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| The "chinese lantern" flowers of the Sickle Bush |
After breakfast at Olifants Camp I headed south again - along the eastern side of the central plains.
Lonely roads, miles of nothing, but with a few great sightings....
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| Ammocharis |
A few more of the beautiful flowers that appear during the summer.
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| Marsh Lily "Crinum" |
Four different types of vulture on this small carcase (a steenbok I thought). The very large Lappet-faced vulture is using it's wings aggressively to get a space in amongst the White-backed vultures. The vulture with the bluish head and pale eye on the left is a Cape Vulture - normally found in the mountains & this was my first sighting of one in Kruger. The smaller vulture with thin beak in the foreground is the Hooded Vulture, not getting much of a look in with all the larger birds around!
A Kori Bustard keeping the zebra and wildebeest company.
The open savannah around Satara is a good place to look for these birds - the heaviest bird that can fly!
The open savannah around Satara is a good place to look for these birds - the heaviest bird that can fly!
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| Purple Roller |
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| Blue Wildebeest |
The Leopard Tortoise like most of our reptiles disappears from view for the winter, and within hours of the first rain falling they suddenly are everywhere. This was quite a little fella - they can grow up to about 20kg, not that I have ever seen one that big!
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| A cool oasis marks the end of the open plains |
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| African Rock Python |
This was an exciting find! Only about 2 meters long, but so close to the road. I obviously interrupted it's planned crossing and once 2 more vehicles stopped to look, it whipped around and disappeared into the bushes. We don't see snakes very often and this was only the third python I have seen in 3 years in Kruger. Isn't it beautiful?
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| Violet-backed Starling |
This little bird is in his breeding plumage.
I don't see them often and they are usually difficult to photograph.
This one was very obliging.
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| Sunset at Satara Camp |
And a very welcome sight at the end of a very very long day..........
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