September 9, 2012

Water!!
We spent a lovely day in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park today.
As you can see there are waterholes everywhere and the Park has come to life!
The bottom left photo shows how the grass is growing after the recent fires.
We were very fortunate to see a pack of 5 Wild Dogs  soon after entering the Park.
Today was my 40th visit to the Park this year, and this is the first time I have seen Wild Dogs.
They stayed close to the road for a while giving us ample time to take photos.
While there, we received news that Lions were lazing around at the quarry below Hilltop Camp and although it was quite a stretch from where we were, we were lucky enough to still find them there when we arrived.  They were not very close to the road, but I managed to get a few nice shots.
We also saw Rhino, Buffalo, Water Buck, Giraffe, Zebra, Nyala, Impala, Warthog, Baboon, Vervet Monkeys, a HUGE Crocodile and a variety of birds. No Elephants today :(
There are so many nice photos to share that I decided to post a collage tonight. And because I really enjoyed putting it together I have decided that I will do a collage of the Wild Dogs tomorrow and one of the Lions on Tuesday. SO - this will officially be known as  'collage week' ;-)
Watch this space............

September 8, 2012

     This morning it was still raining softly and as it started clearing up rays of sunlight filtered through.

A rather wet Spectacled Weaver sat preening on the Rambling Rose that grows on the fence.

I took a series of photos hoping it would look up so that I can capture those beautiful eyes. 

The bird decided to do a head-scratch and the result turned out to be quite comical!

September 7, 2012

We are still having intermittent rain and the gauge showed that 20mm fell through the night and today.
The WB forecasts that it will start clearing tomorrow.