Kwando Files (Images from Lebala/Lagoon)

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Did I already mention "the park" at Lebala -

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Interesting "snow flake grass" with the Tssesebe feeding .........

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This Tssesebe is from Kwena Lagoon (I think) - north of Lagoon camp

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Portrait

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Yellow Billed Kite (with another in the BG)

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Caracal (without grass obstruction) - Found this image - it's just difficult to go through the sheer volume of Raw files and get to the editing bit ....

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That last one is a beaut, Hari! Wow.

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Hyena cooling off -

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Back to dogs in the "park"

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Just can't get enough of these guys....... (okay I confess - If we'd found the cheetah boys I would not have been here)

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I'm happy with this image....

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Greed!!!

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confirmation ....... Yes, it's a Kudu!!!

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Okay I need to chew a little....

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Tawny

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Same Tawny on a different branch

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Miss Kudu ....... quenching her thirst. (Location - I think at Watercut) ........ Every single pan was bone dry. This year, even the large pans held no water.

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Saddle billed stork (i'm no bird expert - but, I guess this is a sub-adult?)

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In flight -

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The jinx continues ...... everytime we see Lechwe photo opportunities we are either tracking something or rushing somewhere - when we try to get pictures we either don't see them or they don't co-operate. Some lechwe backsides here.

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This male didn't want to have anything to do with co-operation.

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Onto Buffalo ..... (two big herds this year)

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Part of the big herd; once the herd moves through - the whole place is infested by Horse flies (?) that are attracted to the buffalo dung. Ouch!!!

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Composition wise - what I was attempting to do is, to make a Migration sort of image with the animals packed together (That reminds me - I have to get over the BS horrible guide we had in the Serengeti and get to editing those images...... My bad "Live and Learn") ...... Thank God I was back in good hands this October!!!

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In the "Park" - During this particular evening - We were sitting next to dogs that just refused to "wake up" to go hunting.......... we noticed this nice herd of Wildebeest round the corner and didn't pass up on the opportunity.