African Hoopoe in early morning light Saddlle-billed Stork female hunting for frogs in this Pan A late season male juvenile Violet-backed Starling A female as well, presumably from the same brood
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Dark Chanting Goshawk juvenile African Grey Hornbill female (tip of bill red, rest of upper mandible pale yellow) Cape Glossy Starling Grey Go-away-bird Black Flycatcher Striped Kingfisher Red-faced Mousebird Sabota Lark Woolly-necked Stork Portrait of a Woolly-necked Stork
Black-winged Kite (aka Black-shouldered Kite) Pied Kingfisher female Water Thick-knee Portrait of an adult Hooded Vulture waiting patiently to be allowed to the carcass below Hooded Vulture scavenging pieces of rumen content in the grass A pair of adult Hooded Vutlures sunning themselves White-backed Vulture A white-backed Vulture exposing the diagnostic white patch on its lower back while waiting on the ground Cape Vulture
Late in February this year the female Cheetah on the neighbouring Reserve had a litter of five cubs. Sadly within twelve days she had already lost three of those cubs. Now a couple of months later she is down to only one. Research shows a survival rate to adulthood is as low as five percent. Lions account for about 75% of known cub mortality. Hopefully she gets to raise the last of her brood to adulthood
I came across this magnificent male which was just on the other side of our boundary fence. I sat and watched it as it lay facing through the fence towards our property. It was making soft contact noises and I then realized that there must be another Leopard, probably a female, close to hand, but out of sight. Finally at dusk the female showed itself on our side. I decided to leave them be as they tracked along the fence, I presume looking for a gap to exploit. I am sure they were going to mate
I had a brief but very rewarding interaction with a female Black-bellied Bustard. This is only the second record I have of this species and it is a new record for my RGR list A recent image of a Red-crested Korhaan female for comparative purposes
Pied Kingfisher. One of a pair seen fishing at one of our dams Female Red-backed Shrike A late season sighting of a Common Greenshank A Burchell's Coucal about to break into song
Its the first time, in I can't remember how long, that I have managed to capture all three of the brothers in a single frame When I arrived they all gave me the 5 yard stare They then returned to looking through the boundary fence in the direction of where the neighbouring Reserves two males were heard earlier
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