In contrast with yesterday, today’s weather at Satara in the Kruger National Park was much cooler, very windy and overcast. The animals and birds appreciated the respite from the heat as much as we did, and put on a glorious show!
Hyena seen before sunrise
Cheetah on the road to Orpen
Big bull drinking at Rabelais
Wild dogs near Orpen
Wild dogs near Orpen
Senegal lapwing
Newborn Blue Wildebeest
Shongololo (large millipede)
Blue Wildebeest drinking
Crocodile at Girivane
Close-up of aRed-crested Korhaan
One-tusked Elephant Bull
Baby Blue Wildebeest with mom
Blue Wildebeest creche
Assassin hidden in the flowers: a Crab Spider feeding on a careless Honey Bee
White-browed Scrub Robin
Red-billed Oxpecker lining nest with fur
Southern Black Tits
Secretarybird in flight
Black-headed Heron
Warthog on the run
Black-backed Jackal
Big old elephant bull
Small crocodile blocking a causeway
Kori Bustard displaying
Wattled Starling (male in breeding colours)
Lioness
I like your photo of black-headed heron and especially that black-backed jackal. Never see any jackals here in Indonesia. Only read it in stories. Thanks and happy New Year!
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Thank you very much, Rudi, and best wishes to you and your loved ones for 2020 as well!
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Quite a show indeed. Thanks for giving me a glimpse of it. I do love traveling with you and look forward to many more trips in 2020.
janet
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There will always be a place for you on our game drives, Janet. Happy 2020!
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I love your bird photos especially! Wishing you a very happy, successful and peaceful New Year!
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Thank you Petchary, and a beautiful 2020 to you as well!
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Hello Dries,
I have been “following” this trip with great pleasure. So happy you and family are experiencing some wonderful moments at Kruger. I imagine Joubert is making some pretty amazing photos too? 🙂
While a few days early, my husband and I wish you and your family a blessed new year. Thank you for your warm support for my photography this year. Looking forward to sharing and learning more about your beautiful country in 2020.
Best wishes,
Takami
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Thank you for your kind words and beautiful blessing, Takami. Of course we wish you and your dear ones nothing but the best in 2020 as well!
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Another wonderful gallery! Thank you, D. I enjoyed it very much. 🙂
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We’re so grateful for your kind comments, thanks H.J!
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What a wonderful photo of the bird with fur in its beak!
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Thanks, Lois – oxpeckers are shy when nesting, so I was glad to stumble upon them!
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Amazing and beautiful as always Dries!😊 Have just questions. You know sure that I looking at nature tv several hours every day, most from Africa. You say blue wildebeest in your picture, I didn’t know there where more then one species. How many more and what´s theirs name?
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Great question, John! There are two species of wildebeest (aka gnu), the Black and the Blue. The Black Wildebeest occurs naturally only in South Africa, while the Blue also occurs in central and east africa. There are several races of the Blue Wildebeest that all look slightly different and go by a few unique names, like Cookson’s Wildebeest, Nyassa Wildebeest and White-bearded Gnu.
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