Jan van Wyk: Kruger Park highlights and Snippets

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So much fun watching them play and even more fun catching their antics on camera.
Great photos :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Thank you for the kind comments........ :thumbs_up:

.....Beautiful European Bee eater ........ :dance:

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..Tbc ....... :thumbs_up:
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:D

The colours and the clarity :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Cheers Jan :thumbs_up:
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Superb series of so amazing colourful bee-eater :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Thank you Jan for sharing :gflower:
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Thank you both for the comments......appreciated ........... :thumbs_up:

More birdies ....... :thumbs_up:

...missing the beautiful sound of the Wooddies.......Trrrrrrr ......... :thumbs_up:

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......Yellow -billed Oxpecker........ :dance:

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..Tbc ........... :thumbs_up:
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:D
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

First photos of both species are stunning :dance:

Nothing wrong the other pics mind you :wink:

Thanks Jan :D :D
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WoW Jan,

amazing woodie, bee eater as well as oxpecker collection :clap: :mrgreen:
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Woodies captured so well :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Great to see Yellow-billed Oxpecker in a trees :D :D

Thank you Jan for sharing :gflower:
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Fabulous bird portraits! :clap: :clap:
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Thank you for the comments......... appreciate them all ........... :thumbs_up:

....more birdies.......... :thumbs_up:

....the beautiful Carmine Bee-eater...... summer visitor .... :dance:

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...always a good change photographing the above Satara where they are following the Ellies disturbing the insects ......... :dance:

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..Tbc ....... :thumbs_up:
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Super, super photos of the elephant and bee-eater. :clap:
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:D
Oh wow - superb photos :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Thanks Jan :D
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Carmine bee-eater I have only seen in photos :redface:

You captured so beautiful bird with gentle giant so perfectly :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Thank you Jan so much for sharing :gflower:
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Thanks Jan,

love all the carmine bee eater shots :thumbs_up: Can watch them always for hours when they do follow the elephants :clap:
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The sequence of the european bee eater...just WOW :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

The woodland KF is quite a poser :lol:

Carmine bee eater and ellie :cam: fantastic photos :thumbs_up:
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