Satara Summer – Day 21 (2019/12/25)

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Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you celebrated the special day in peace and harmony with those dearest to you.

Here at Satara in the Kruger National Park the thunderous roaring of lion heralded Christmas Day from just after midnight. By the time the gates opened at 04:30 there was no sign of the big cats, but when darkness fell this evening the roaring started up again, so they were well hidden somewhere close by all day. Here’s some of the presents Kruger gave us today:

Brown Snake Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Immature Bateleur
Waterbuck
Dwarf Mongoose
Kudu cows
Buffalo bull
Giraffes
CMR Blister Beetle
Hoopoe in flight
Cape Glossy Starling at its nest
Carpenter Bee
Cape Sparrow (a rare sight in Kruger)
Burchell’s Starling
White-backed Vulture
Green-backed Heron
Mauritian Tomb Bat
Nile Crocodile
Grey Heron baking dry
Black Stork
Black-winged Kite
Elephants
Satara’s not-so-wild African Wild Cat
Spider with babies on her back
Banded Rubber Frog
Tree Creeper Scorpion

 

18 thoughts on “Satara Summer – Day 21 (2019/12/25)”

      2. de Wets Wild Post author

        I am so sorry to hear that, Tracy. Being in the bush our internet connection is atrocious and I haven’t been able to catch up with the blogs I am following. Are you OK?

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