What a cute little elephant..... alfie wants one
The fighting ducks are amazing
From Floods and Surprises in River beds
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Next trip to the bush??
Let me think......................
Let me think......................
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How remarkable, Pumbaa!
Summer is definitely bird time!
Summer is definitely bird time!
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Sweet little ellies
Knob-billed ducks "dancing in the rain"
Did it rain more than usual this year?
Knob-billed ducks "dancing in the rain"
Did it rain more than usual this year?
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That ellie still has fluff on it!
Lovely pics of the Comb ducks.
Lovely pics of the Comb ducks.
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Me too - That was indeed such a cutie
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That is our time as well although the bush can be very dense
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Not at all, Lisbeth, but when it rained it rained harder and heavier but not the whole day
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It was a great time we spend watching the comb ducks
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Unfortunately not much else was around and so we did not stay that long but had luck on the tar road again as another African cuckoo showed up again in the open.
Originally we wanted to drive today to Orpen dam but what to say that road was also closed. So we carried on at the tar road and made a break at Tshokwane which was indeed quite full. At Mazithi which was more than full we only spotted a grey heron in a tree but nothing else, however,
the S86 was open so we paid a visit there but also this road was more than quiet today. Kumana was then next and here at least the water birds were more than plentiful around – We saw dabchicks,
a grey heron and white faced ducks
whilst the heron was on hunting mode the ducks were more than chilled,
the jacana presented its alien feet
and now the white faced ducks even came closer. We indeed stayed quite a long time there and simply enjoyed the silence and view.
On our further drive we stopped then for a lovely posing brown snake eagle
and to our luck the road leading to the Southernmost baobab was open so we paid a quick visit there
and further North also the S125 was open and so we finally could leave the busy tar road and turned into a far quieter sand road where we soon came across to two nyala bulls
Originally we wanted to drive today to Orpen dam but what to say that road was also closed. So we carried on at the tar road and made a break at Tshokwane which was indeed quite full. At Mazithi which was more than full we only spotted a grey heron in a tree but nothing else, however,
the S86 was open so we paid a visit there but also this road was more than quiet today. Kumana was then next and here at least the water birds were more than plentiful around – We saw dabchicks,
a grey heron and white faced ducks
whilst the heron was on hunting mode the ducks were more than chilled,
the jacana presented its alien feet
and now the white faced ducks even came closer. We indeed stayed quite a long time there and simply enjoyed the silence and view.
On our further drive we stopped then for a lovely posing brown snake eagle
and to our luck the road leading to the Southernmost baobab was open so we paid a quick visit there
and further North also the S125 was open and so we finally could leave the busy tar road and turned into a far quieter sand road where we soon came across to two nyala bulls
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and a group of wildebeests.
Suddenly we were surrounded by lot of Carmine bee eaters
who were busy in searching for bees and other insects
and to our delight a group of warthogs stopped long enough
so that we finally could capture them and even their hitchhikers.
We then spent quite a while with a nicely posing African hawk eagle in a tree
and with a large group of resting impalas.
to be continued……
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