Satara, Kruger Park

Heading north now and onto Satara for our next 3 nights.  Lots of birds and mammals in and around the camp. 

'Africa' 

African Fish Eagles 

Thousands of bats emerged from the restaurant roof at Satara.  

Bearded Woodpecker 

What the heck !  Miles away from the camp in an area where you can't even put your arm out your vehicle and someone has ridden a bike.   What about the hungry lions?!

We saw our first red-backed shrike at this spot, just the one. Within two weeks there were thousands of them. One on every bit of scrub. 

Black-shouldered Kite 

Blacksmiths Plover 

Blue Wilderbeast 

Brown-headed Parrot 

Brown-hooded Kingfisher 

Bulbul 

Cape Sparrow 

Chacma Baboons 

Chinspot Batis 

Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting 

Crested Barbet - common in all the camp grounds 

Tawny Eagle having a drink of puddle after a shower 

Wahlberg's Eagle

European Bee-eater 

We had a short shower and the fields erupted with these pink flowers. They didn't look real when their surroundings were parched dry. But they obviously tasted good ! 

Glossy Starlings 

Go-away Bird 

Greenshank

Lots of young hyenas around Kruger 

Lunch-time for a couple of cubs

Very nervous Impala risking a drink in crocodile infested water.