South Africa 2004

2005-08-04T14:06:00.001-07:00

I believe this to be a Greater Blue-Earred Starling. (Shot at Kruger Park)

2005-08-04T14:06:00.000-07:00

street vendors along side the highway coming down into the Low Veld to the Kruger Park.

2005-08-04T14:05:00.000-07:00

A busy street corner, everyday life.

2005-08-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

Road side school

2005-08-04T13:53:00.000-07:00

Wine bottles long forgoten on a windowsil in a wine tasting cellar. Somewhere out of Stellenbosch (I know I must have spelled that wrong)

2005-08-04T13:52:00.000-07:00

Have you ever seen a clear winged butterfly? Yep, they do exist... We found these in an off road butterfly park about an hour out of Capetown

UPDATE: 8/5/05 The Oregon Zoo has a butterfly exhibit with these butterflies in it! They call them "Costa Rica Clearwings" It's wonderful, and well worth the extra admission to stop in and see all the butterflies. Although they were listed on the board as being there, we didn't actually SEE any of these flying around or on bushes. :( The person there said they were having some troubles with them in the exibit.

2005-08-04T13:51:00.000-07:00

A croc waits by the shoreline in a Zulu village near Durban

2005-08-04T13:50:00.001-07:00

Klipspringers stretch in the early morning light at Kruger Nat'l Park. These little guys are less than 2 feet tall, I almost missed seeing them standing right there!

2005-08-04T13:50:00.000-07:00

A young baboon sits contemplating the sunset in Kruger Nat'l Park

2005-08-04T13:49:00.000-07:00

A nectar bird sips from the blooming aloe at our bed and brekfast stay near Ado Elephant Park

2005-08-04T09:41:00.000-07:00

Zulu women walking home

2005-08-04T09:39:00.000-07:00

Dusk from the roadside

2005-08-04T09:30:00.000-07:00

Informal camps out of J-Berg

2005-08-04T09:28:00.000-07:00

Butterfly

2005-08-04T09:24:00.000-07:00

Zulu Witch Doctor

2005-08-04T09:23:00.000-07:00

Weaver

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Weaver

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Weaver

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Kudu Females

2005-08-04T09:19:00.000-07:00

A Mother and Baby hippo playing

2005-08-04T09:12:00.001-07:00

Zulu Dancers

2005-08-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

Tribesman

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Zulu dancer

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Zulu Dancer

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Zulu Dancer

2005-08-04T09:08:00.000-07:00

A Zulu Maiden

2005-08-04T09:07:00.000-07:00

Smiling Croc

2005-08-04T09:06:00.000-07:00

Hwy

2005-08-04T09:03:00.000-07:00

Wine Country

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Wine country

2005-08-04T09:01:00.001-07:00

Cape Town Somewhere

2005-08-04T09:01:00.000-07:00

Table Mt

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Table Mt over the cape

2005-08-04T08:59:00.000-07:00

Cape

2005-08-04T08:58:00.000-07:00

Wildebeast in the rutt

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herd of Waterbok

2005-08-04T08:56:00.000-07:00

Waterboc

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Sunset

2005-08-04T08:54:00.000-07:00

Stork

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Spider's Nest (this sucker was over 6 feet tall!)

2005-08-04T08:50:00.000-07:00

Oxpecker

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Big tree

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Lioness

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Kingfisher

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Impala with Oxpecker

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Ibis (Ha-dee-daah)

2005-08-04T08:43:00.000-07:00

Giraffe

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Baobab tree trunk

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Baboon

2005-08-04T08:41:00.000-07:00

Now this is the life!

2005-08-04T08:39:00.000-07:00

Taxi!

2005-08-04T08:38:00.000-07:00

Hitch hiker

2005-08-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

Wildebeast

2005-08-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

A male Namaqua Dove

2005-08-04T08:34:00.000-07:00

A Kudu

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Waterbok female

2005-08-04T08:31:00.001-07:00

Riverbed

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Winter Riverbed

2005-08-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

Lilacbreasted Roller

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Another Lilacbreasted Roller

2005-08-03T22:13:00.000-07:00

A pair of Brownhooded Kingfishers

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Impala female

2005-08-03T22:11:00.000-07:00

A Redbilled Hornbill

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A Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill

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A Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill

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Hippos

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Hippo tracks in the sand

2005-08-03T22:07:00.000-07:00

A Helmeted Guineafowl

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Soooooo tall

2005-08-03T22:05:00.000-07:00

Hello from Mr Giraffe! Did you know you can tell the sex of a giraffe from the presence of or lack of the hair on the top of their horns? Which do you think this one is?

2005-08-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

These are Egyptian Geese, aren't they gorgeous!

2005-08-03T22:03:00.000-07:00

another Egyptian Goose

2005-08-03T22:01:00.000-07:00

This bird is very dificult for me to identify, it could be a couple of things, but my best guess would be an adult Martial Eagle.

2005-08-03T22:00:00.001-07:00

Dragon fly

2005-08-03T22:00:00.000-07:00

Sundried hip bone. This was very large, 3 feet from end to end approx? Who knows what it belonged to.

2005-08-03T21:59:00.000-07:00

This looks like an adult Swainson's Francolin to me best I can tell.

2005-08-03T21:58:00.000-07:00

This is a Kori Bustard as far as I can tell from my books.

2005-08-03T21:57:00.000-07:00

I pulled out my bird books to identify this little guy/gal. They are very hard to identify, but I do believe it is a Francoliin. Looks most like a Swainson's juvinile to me.

2005-08-03T21:56:00.000-07:00

A baobab tree along side of the road. This photo doesn't show the enormous size of these trees, this one could very easily be 75 feet around in circumference. They look like the roots grow from the top of the tree.

2005-08-03T21:55:00.000-07:00

A male baboon came right up to our car to check us out. I couldn't get the feeling out of my head that he was there to intimidate us. They make direct eye contact if they can, it's weird, and you aren't supposed to if you can help it.

2005-08-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

A female baboon

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Baby Baboons in a young Baobab tree.

2005-08-03T21:52:00.000-07:00

Mountainside. Passing through Du Toit's Kloof pass, from Cape Town to the Northern Cape.

2005-08-03T21:51:00.000-07:00

Countryside living. The start of the Hex River Valley, wine country North of Cape Town.

2005-08-03T21:49:00.000-07:00

A river in the countryside on the way to Kruger just before Hoedspruit entering the Low Veld.

2005-08-03T21:46:00.000-07:00

A waterfall coming through Du Toit's Kloof Pass

2005-08-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

Bachelors

2005-08-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

Flying Zebra!

2005-08-03T21:43:00.000-07:00

Worties!

2005-08-03T21:41:00.001-07:00

A loner works his way down to the water hole

2005-08-03T21:41:00.000-07:00

Pumba!

2005-08-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

Twins? Playing in the mud at Ado

2005-08-03T21:38:00.000-07:00

A weaver just starting his work

2005-08-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

This is DeToits Kloof, heading into the Hex River Valley

2005-08-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

More butterflies....

2005-08-03T21:34:00.000-07:00

this was at Mauriati Winery

2005-08-03T21:33:00.000-07:00

Wine Casks at Mauriti Wine cellars

2005-08-03T21:32:00.000-07:00

Local transportaion? This was parked out in the street in Cape Town

2005-08-03T21:30:00.000-07:00

The long walk back home

2005-08-03T21:27:00.000-07:00

Everyday Life