Nature Photos

Hi all,

So after @DoubleDutch gave me this idea and encouraged me, I decided to make this thread.

Basically this thread is to share my photos with you guys.

Please feel welcome to share you own photos here too

 

Sounds good! Why not start with Table Mountain

 

So here goes

This bunch are all from Pilanesburg a few years ago..

A little baby got too tired standing next to mom


Not sure what raptor this was, but he went swoosh lol




This is a Dark-Capped Bulbul.
Im sure many of you know these naughty little guys, they're always flying around in pairs singing at the tops of their voices




A pretty Steenbok


A Three-Banded Plover going fishing lol


And lastly a Southern White Rhino pretending he's a bush

 

Awesome! Not often you see table mountain from this perspective usually always from the coast looking up

 

Low tide at Gordon's Bay

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Gooooo T.Guppy !!!!

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Thanks @A new day, all that credit goes to @DoubleDutch

Hehe thanks Aad, your support is really and truly appreciated!!!

 

You guys have an amazing beautiful country and awesome wildlife walking around. Anxious to see everyone's pics showing that.

T.Guppy's ones left me amazed again and again. The alleready shown pics make clear why.

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Morning all

Here are some pictures from my most recent visit to Rietvlei Nature Reserve

Here we have a female and a male African Stonechat


A Helmeted Guinea Fowl. They're super common, but I find they're actually so pretty if you look close


A Red Breasted Boubou


A grumpy Ostrich


This was the view as I drove in at 7am


And the view when I left around midday

 

wooowwwww great pic !

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You guys are blessed with that nature around. For me it is so funny to notice (old) Dutch words in birdnames and places.

Rietvlei must originate from Riet vallei (Reet Valley) I think.

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Mmm Vlie is a water in between our Waddeneilanden (Islands above our country) of which one is called Vlieland.

I expect vlei to be a shortcut voor vallei (valley) hahaha.



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Some lovely birds and animals! Let's share love for the reptiles

Cape skink


Rhomboid egg eater


A rather shy tortoise


Another gorgeous skink


Rock agama


A legless lizard


A more nonchalant tortoise:

 

Wowwwww. Watching a serie on NG or Discovery about a snakecatcher in SA. Mambas, Treesnakes, etc..... OMG. We have only one poissoness snake here and it never killed anyone I believe. Seen it twice in my life.
But your snakes are a different story.


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I have a friend who au paired in the Netherlands for a few months and she told me Dutch and Afrikaans are extremely similar! She's Afrikaans too and was able to speak to the locals very easily.
Plus Afrikaans did originate from Dutch, so it makes sense they're so similar