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Southern Ground Hornbill

gwendolen — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:01:09 +0000

Southern Ground Hornbill, originally uploaded by gwendolen.

Seen near the big baobab tree at one of the Letaba river loops near Shimuwini in Kruger National Park. She seems to have a clouded eye. We saw her in a group of four. Two males were in the baobab, singing. Loved that sighting (and hearing)

Martial Eagle

gwendolen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:29:16 +0000

Martial Eagle, originally uploaded by gwendolen.

Thanks to Tobie Muller for the ID.

Hi Gwen, beautiful photograph of a juvenile Martial Eagle. Wahlberg’s has a smaller head and will show a yellow cere (also with pale morph). Features showing this as juvenile Martial is the slight crest, the dark cere and the white edges to the feathers that gives it a scalloped appearance.

Waterbuck

gwendolen — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:46:22 +0000

King of the Road, originally uploaded by gwendolen.

More about my recent trip to Kruger Park soon. Got birds too
Hope to post one for Bird Photography Weekly this weekend.

Happy Holidays

gwendolen — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:21:31 +0000

Happy Holidays, originally uploaded by gwendolen.

Warming up in Kruger | Au revoir

gwendolen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:45:45 +0000

The next morning we visited Lake Panic to do some bird watching. It was quite busy at the hide, but we managed to squeeze in and get a spot.

Me fooling around trying to capture a dragonfly

After that we drove around for a bit and saw a Bateleur, elephants, piggies, more piggies and a Widow bird. Back at Skukuza we met some old friends for lunch and were treated on a lovely sighting just in front of us: A baby hippo.

It even came out of the water later that afternoon and ran up and down the river bank

That evening we had drinks on the deck overlooking the river and watched a herd of buffalo peacefully munching away on the other side. Can’t think of a better way to spend a last evening in the park.

Goodbye Kruger National Park. See you soon!