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Well done with the Senegal Lapwing! \O As Leachy says, not a common sighting and I still have not seen one yet.

The rest of your -O- are...

Yellow-billed Stork
Jacobin Cuckoo (I think)
Goliath Heron
Senegal Lapwing
Magpie Shrike

Great sightings and photos Harry! \O


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nice bunch of birds ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
we have a superb birds book... have a look... time to time ;-)

Grey Heron
Yellow-billed Stork
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Goliath Heron
Senegal...
Magpie Shrike
Hammm... etc...


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Great bird sightings Harry. \O

The Cuckoo is a Levaillant's - striped throat & upper breast. Large crest. (Jacobin has an all white throat & underparts & smaller crest).

The mongoose is a Slender Mongoose - black tip to the tail.

Love the young Hippo pic. O/\


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Richprins wrote: Where were those Sable exactly?
On the S145 ;-)


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Last photos from Satara:

Our trip has almost come to an end and here is some last pics in the Satara area:

Wattled Starling:

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We then witnessed this greeting by 2 Ellies:

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Ostriches:

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Scenery:

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Kudu:

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Impala rams settling a matter:

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Klipspringers:

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-O-

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BBJ:

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Tawny:

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Saddle billed stork:

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-O- Can't find this birds ID:

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More Ellies:

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Some very stupid people, they took the roof of and left it at the camp and went out for the whole day :shock: 0*\ O/
They were looking at a dead Lion :-(

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Woodpecker was very busy looking for food:

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And that was Satara ;-) .. next our last day traveling to Crocodile bridge 0() 0()


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Excellent sightings again Harry. \O

Love the Impala pic. ^Q^

The streaked Eagle is an African-hawk Eagle, the brown one looks like a Wahlberg's.

The last Stork is a Black Stork - nice. O/\

I'm sure the Woodpecker is a female Golden-tailed, but woul like to see the face and underparts more to be 100%. \O

You have had an amazing trip this time. :shock:


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Hey, Harry!

Maybe put that pic of the people out of the car here?:

https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=152&t=1165

I think the African Hawk Eagle is an addition to the Bird Book! :-?

Great stuff! \O


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Last day: Satara to Crocodile Bridge:

Our last day has come and :-( 0*\ we left Satara at 6:00.

I left about 15 mins after the kids and was 15 kms away from Satara when SO phoned and told me to hurry up as they just had a amazing sighting :shock: ^Q^ O/\ . First they saw Zebras very stressed and then a Hayena with a Zebra foal, then a Cheetah followed by Lions :shock: ^Q^ . Our take on this is a Cheetah caught a Zebra foal then the Hayenas took the kill from the Cheetah and then the Lions robbed the Hayenas of the kill -O- -O- .
Anyway I missed the drama but got some pics 0*\ O/\

Hayena with kill:

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Robber Lion:

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Wartie away from danger:

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Ground hornbill:

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We saw lots of Ellies on the road between Lower Sabie and Croc Bridge and at one point I had to reverse about 500m with the Caravan :shock: O-/ as the Ellies came from the bush and didn't like all the attention.

Monkeys behaveing strange, they all huddled in a group and the adult males rushed into a tree and inspected it asif there was danger hiding in it -O- :

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My new favourite camp...Crocodile bridge O/\ O\/ \O and last photo of my bakkie in Kruger as this was it's last trip to Kruger :-( :-( :

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We set up camp and Bookworm and I went for a last drive to Lower Sabie and back...... about 5 hours O** O**

Tawny:

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Giraffe:

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Birdies at Lower Sabie reception:

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Owls:

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Wartie in Camp and the last animal of our trip:

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So as they say all good things must come to a end and our trip was over and finished ;-) , somehow it was sad having to go home but now we had something to look forward to as we will come back again \O O/\ .

We had an amazing trip although I didn't have the pleasure to see a Leopard, but we saw 6 Cheetahs and lots of Doggies, birds and lots of other mammals that you don't usually see O\/ O/\ .We saw special sightings of Ellies behaving special and we saw huge groups of Ellies with babies, we saw newborn Impalas, Wildebeest and Zebra....all a first for us O/\ .

This trip was also the last time that Bookworm will be with us as a scholar, next time she will be busy studying to start her future and begin her own adult life \O , to my Bookworm thanks for inviting me on YOUR special trip to KRUGER 0/0 O0 \O ;-) ^Q^ O:V O/\ O\/ X#X I hope you'll remember me when you plan your next trip O** O** ;-) .

Lastly to everyone who joined us on our TT THANK YOU!!!!! \O ^Q^


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