With its serpentine neck, the African Darter is easily recognisable. The photographic hides at Rietvlei Nature Reserve usually presents excellent opportunities to photograph this and other aquatic bird species.
Our end-of-year 2015 holidays were absolutely packed to the brim. Apart from our ten-day visit to the Kruger National Park (read more about our time at Lower Sabie, Olifants and Shingwedzi in December), we also made day trips to five other reserves, and will be sharing photos from those (except Suikerbosrand, which we introduced in a post all of its own) daily through the month of February, in a series we call “a month of monochrome memories”.
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Die fotos is almal vrek mooi… ek verlang!! 😉
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Baie dankie AJ, dit beteken baie!
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Weereens pragtig!Dis sulke interessante voëls en dis ondelooflik hoe goed hulle onder water kan swem…een van my gunstelinge.
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Hulle is regtig besonderse voels, en dan poseer hulle ook so mooi daarby!
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enjoying your monochrome memories
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Thank you very much, I really appreciate you saying that!
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Lovely shot, Dries. It looks so like our Anhingas.
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Thanks Sylvia! Your comment had me going to Wikipedia, and apparently the two species are closely related!
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Yes they are. 😃
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Perfect pose!
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He’s obviously used to the people gawking from inside the birdhide!
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