The pair head down to the waters edge Female Male Female Male Male wing flexing They departed just before sunset and I managed to get this grainy BIF image
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Whilst I have recorded Gabar Goshawk this melanistic form is a lifer for me Again whilst I have ticked African Goshawk this juvenile of the species is a first for my records My best image of a Grey-headed Kingfisher, which is an uncommon breeding intra-African migrant, and of which this is only my second tick Levaillant's Cuckoos are uncommon and secretive breeding migrants which parasitise Babblers
My only previous sighting of this spectacular Near-Threatened species was on the Zaagkuilsdrift and Kgomo-Kgomo floodplain in April 2011. It has been a long wait!
This male bird has been showing well at his call site for some time now. I pay regular visits and have had some great viewing. Soft early morning light Full front view Full front calling Open wide please I think my left side profile is better Amazing neck feather detail Another bout of calling
I went looking for the pot of gold..... no luck This Barbel was enjoying scooping up flying ant alates that had fallen onto the water Time for a dentist Basking on the opposite bank female Cheetah on the look-out Heading off into the bush to hunt Hippo giving me the eye Lioness bonding Resting up on the riverbank Late evening at the dam Joined by a sister No need for the dentist Inquisitive Nyala female Mum and foal
The male Red-crested Korhaan continues to call from his call site Violet-backed Starling male African Wattled Lapwing Lapwing in triplicate Retz's Helmet-Shrike My first images of a returning Woodland Kingfisher. This one was checking out its last years nest hole and now waiting for its partner to arrive
Black-crowned Night Heron. A real skulker seen here late one night at one of our pans African-Pygmy Kingfisher. They are now being observed at most of the dams and pans on the Reserve Black Stork Steppe Buzzard Steppe Buzzard Brown Snake-Eagle One of a pair of Burchell's Coucals seen drying out and preening after an evening rain shower Note the second individual has a leg ring
See previous post dated 31102022 Sadly after the recent rain the river briefly flowed in places. This ground nesting site on the bend in the river was very unfortunately flooded with leaf debris. Nature can be harsh The female continues to incubate the clutch on the new site on a ledge in a rock wall The often used Sandy Bend site has two newly hatched chicks which can just be seen in the foreground
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