This afternoon we were very fortunate to enjoy a quality sighting of one of South Africa’s rarest bird species here at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park: the Southern Bald Ibis.
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Disappearing into South Africa's wild places… Again!
This afternoon we were very fortunate to enjoy a quality sighting of one of South Africa’s rarest bird species here at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park: the Southern Bald Ibis.
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Uitsonderlike foto! Dankie vir die deel. Ek het die afrikaanse woord opgekyk: ” Kalkoenibis.” Nogals mooi. Maar ja, hulle kom nie hier in die Limpopo voor nie. Lucky you!
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Baie gelukkig, dankie Spokie! Hoe ver is Graskop se wereld van julle af? Ons het die kalkoenibisse al voorheen daar by Bourke’s Luck raakgeloop – weliswaar nou nie Limpopo nie, maar darem naby!
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That was a lucky sighting… I saw them in the Drakensberg, but never got the chance of a photo… so you are very lucky…
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Reason enough for you to detour through Golden Gate next time Rob!
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I just wrote today about my adventures shooting birds. I have such a new-found respect for how touch it is to get a decent bird shot. NICE SHOT.
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Thanks a lot Barbara! I agree with you entirely about how difficult it is to photograph birds, they never sit still! I have huge respect for the photographers who’se images are used in bird guide books, they must be very talented and very patient!
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That is a very special site. Great capture!
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Thank you Amy! We were very pleased with ourselves for spotting them 😀
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Gosh, what an amazing sighting. I have never seen one.
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They’re very rare Tish, as their foraging habitat’s mostly been turned over to agriculture outside the protected areas. Sad but such a familiar story.
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very good!!!
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Always a special sighting Matthias, and at Golden Gate you have a good chance of seeing them
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well well well – just one more of the many reasons to get back there soon 😉
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I like your way of thinking Matthias!
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