Thanks Paul. World travellers! Mopani Camp is so remote one wonders how they found their way there.

Alan C

On 01-Aug-20 02:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Nice house sparrow. Looks to be identical to those seen here.

Paul

On Aug 1, 2020, at 5:48 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:

Thanks, Dave. Yes, a calm, rather warm, "winter's day". Apparently all the 
English House Sparrows in SA originate from some which escaped from an Aus. bound sailing 
ship. Can't imagine why they were being taken to Aus.

I haven't posted any shots but we "intersected" two herds of at least 500 Buffalo & 
a slightly smaller herd of Wildebeest all headed to drinking spots on a river. You just have to 
be patient & wait!

Alan C

On 01-Aug-20 10:14 AM, David Mann wrote:
I like that pano.  Must have been a calm day for those reflections.  House 
sparrows are common as muck around here (I've always assumed they're common 
everywhere).

That creosote photo reminds me of the time I coated some timber for the garden 
with linseed oil.  I didn't really enjoy it that much.

Cheers,
Dave

On Jul 31, 2020, at 11:47 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
Trying again.

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Subject:    GESO: Fish Eagle Terrace
Date:    Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:06:24 +0200
From:    Alan C <c...@lantic.net>
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Yesterday we went on a day Lockdown excursion to Mopani Camp situated about 100km N 
of the Phalaborwa Gate in the Kruger Park. We were self sufficient (just in case) 
but were treated like royalty when we, the sole visitors, arrived. Lunch on the 
Fish Eagle Terrace was a memorable occasion. A few shots: The impressive entrance 
with Baobab tree; An immigrant - English House Sparrow; A worker busy painting the 
wooden terrace structure with creosote (there was recently a bad accident when part 
of the terrace collapsed because of termite damage) & a 4-frame Pano of Pioneer 
Dam. Regrettably the two bird hides at the other side of the dam are still 
off-limits. Please scroll along.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50172564081/in/datetaken-public/

All with the K5 & HD 55-300

Perhaps I will do another post with some of the animals we encountered.

Alan C
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