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Hi all and thankyou for the interest in visiting the page......back from
another adventure in Africa ....as usual I went to look for the
"Wildogs" and the "Brown headed parrots"...no luck,.... no sightings
but quite an adventure again..Paula and I had many bird
sightings/animal encounters in the 18 days ...I drew a few sketches
of the wild birds around the tent and some field drawings for later
ref.I have some wildlife paintings  in mind .These pictures below
show the basic trip and sightings.
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I go Landrover.   :)
Basecamp
Most of my time on this trip I spent focused on birds and enviromental changes
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Kingfisher with "hippos" in background.A waterhole that proved so much wildlife!!!
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Heron near Crock,or Crock near heron?
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Leopard sighting with a gazelle with a kill in the fork of a Marula tree..
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White rhinos in the wild
puff adder warming itself on the road...deadly!
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An aggressive elephant tested my reverse skills.
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3 days into the trip we encountered our first lions.....
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...lions do as lions do....
wild yellow eyed canary
Lilacbreasted roller
Hornbill
Jacana
Hunting heron at a water hole
On the trip we took over 1000 photographs and only a few selected for the page and trip.
ZEBRA IN THE WILD
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Ground Hornbills in Kruger
National Park
Hornbill
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Saying Hi to an old cousin Kong.