Yesterday evening I caught this beautiful Thanda Lion in the most beautiful light.
Have a good weekend 😊
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JUST A PORTRAIT
DUGGA BOY …
… is the term for an old Cape Buffalo bull who is no longer with a herd. As this specimen demonstrated last night at Thanda, such bulls love to wallow in mud as means to cool down and to give them some protection from parasites and the sun.
Such solitary bulls are extremely dangerous as they are notoriously bad tempered and ready to attack at any time.
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BEAUTIFUL HORSES
When they are not needed for horseback safaris then the horses on Pakamisa roam freely on the reserve.
I took this picture on Sunday when I met some of them on my morning game drive on the reserve.
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PRECISION
Two days ago we did a short night drive and we saw Spotted Eagle Owls, a White-faced Owl, Side-striped Jackals, a Bush-Baby (Brown Thick-tailed Galagos), a White-tailed Mongoose and a few Bark Spiders, who build every evening precision-webs to catch prey during the night.
The next morning they eat their own webs to preserve the protein for the coming night’s master-building session 😊
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TAKE-OFF | IN-FLIGHT | LANDING
An ‘airborne’ Impala female in sprinting mode at Pakamisa! As with most herd-prey-species good photo opportunities occur once the flight instinct kicks in. If one of them starts running for whatever reason the others will follow.
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FISHING
A Green-backed Heron and Hamerkop trying to catch fish at a concrete low bridge!
Tsendze river low bridge at the Shipandane overnight hide, S142, Kruger National Park
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NIGHT DRIVE
This Verreaux’s Eagle Owl was very relaxed when I encountered it on a night drive in Kruger National Park. I love the pink eye lids.
Location: H1-5 – On the railing of the bridge over the Olifants’ river.
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PLAYFUL
Little Elephants are very playful, especially around water 😊 Have a good weekend!
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FLYING HUNT
This Southern Carmine Bee-eater was hunting when I took this picture.
A lot of patience to capture this fast flying bird on camera. S-100 road near Satara Rest Camp, Kruger National Park.
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iPhone & eye-level
A short video two male Lions at Thanda Safari taken during a ‘drive-by’ shot with an iPhone held on eye-level 😊
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