Stories from Tar Roads and From Spots

[Flutterby]

Great lion sightings, and the long grass can sometimes lead to lovely pictures!

[Richprins]

very nice, Pumbaa!

Glad Timon got angry!

Love the buffalo on the beach, that is a nice spot.

And the zebra!

[Pumbaa]

The little zebra is still "woolly"

The helmeted guineafowls are always nice to see with that funny look

Did they make you check out and in again at the gate? Or maybe it is not needed when you sleep in the park

As the petrol station was right vis-a-vis the gate and it was a smaller gate we only said we wanted to fill up and come back in a second and so we did so we had nothing to do paperwise and neither the gate attendant- It was easy

[Pumbaa]

A very new Zeebra youngster

Lovely picture of the swallow .

Normally the swallows are so fast but then one had all the time in the world

[Pumbaa]

Terrific shot of the swallow

Quite a few lions you saw

And that zebra foal is so very cute

It was nice to again discover lions around Satara after we had no luck with them the two previous days

[Pumbaa]

Great lion sightings, and the long grass can sometimes lead to lovely pictures!

That is right and we never had any problems with the long grass - It is lovely

[Pumbaa]

very nice, Pumbaa!

Glad Timon got angry!

Love the buffalo on the beach, that is a nice spot.

And the zebra!

Sometimes it helps - Getting angry but it was such a lovely day and the lady at the petrol station was very friendly - Love also that buffalo shots what a fantastic spot he had chosen

[Pumbaa]

The road was indeed a nice drive, however, got after that little waterhole quiet again and we meanwhile reached again the tar road where we noticed kudus in the riverbed



and a couple of hyenas out of which this one was not in the mood to follow the others in the thick bush



but stayed simply on the tar road.



We skipped the first view point along that road earlier that morning so now we had time to stop there and were lucky that it was allowed to leave the vehicle there. The view from there was more than lovely. The lions from earlier where no longer to be seen so we turned into the S36 but also that road was a bit too quiet but we noticed some kudu ladies and a smaller elephant bull.



and funnily that road is at least for us always a guarantor for sandgrouses and so it was today



and we again detected a couple.



Unfortunately that was it on that road but we already noticed during the day we arrived at Satara that the S126 was open as that road was strangely closed last year the whole time we stayed in that area whereas all others were open so we turned into that one and luckily could notice a steenbock in the high grass



and along a new loop which we noticed never before and maybe that was the reason why that road was closed last year due to road works which was leading around a huge rock that little squirrel entertained us quite nicely.



Only at Welverdiend waterhole we then stopped for a nice break and there lots of Egyptian goose where hanging around with many impalas



mostly males.



It was a bit overcast nearly the whole day so the temperatures were indeed more than bearable and now finally our beloved birds were again willing to show up – We noticed a tawny flanked prinia,



a perfectly posing melba finch

[Pumbaa]

another tawny flanked prinia now with a kill



and a red backed shrike also with a kill in his claws



in form of a grasshopper.



Nearly at the end of that road we often see general game and today the impalas were again around feeding



and also lot of wildebeests could not be overlooked



at well as more zebras



but for sure the little wildebeests were the cutest



whereas an older one quenched it’s thirst at a remaining pond along that road.



Lot of Camrine bee eaters were around



as well as another kori bustard



and a juvenile bateleur who was checking something out on the ground soon took off.



to be continued……..

[Lisbeth]

A cute squirrel

Lots of wonderful birds

Wildebeest and "cute" in the same sentence?