I'm getting a bit behind on my blog posts! I went on a birding trip with a photographer friend to Hippo Pools for two nights on the 19th of December.
The weather stayed dry the whole time we were there, but on the two previous days 60mm of rain had fallen. All the little tributaries were trickling, and there were puddles of water all over the place.
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| Mazowe River |
There were a bunch of reptiles and frogs around:
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| Serrated Hinged Terrapin |
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| Russet-backed Sand Frog |
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| Southern Foam-nest Frog |
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| Leopard Tortoise - just a baby! |
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| Male Rainbow Skink |
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| Male Kirk's Rock Agama |
The birds were brilliant as usual. We close to camp most of the time and picked up many birds, including White-backed Night-heron, African Black Duck, African Goshawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Thick-billed and African Emerald Cuckoos, African Wood-owl, Narina Trogon, Half-collared Kingfisher, Trumpeter and Crowned Hornbills, African Broadbill, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Bearded Scrub-robin, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Livingstone's Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Collared Sunbird and Red-throated Twinspot.
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| White-backed Night-heron |
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| African Broadbill |
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| Half-collared Kingfisher |
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| Narina Trogon, female |
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| Green-backed Heron |
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| Male Red-throated Twinspot |
We did one short drive to the Umfurudzi River to search for the Pel's Fishing-owl, and find it we did!
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