PAST DRIVES

Good Evening!

Hope your weekend went well! Ours was chilly, but nice. I noticed that the first ruby-throated hummers were spotted as close to us as Charlottesville, VA on the 28th of this month, so I put out my first hummer feeder today! Wish me luck! It was a bust last year, so I'm due! Just like Pieter and his ellies! LOL
I have a bunch of odds and ends from past drives that I wanted to send to you before I put them in a folder. A lot of them are one-time shots that will never come around again, so here they are (captioned, of course!): ~ DaveKay



Now THIS is a face! (male steenbok)


A nice mixture



A competitive male nyala. Check out the spinal mane! (I saw them once, struttin around)

On the hunt

More African "sunworks" (I was on this one, it was spectacular)

A dove couple settled in for the night

Another shot of Rexon's previous "hitchhiker", on its home web...


A family of crested francolins, in for the night

A pearl-spotted owl. Cute! (Was this one one where it was eating and dropped it then flew down to the road?)

Pieter did a good job of setting up this shot

My Rocky's African cousin!

Glossy starling

Lilac-breasted roller. This bird reminds me of the colored chicks you used to get at Easter...

Kingfisher. Usually the first thing you hear when you link up with the "Drive" in the morning

Bush hare

Pastoral scene

Looks like this little fella just stepped off a carousel!

Real handsome!

Clean-up man (vulture). Striking-looking bird, though.

Go-away bird. One of Booger's distant relatives, I'll bet! (Possibly but I'd be more inclined to say related to Dirty Bird ~ for those of you wondering Booger is my Ring-necked parakeet and Dirty Bird is one of my Cockatiels)

A magpie shrike

Last, but certainly not least, a stare from one of Karula's lovely daughters!

Enjoy !

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The eyes have it

Leopard Track

Hard to tell but there are 2 Hornbill and 2 Lilac Brested Rollers all clustered together, HMMMM

And this is why. a Rock Python.

Mongoose

Leopard Tortoise (guess it's not the Leopard that made the track LOL)


Waving to his fans

How an Elie hides
The landie

Raffie

Duiker




Air viewer

What lays behind these eyes?

Newest to try out, Chris

Caught

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Hey The Judge, been awhile since we saw him

This Rhino is keeping his eye on us

Beestie in the golden sunlight

Sunsetting

Waiting to cross the road

Bull Hippo scent marking

Burchell's Starling

Wildcat

I can't get over how much like a Tabby the look

Didn't catch the name of this Eagle, but they were also talking about snakes so I'm thinking Snake Eagle

Family of Crested Francolins (doesn't it look like a ghost bird to the far left?)

Our ever present Bull Hippo (gotta come up with a name for him LOL)

New face, introducing Patrick.

This stump is used as a rubbing post...

you can see where it's worn smooth.

Bull Ellie

Bushbaby hiding out

Ellie's are excited right now most likely because of all the food that's around. That's why that gland behind the eye is draining.

Lilac Breasted Roller

Kudu

couple

Turtle Doves, Rexon said when you see 2 together like this it's good luck

Rexon may have spoke too soon, landie needed a push start. Ended up Alex had to do the pushing while Rexon did the starting.

Redbill Hornbill, called a Chili by locals because of the bill. Interesting note, they call Yellowbill's Flying Banana's.

Wahlberg Eagle pair, they mate for life

and their nest. Rexon did say there were chicks in there

How many different kind of animals can you find in this shot? There are 3.

Our next new face is, Piet. He's finishing up the drive on 2/3

Burchell's Starling

Jackalberry Tree aka Ebony Tree. The wood turns very dark and beautiful when carved. It also has a sweet fruit that can be eaten

Drop Tail Ants

Scrub Hare out for a stroll

Grasshopper. Can't tell at night but is very colorful with red, yellow, orange and green. And it is poisonous. Most colorful bugs there are and the brilliant colors let everyone know it.

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Phew, got all my junk outta the way. Now on to what got sent in.

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