite a lot.



A bit further down the road we detected an African fish eagle



and after it took last year nearly until our very last day to see saddle billed storks we had great luck today in finding a couple extreme close foraging at a natural pond which had been formed after the recent heavy rains.



I simply love these storks



and also their colour explosion with the green background was simply amazing



and it was great that both he and she allowed some close ups

[Pumbaa]

and did not fly away





and on top no other cars came along as well.



After quite an extensive photo shooting we left that wonderful sighting and couple and were happy about all the shots we got.



We spotted more giraffes



and for sure a lot of impalas who also avoided the long green and wet grass and instead trotted along the sand road



which meanwhile also was more than wet and muddy but finally we managed to squeeze us and our car between them.



The rest of the S25 was then extreme quiet but in the end there are always many dead trees and on most of them a lot white backed vultures could be seen.





After a short break and a fuel stop at Crocodile Bridge camp where we chatted a bit with the petrol attendant about the weather and a couple of other things but at least we were informed from him about the recent weather forecast and he was happy to tell us that in two days everything will be back to normal according to him – sunshine and hot temperatures and no more rain – we headed forward and next stop was then at Gesanftombi which looked that way.



For us it was a feast for the eyes to see the dam that full as it was indeed long time ago when we even noticed water in the dam.

to be continued…….

[Flutterby]

Great giraffe pics.

[harrys]

Those Saddle-Billed storks are such beautiful birds looks very wet with lots of water around