South Africa June/July 2022

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August 2nd 2022

Published: August 12th 2022

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Kathy & Bernie Dougherty

Kathy Bernie

February 2020. We are still in Tucson, Arizona, well, often anyway. We continue our wanderings and enjoying our adventures. We haven't lived outside the US in awhile, but have lived in: Guatemala, Ecuador, the Netherlands (twice), Germany (twice) and South Africa. We have now traveled to well over 100 countries, but that doesn't mean we plan on stopping any time soon. ... full info

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Gemsbok aka Oryx

Didn't see many of these in the parks. Saw this one from a petrol station on the highway that overlooked a private game reserve

Lilac-Breasted Roller

These beautiful birds seemed to pose for the camera

Kori Bustard

The largest flying bird native to Africa: Length: 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 ft./105-135 cm; Wingspan 7 1/2 - 9 ft./230-275 cm; Weight 15 - 40 lbs./7-18 kg.

Ostrich

We saw ostrich in many places, but these 3 we encountered on our morning walk in Lower Sabie

Yellow-billed Stork

Every waterhole seemed to have several of these storks

Red-billed Hornbill

The red-billed and yellow-billed Hornbill were everywhere - a nuisance bird actually, but still fun to look at.

Hornbill, ground

These birds are huge: 2 1/2 to 4 ft (90 - 130 cm) tall; weigh 5 to 10 lbs (2.2 - 4.0 kg); have a wingspan of 4 - 6 ft. (1.2 - 1.8 meters). Depending on the vehicle, a big male could actually look in your window. Males are bigger and heavier in general.

Verreaux's Eagle Owl

Aka pink-eyed owl and/or milky owl. Wonderful day-light sighting

Verreaux's Eagle Owl

It was still daylight, so this guy wasn't quite awake enough to leave his roost. Great view of why he is also known as the 'pinked-eyed owl.'

Cuckal

Wattled Lapwing

At waterholes it was fun to watch hippo and crocs, but also birds.

Look at the feet on this guy - he can literally walk on water. We had a great time watching this guy as we waited for a huge herd of buffalo to cross in front of us; we had to stop on a low-water bridge

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