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I love the splashing duck

wow... nice... superb...
the Egret "throw away" bones, like Owls, Kingfishers etc...

Thanks everyone!

I took loads of the splashing Duck - just selecting a few was not easy.

I am really happy with the new lens - much better than my old Bigma

Thanks Nan, I didn't realise that Egrets did that too

The Island View Hide was a hive of activity, unfortunately the clouds had rolled in by the time I got there but the sun poked through from time to time.

Darter flypast.


Reed Cormorants



Whitethroated Swallow.


And lots of Whiskered Terns.







Then it was back to the Coot's Corner before I had to leave.......

The Whitethroated Swallow looks rather angry; did you forget to ask permission to immortalize it?

Gorgeous pics of the whiskered terns

agree the Swallow seems to be very grumpy

nice portraits all of these birds

Darter in flight, how cool is that and awesome series of the Tern

Lisbeth wrote:The Whitethroated Swallow looks rather angry; did you forget to ask permission to immortalize it?

Gorgeous pics of the whiskered terns

Now you mention it, it does look a bit irritable!

Thanks for the kind comments Lis

nan wrote:agree the Swallow seems to be very grumpy

nice portraits all of these birds

Thanks Nan

Toko wrote:Darter in flight, how cool is that and awesome series of the Tern

Darters are pretty common at Rietvlei but you have to be alert to get them as they whiz past!

I did better with the Terns on subsequent visits....watch this space