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Flutts, the Brat and Mommo in Natal (Part One: Mkuze)
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Great sightings Flutts and beautiful photos
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Re: Flutts, the Brat and Mommo in Natal (Part One: Mkuze)
Already two instalments - you were busy, Flutts. 
Great sightings so far! Like the acacia pied barbet - beautiful bird.
Same goes for the touraco. 
Wonder if the nyala chick found his mother amongst the impalas though.
Great sightings so far! Like the acacia pied barbet - beautiful bird.
Same goes for the touraco. Wonder if the nyala chick found his mother amongst the impalas though.
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Re: Flutts, the Brat and Mommo in Natal (Part One: Mkuze)
nan, Lis, Amoli, harrys, MelSome of my impressions of the morning...
Seeing the animals through kwaMalibala hide.
An Nyala bull quenching his thirst in the early moring.
At kuMasinga hide we saw alot more Nyala.
This Turaco came and sat right next to the waters edge, so got some great close up shots of him, but of course I missed him flying away!
And just before we left the hide, the wildebeest made their entrance!
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Great shot the first one from the hide
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it was busy at the hide 
even a Touraco
even a Touraco
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Re: Flutts, the Brat and Mommo in Natal (Part One: Mkuze)
sjoe !!! seem to be lots of "willebeests"
interesting composition of the photo from the hide bushy !!!!!
fab fire foto flutters !!!
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Good photos, Flutts!
That young bull now is a good pic to put up under "Nyala", so as to contrast with the "horned females"!
The old mangy impala was attacked by something, I think, looking at the scratch marks and nose, possibly a leopard but a while ago?
That young bull now is a good pic to put up under "Nyala", so as to contrast with the "horned females"!
The old mangy impala was attacked by something, I think, looking at the scratch marks and nose, possibly a leopard but a while ago?
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nan... you always give me a giggle!!nan wrote:poor little Nyala.. dosn't know to search strips
Lis, I really enjoyed Mkuze...no big cats or ellies, but always something to see.Lisbeth wrote:Great that you had such a pleasant trip
What a lot of things you saw in a few hours
Good bird sightings
True Amoli, this was all before midday!Amoli wrote:a lot of animals and birds in a short time.. great.
Wow for the Arcarcia Pied Barbet and the Touraco
He does indeed. Thanks for popping in!harrys wrote:Great sightings Flutts and beautiful photos
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Busy doing the wrong things!Mel wrote:Already two instalments - you were busy, Flutts.
Great sightings so far! Like the acacia pied barbet - beautiful bird.
Wonder if the nyala chick found his mother amongst the impalas though.
The chick did find his mom! Thanks leachy...there was a lot of game around...especially at the hides!leachy wrote:
sjoe !!! seem to be lots of "willebeests"
interesting composition of the photo from the hide bushy !!!!!
fab fire foto flutters !!!
Thanks BC.Bushcraft wrote:Great Turaco sighting and pics
That sounds plausible!Richprins wrote:Good photos, Flutts!
That young bull now is a good pic to put up under "Nyala", so as to contrast with the "horned females"!
The old mangy impala was attacked by something, I think, looking at the scratch marks and nose, possibly a leopard but a while ago?
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Re: Flutts, the Brat and Mommo in Natal (Part One: Mkuze)
30 August, Mkuze
Still at kuMasinga Hide.
Emerald Spotted Wood-dove & Red-faced Mousebird
The Turaco also came down to the water.
Black-collared Barbet, Cape Glossy Starling and Red-faced Mousebirds.
Then a family of warties came sprinting down, but these two made it first!
This one wanted a bit of attention!
A couple of Sunbirds were flitting around but it was really hard to get good pics because the wind was howling and blowing them all over the place!
We think these are Purple-banded Sunbirds.
A Sombre Greenbul?
Lots of willies!
You can see there was lots to keep us busy at this hide...we were running from one side to the other to see everything! But we decided to head back to camp to unpack and freshen up. We were booked into the 2 bed huts, so the Brat and I shared and my dad had his own unit. There were very clean communal ablutions and a very large communal kitchen. Each hut even has its own satellite dish and a TV stand and all the cables!! 
Still at kuMasinga Hide.
Emerald Spotted Wood-dove & Red-faced Mousebird
The Turaco also came down to the water.
Black-collared Barbet, Cape Glossy Starling and Red-faced Mousebirds.
Then a family of warties came sprinting down, but these two made it first!
This one wanted a bit of attention!
A couple of Sunbirds were flitting around but it was really hard to get good pics because the wind was howling and blowing them all over the place!
We think these are Purple-banded Sunbirds.
A Sombre Greenbul?
Lots of willies!
You can see there was lots to keep us busy at this hide...we were running from one side to the other to see everything!
But we decided to head back to camp to unpack and freshen up. We were booked into the 2 bed huts, so the Brat and I shared and my dad had his own unit. There were very clean communal ablutions and a very large communal kitchen. Each hut even has its own satellite dish and a TV stand and all the cables!!