The fish eagle's cry. A peregrine falcon meticulously plucking and eating his breakfast of what appears to be a wader of some description, given the length of avian legs hanging off the branch. The self-important chattering of a giant kingfisher as it takes up its perch on the dead tree near the Lake shore... but only once the falcon has vacated the premises. A bearded scrub-robin hammering the local ant population, with our vocal encouragement. A slender mongoose with his reptilian breakfast hanging out either side of his mouth. The dassies among the rocks, playing peek-a-boo with the visiting humans. Iridescent-coloured skinks scuttling around the paths and rocks, their progress suddenly frozen when a human appears. A briefly-glimpsed otter. The ever-entertaining antics of a troop of vervet monkeys playing in the trees and bushes, their
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