BIRD WEDNESDAY – BLUE WAXBILL
This is one of my favorite ‘tiny birds’. Blue Waxbills are sometimes called blue-cheeked cordon-bleu or blue-breasted cordon-bleu. They are quite common in Southern Africa.
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African Rock Pythons are Africa’s largest snake and one of the six largest snake species in the world. They can grow up to be over 6 meters (20 ft).
This is a collage of pictures of a very young specimen basking in the evening sun on top of a dead tree.
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Impalas in the afternoon sun!
Theses medium-sized antelopes are found in eastern and southern Africa.
One of the reasons why they usually look so immaculate is because they have a special dental arrangement on the front lower jaw similar to the tooth-comb. This is used for what is called allogrooming. Individuals are ‘combing’ one another’s fur on the head and the neck to remove parasites.
Have a good week 😊
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A small White Rhino calf and its mum were crossing the savanna in the soft evening light.
Enjoy your weekend!
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European Bee-eaters breed in southern Europe and in parts of north Africa and western Asia. They are migratory, wintering in Africa. I took the picture of these four last week on Thanda. Soon, they will be leaving for their flight up north.
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This small Elephant calf is in the process of learning how to ‘operate’ its trunk.
For the first six to nine month of their life the Ellie babies do not know what to do with this incredible versatile tool which functions as a hand, a nose, and a drinking cup (not as a straw because they do not drink through their trunk. They just use it to suck water into it and the deposit the water into their mouth).
Enjoy your upcoming week!
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We had a great Cheetah sighting this morning. These two males posed on eye-level and starting calling for a near-by female 😊
Have a good weekend!
🎥 Videoe taken with an iPhone Xs Max
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This African Fish Eagle caught a large fish for dinner at Lake Panic, Kruger National Park.
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I spent the last week in Kruger National Park and the Sabi Sands Game Reserve to collect photographic material for a special project.
With the weather being perfect – most of the time – I was able to get many great images.
Here are some of my favorites, one from each game drive!
Enjoy the pictures and have a good week 😊
Monday Evening – Malachite Kingfisher bath
Tuesday Evening – Leopard female in a tree
Wednesday Morning – Hyena pups in the early morning
Wednesday Afternoon – Unhappy Cape Buffalo bull
Thursday Morning – Knob-billed Duck male impressing the ladies
Thursday Afternoon – Mating Lions
Friday Morning – Leopard following a scent
Friday Afternoon – A Wild Dog having a good stretch
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