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Great pics I love how you caught every flap and water splash in secession of one another STUNNING!

a very brief dialogue in that last posting of mine......

my throat was a bit sore.......

never the less......

thank you kingfisher person.........and please pass my gratitude to the family



and thank you sheenaugh-lee-------

( i notice that you are from ermelo....my deepest sympathy)

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it is actually a very peaceful, yet busy little pond this one

and there is not a wide selection of parking for the discerning photographer

so my nose gets slightly out of joint when i arrive there and find

someone else parked in the prime photographic spot



someone else in my parking is easily overcome



as i suppose he was there before me....

but................................ when the occupant in question is sitting there

and reading a book and not even utilizing the strategic photographic benefits of the parking then i become somewhat peeved.....






the absence of sunlight had already excluded my shots from any awards

and then i remembered the predicament that the buffalo was in

and i realized how fortunate i really was

so i just sat quietly listening to the bovine blues and pecker accompaniment
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the noise of some other oxpeckers drew my attention to the newest visitor.......

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they both seemed to be enjoying the experience.......






a while later this tall horse came and stood right beside me and nibbled on the tree i was parked next to
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and a small nursery group made themselves comfortable on the grass nearby...
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it was getting late so i headed back for home

and managed to capture this kite

with what looked like an insect nest in his yellow bill
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH you almost had me fall off the couch with that post Leach FINALLY ive found someone that agrees with me that this town is downright dreadfull! Thank you for the sympathy

Oooooeeeee don't you just hate it when someone is hogging the perfect camara shot angle that you need but hey if it were me I wouldve asked them to move lol ....love the pics irrespective especially the kite Beauty!

Great shots of the well groomed Kudu

Stunning nursery bokkie... adorable can see every hair and vein in those ears, + those beautiful eyes.

Your sequences are always breathtaking - You can take any animal they are all simply magical

Keep a lot more of them coming, Leachy

Hi Leechems
Now that S21 dammetjie I did found on my second trip in Dec and I sure wasn't that lucky with birdies and bovine as well as other antelope. Will show my kiekies in the TR
Love all the waders, you have great close up and the in flight kiekies are superb man! It was great having to spend a few days there at LS with you a lot of laughs and great food was shared...

thank you sheenaugh-lee and trrp-trrrrrrrr and pumbaa and heksie



always glad to see you here....

so.........

some of you might be aware of the resident troop of baboons

that roost in those majestic ficus trees in the vicinity of the tented camp at lower sabie


every evening these critters make their way home at around the same time




and usually along the southern bank of sunset dam...



along this southern bank of the dam,,,

is an old leadwood surrounded by a small variety of

saplings......



one of these astoundingly flexible saplings became the jungle gym for a group of "bobbejanne" on their way back home from work one day......


there seemed to be a number of ways that the "janne" amused themselves on their "jungle gym"

one might start by jumping onto the end of this bendy growth and ride it as it got closer to the ground..
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sometimes someone would try and spoil it for you and tug on the tree until you fall off and then chase you away..
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sometimes you could jump onto the branch
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and sway up and down for quite a while
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dangling... and hanging upside down
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before some bully jumps on with you...



and dislodges you into the dust


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and then attacks you in fit of jealous rage....


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Nou aapstreke is dit definitief (translation: that is definitely aperegions) they can be very entertaining if they want to the day, and sometimes just plain naughty. At least this wasn't on soneones tent
Great action kiekies meneer

ape regions indeed...



thanks anrheksie..

so...........................

out early the next day despite the overcast and dull sky

headed out on the h10 towards the general direction of the nkumbe view site

these bush chickens with their brood of chicks
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and then a close up study

of the eating habits of a giraffe
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seems to have a lot of branch material with those jaws full of leaves
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baby pops her head out from behind



to investigate the barrages from the canon
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seems that this jackal has been spending too much time with the browsers
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Stunning, humorous, awesome TR and photos........WOW!!!