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| The v iew from the Picnic spot |
sitting on the road and next to the road was a dead Puff Adder. We missed the kill by minutes as you can see it ate the head...flew off after a while and sat in a tree waiting for us to move so that he/she could carry on with its meal.
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| Dead Puff Adder with its head off... |
Stopped at the bridge to take a photo of this bird....
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| Purple Heron |
Decided to go and sit at Sunset Dam just outside camp. A magic place to sit and watch the Hippo's.
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| Sunset Dam...Hippo swimming near the tree... |
Watched this Fish Eagle trying to catch some fish, kept on flying off then back to the tree..
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| Taking off.... |
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| Trying to catch a fish..... |
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This Wattled Plower was one busy bird...running around looking for Goggas Correction White Crowned Lapwing (thanks Elsa)  |
2 comments:
Hi, another wonderful relaxed day by the sounds of it, idyllic!
Interesting pic of the Juv. Bateleur Eagle with the puffadder.
Also the bird at Sunset dam is a White-crowned Lapwing, not a Wattled.
Enjoy further.
Elsa
Well done Elsa You are quite correct, indeed it is a White Crowned Lapwing, we saw the wattles and thought we knew the Plovers/Lapwings, it is always wise to check the book. We are using the 1985 version of "Newmans Birds Of the Kruger Park.
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