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 Post subject: Re: The Therapeutic Trip to Tamboti...
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So beautiful the carmine bee eater sequence - :clap: :clap: :clap:


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Hi All!
Sorry for being away for so long..... :redface: :redface: :redface:
I had to travel for work quite a lot the last couple of weeks ... never nice for me, but hey, its a job!

only a couple of days of the trip left, so here goes.....

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my intention was to get the perfect bum shot of the family of warties, and then the impi got in the way! but still a cute shot...
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another cute young one...
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pure grace...
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LarissaVW
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and another feeding....
there were 4 Ground Hornbills, walking up and down, but they kept on returning to the same spot behind a little shrub. We realized they were feeding on insects... then I just had to be patient... I kept my camera pointed, zoomed and focus, waiting for a nice shot... (it was very far away though...)
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LarissaVW
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Martial Eagle... a beauty!
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and another big set of tusks worth a pic and a mention...
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LarissaVW
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Day 8... the last day in Kruger

Our last early morning drive... It started to rain the previous evening, and it was still raining. We did not have much hope of seeing anything....

and then....

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LarissaVW
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In the very first shot, you can see impala in the road, in the back ground. The impala went off the road, to the left.
After marking his territory, the male lion disappeared into the bushes to our left. The female stayed behind, crouching on the side of the road....
Naturally, we thought he will herd the impala in her direction... so we waited.

unfortunately some of the cars coming from the front, were not as patient....
any case, eventually the female just got up, and walked off to the left as well...

We found the male crouching next to the road, more or less where he went in... So, no hunt to film, no kill ...
but still a pretty awesome sighting for our last morning!

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:clap: :clap: Thank you for sharing these stunning pics and TR :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

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The crouching male gives me the shivers. Very nice.

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The Martial Eagle is indeed a beauty LarissaVW! I also think the Warthog/Impie picture is very nice! :clap: :clap:

The Dwarf Mongoose mom and baby is so cute! :D

Lovely Lion sighting! :dance: :dance:

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WOW WOW WOW!!!! That crouching Lion pic is spectacular im so sorry those other people destroyed the moment for you guys GREAT TR thanks for sharing :)

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Awesome Male Lion!!! Love the last picture

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Wow thank you for sharing :gflower: We love Tamboti and had to change our January booking after the floods :wall: Your photos are beautiful all the night time visitors are one of the reasons why we like Tamboti and beautiful carminehttp://www.sanparks.org/forums/p ... &t=68459#s wow thanks for sharing :clap:

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Great sightings Larissa!

How far up the tar road from Tam were the doggies?

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The warties and mongoose are sooooooo cute :D
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