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Great shots STF

The Denham's bustards and eland together is quite an unusual one! And that bokmakierie looks to be in full song
Both 'fiscals' are fiscal flycatchers - the common fiscal has a hooked beak. For the other ids I'd need to consult my bird book

Wow a stick insect

I think you got a point on the fiscal flycatcher and the white-throated canary, nan

The unknown one in the middle of the three... something young... but what... Maybe a fiscal flycatcher youngster
No idea... Hope PJL can help. Snap, PJL

Thanks for so many amazing bird shots, steamtrainfan,

and that those landscapes - Sigh

What a stunning time you had

nan wrote:I think is a Fiscal Flycatcher

love the Elands, silhouet and the only one with the Denham's

Thanks very much nan.

nan wrote:for the Canary.... could be a White-throated Canaryor better a Protea Seedeater please don't laught... I just tried for the Canary.... could be a White-throated Canaryor better a Protea Seedeater :-?please don't laught... I just tried

More lovely ID's - thank you nan.

PJL wrote:Great shots STF The Denham's bustards and eland together is quite an unusual one! And that bokmakierie looks to be in full song Both 'fiscals' are fiscal flycatchers - the common fiscal has a hooked beak. For the other ids I'd need to consult my bird book Wow a stick insect

Thanks for the compliment PJL and for the Fiscal Flycathcher ID.

Mel wrote:I think you got a point on the fiscal flycatcher and the white-throated canary, nan The unknown one in the middle of the three... something young... but what... Maybe a fiscal flycatcher youngster No idea... Hope PJL can help. Snap, PJL

Thanks for the comments Mel.

Pumbaa wrote:Thanks for so many amazing bird shots, steamtrainfan,and that those landscapes - Sigh What a stunning time you had

Hi Pumbaa. Thank you the great comments.

A huge thank you to everyone for helping ID some of the birds. How you do it I do not know.

for the Fiscal Flycatcher... Michele every time said to me : not a Shrike... so now I know ... well until next time

28 APRIL 2015 - DAY 13 - ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK - PART 1/4



Nothing spectacular about this but just a very good looking zebra.



Slender Mongoose - Mommy watches while the youngsters play. Just look at those teeth on the one youngster.



More zebra in a nice light and setting. Addo is just full of nice settings.



Debenhams Bustard.



A pair of Debenhams Bustards.



Red Hartebeest.



Part 2 to follow.

nan wrote:for the Fiscal Flycatcher... Michele every time said to me : not a Shrike... so now I know ... well until next time

28 APRIL 2015 - DAY 13 - ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK - PART 2/4


Following the scribblings PJL wrote on our map we cruised the Carols Rest loop. For the moment I have forgotten the real name of the loop. Just as we had turned onto it we saw a number of cars parked. Pulling up slowly we asked one person what they had seen. Two male lions had walked along the road and then into the veld and eventually disappeared into the trees.

PJL. your scribblings proved to be spot on.

We waited for a while and then moved slowly off. We ended up at the junction of Carols Rest and Zuurkop. We were about half way up to Zuurkop when something told us to turn around and do Carols Rest loop again. So back we went and stopped at Carols Rest to check out the scene. Joan suddenly said " Why are those Kudu running like that?" Sure enough they were running across the road ahead of us and then stopping and looking back with ear fully erect. We moved on towards them and suddenly I saw it. The distinct shape of a lion walking in the clearing. We moved on slowly and stopped near another car that was approaching from the opposite direction. As we tried to work where he would cross the road there was a Free State 4x4 bakkie behind us who squeezed in between us and the other car and went and parked a short distance ahead of us. The lion was approaching us at a bit of an angle and we calculated he should walk in front of the bakkie. About 100 metres from the bakkie the lion changed direction and came directly towards us. He passed right in front of our car. He then walked past my window so close that we promptly wound up our windows and the hairs on my arm stood up in appreciation. He looked directly at me and cold shivers ran down my spine. He then carried on across the road and sat down just like a cat does. Whilst walking towards us he would stop every now and again and look back. We think this guy was one of the two that we had missed earlier on. Where the second male was we do not know.

No more chatting - just photos.















Thanks very much once PJL for the scribblings.

Excellent, stf

I just love the Elands against the blue sky and the close-ups of the Denham's Bustard.

The Stick insect is a Phalces brevis (Cape Stick Insect)

Nice lion photos, too

White-throated Canary