ian123running
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Giraffe legs in bush by ian123_running, on Flickr
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Giraffe legs in bush by ian123_running, on FlickrBeen editing a few more from our november trip. These were taken at Cape Vidal. It was the alpha male Sykes monkey in the area around our cabin. He was a persistent blighter and wasn't really scared of me even when I chased him off with a big stick etc. Just kept coming back waiting for opportunities to steal food.
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TimF
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Such a stoic look in the last one, but man, he looks like he could be trouble if he wanted to be!Been editing a few more from our november trip. These were taken at Cape Vidal. It was the alpha male Sykes monkey in the area around our cabin. He was a persistent blighter and wasn't really scared of me even when I chased him off with a big stick etc. Just kept coming back waiting for opportunities to steal food.
ian123running
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Always strikes you in Kruger - vervet monkeys, and particularly baboons in the wild are fabulous and fascinating (and provided me with some of my favourite photos) and pay very little attention to people. But in the camps and cafes / rest stops they are a total menace and very unpleasant. Incredibly you still see people feeding them (and the birds) right in front of the 'Don't feed the animals' signs. We saw a particularly blatant example of this at Afsaal (a cafe / rest stop in Southern Kruger) in February and I did go over and have a gentle word... Last time we were there even a warthogs was aggressively grabbing food. It's just about the only thing I don't like about our Kruger visits. I guess in lockdown they will have left the camps but are bound to return!
canonman
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Vervets usurped at rest camps now
https://twitter.com/jolakaziza/status/1257579041147756544/photo/2
Afsaal has a new cleaner
https://twitter.com/FarinaLindeque/status/1257937685106302977/photo/1
There's a water hole not far from Phalaborwa that we go to regularly. You can be surrounded by Vervets and chacma baboons but they take no notice of you. Mind you, if they knew that they were 2 male Lions 100 metres away, they might have made excuses and vanished!
ian123running
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Wow. We were in that pool (now watering hole) in Letaba in February. Lovely camp. We stayed in very nice safari tent cabins there for £31 per night for a spacious 4-bed cabin on the fence line.
ian123running
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Our trip in February included a very wet day in the Park - it was pretty miserable to be honest but our photographer guide Samuel Cox advised we persisted and that poor conditions sometimes led to the better photos... We saw a large troupe of chacma baboons and Sam's photo has been picked as a competition finalist: scroll down to see it: https://africageographic.com/storie...5bArlUmuMrN_RRdRHJsJgqPxYyp06c_3smw2pFzjaFo#4
It's a fabulous shot - black and white, and a very direct with the strong eye contact. Lovely. We were in the same vehicle and here is my photo:
Baboon and child in rain by Ian123_running, on Flickr
I posted it earlier and there was some discussion about whether the Impala in the background add or detracts: Sam's is more tightly cropped (portrait not landscape), and does not have the impala.
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It's a fabulous shot - black and white, and a very direct with the strong eye contact. Lovely. We were in the same vehicle and here is my photo:
Baboon and child in rain by Ian123_running, on FlickrI posted it earlier and there was some discussion about whether the Impala in the background add or detracts: Sam's is more tightly cropped (portrait not landscape), and does not have the impala.
Ian
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ian123running
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Thinking of Kruger - hoping to get back there this year. In the meantime one from the archives - a pair of White-fronted Bee Eaters in March 2018.
Two white fronted bee eaters-4052 by Ian123_running, on Flickr
Two white fronted bee eaters-4052 by Ian123_running, on Flickr
Booked our flights to South Africa for February so looking forward to getting back to Kruger. Was last there in December 2019
One from last time
Paradise flycatcher by Colin Bailey, on Flickr
One from last time
Paradise flycatcher by Colin Bailey, on Flickr
Spike
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That’s rubbish. Only the white morph counts. (seriously great photo)Booked our flights to South Africa for February so looking forward to getting back to Kruger. Was last there in December 2019
One from last time
It was shot at 4.44am so the light wasn't particularly good and I seem to remember that it was raining. The next shots in the sequence it was flying straight at me.
Paadise flycatcher n flight by Colin Bailey, on Flickr
Paadise flycatcher n flight by Colin Bailey, on Flickrian123running
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Just back from another fabulous trip to Kruger Park. More to come but was pleased with this one - I think a male Giant Kingfisher (on the right) passing the catch to the female to feed young, probably.
Giant kingfishers and fish
Giant kingfishers and fish
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ian123running
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Cheetah looking back on Flickrian123running
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The hide at Talamati has a light on at night - when we were there last week there was not much action at the watering hole but the amount of insects was staggering. Long-ish exposure.
Bugs in light-6711 by Ian123_running, on Flickr
Bugs in light-6711 by Ian123_running, on Flickr
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Last time we were at Tamboti there were huge numbers of insects in and around the washroom at night as the lights are on all night. It was like a giant moth/ insect trap and also attracted lots of reptiles and amphibians to feed on them.. Its will be our first stop or a couple of nights again next February when we are back there so expecting to see lots more. Heading on to Letaba and Shingdwezi from there.