From Floods and Surprises in River beds
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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
There is not one pic too many
The common waxbill lying on the back is really funny and all of the birds extremely pretty
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The common waxbill lying on the back is really funny and all of the birds extremely pretty
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Such beautiful bird sightings again! Would be hard to choose favourites, but the waxbills are pretty far the top
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We indeed had such a great fun with them
We took so many of them it was so amazing
The best was we were most of the time the only car there
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At least all the waxbills were indeed extreme comical birds
As it is always difficult in photographing them today they posed for us like mad
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and resting wildebeests.
At the lovely pond along the S130 we stopped again and today a grey heron was around
as well as the Egyptian goose couple
and a bit further down we also noticed a brown snake eagle.
The rest until we again reached the Lower Sabie causeway was dead quiet and now we stood already for the final time during that trip on that causeway where we soon spotted an African fish eagle
as well as a Jacobin cuckoo very well hidden the whole time.
After our final visit at Lower Sabie camp also a final visit at Sunset dam was a must where today an egret could be found extreme close
and for sure the dead tree in the middle of the dam had to be captured
with all the buffalo weavers and glossy starlings bringing food to their chicks.
Extreme close we enjoyed once again the hunting or better to say wading skills
At the lovely pond along the S130 we stopped again and today a grey heron was around
as well as the Egyptian goose couple
and a bit further down we also noticed a brown snake eagle.
The rest until we again reached the Lower Sabie causeway was dead quiet and now we stood already for the final time during that trip on that causeway where we soon spotted an African fish eagle
as well as a Jacobin cuckoo very well hidden the whole time.
After our final visit at Lower Sabie camp also a final visit at Sunset dam was a must where today an egret could be found extreme close
and for sure the dead tree in the middle of the dam had to be captured
with all the buffalo weavers and glossy starlings bringing food to their chicks.
Extreme close we enjoyed once again the hunting or better to say wading skills
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of the black winged stilts
as well as from the three banded plover
and suddenly we heard some hue and cry from the dead tree in the middle of the dam and from behind of the huge nest a juvenile gymnogene appeared
whilst the weavers tried to chase same away
as they had mouths to feed and the gymnogene tried to destroy the huge nest to catch a chick.
On the one hand we were extreme happy to spot another African harrier hawk as this raptor is indeed a rarer sighting for us but on the other hand we felt extreme sorry for all the weavers
but it was an extreme interesting sighting especially when observing the hunting skills of this raptor. Same hang itself onto the huge nest and pulled on same with its claws quite often within very short intervals.
As patience and will is paying off quite often same finally was successful and got hold of a chick
and now the hue and cry from the weavers got ear-splitting
to be continued......
as well as from the three banded plover
and suddenly we heard some hue and cry from the dead tree in the middle of the dam and from behind of the huge nest a juvenile gymnogene appeared
whilst the weavers tried to chase same away
as they had mouths to feed and the gymnogene tried to destroy the huge nest to catch a chick.
On the one hand we were extreme happy to spot another African harrier hawk as this raptor is indeed a rarer sighting for us but on the other hand we felt extreme sorry for all the weavers
but it was an extreme interesting sighting especially when observing the hunting skills of this raptor. Same hang itself onto the huge nest and pulled on same with its claws quite often within very short intervals.
As patience and will is paying off quite often same finally was successful and got hold of a chick
and now the hue and cry from the weavers got ear-splitting
to be continued......
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Wow! Harrier-Hawk raiding a weaver’s nest is a very special sight
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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Wow great sighting
Next trip to the bush??
Let me think......................
Let me think......................