Rietvlei Nature Reserve through Greenies' Eyes

[Flutterby]

Yoh...flowers all over!

Nice, Flutts!

It think they have had plenty of rain there.

We have those purple flowers all over centurion at the moment

They are lovely!

How lovely to live that close, Flutterby,

and on top you saw a lot and got some magnificent shots Love the grasshoppers

Thanks Pumbaa, yes we are lucky that we can just pop in anytime.

For the grasshoppers! Gorgeous. Lis beat me to posting them for Animal of the Month Nomination, but glad they are there. Very nice.

Thanks ExFem.

[Flutterby]

Just before Otter Bridge was a lone buffalo.



On the bridge I saw a Little Egret fishing, but as there was traffic I couldn't stop too long.





Cattle Egrets and Egyptian Goose



Pin-tailed Whydah



While parked near the bridge I saw Moggiedog stopped on the other side photographing something. I waited for them and they excitedly told me they had just seen 4 otters! After a brief chat they moved off and I decided to turn around to see if I could spot the otters. As I was turning I saw them run across the road behind me. This was the only pic I managed to get.



A Malachite Kingfisher was just too far away for a decent shot.



I then headed to Island View Bird Hide where I found a lifer - Whiskered Tern.



Adult and juvenile.

[Lisbeth]

I love your whiskered tern, I wonder if it was such one, I got this morning Still have to download the pics

A malachite kingfisher is always great, whatever the quality of the pic

and you did get a photo of the otter

[Puff Addy]

Super terns!

[Flutterby]

Thanks Lis and Puff!

[Flutterby]

The terns were very obliging subjects so I couldn't resist a few more pics.









This darter was having a lot of fun repeatedly throwing the stick in the air and catching it.



A White-throated Swallow



Ostrich



Fatboy!



Catching some rays.



A Green-backed Heron



Till next time.

[Puff Addy]

These tern photos are even better than the first series!

[Lisbeth]

This darter was having a lot of fun repeatedly throwing the stick in the air and catching it.

Maybe trying hard it would become a fish

I love the last tern pic

The ostrich is looking quite strange

You had a lot of very nice encounters for an only afternoon and thank you for sharing them

[Toko]

These pink flowers are aliens: Pompom weed Campuloclinium macrocephalum a Category 1 invasive alien species that spreads rampantly through Gauteng grasslands.


Cool grasshopper photo!

[Richprins]

I though terns were seabirds?

Very good camera going through its paces, Flutts!

Death to the pompoms!