(See pix taken before lockdown.)
Plain Tiger Butterfly
I saw the Common Brown River Snake
in the garden pond. No camera in hand that day.(c) Snake Bite Institute.
Crab in garden pond (Common Brown Pond Crab?)
Ditto: Crab in garden pond (Common Brown Pond Crab?)
Sapphire Damselfly
In US this is a ladybug; in SA, a ladybird.
Orange dragonfly
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| Orange dragonfly click to enlarge |
Raucous Frog
Southern Black Flycatcher
Praying Mantis
Vervet monkey in garden
Neighborhood Vervet monkey troop
Neighborhood Vervet monkey troop
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| Hadidah Ibis click to enlarge |
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| Hadidah Ibis click to enlarge |
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| Hadidah Ibis click to enlarge |
Malachite Kingfisher.
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| Shrike. Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
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| Common stonechat? Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
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| Common stonechat. Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
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| Blacksmith lapwing. Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
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| Blacksmith lapwing. Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
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| Spurwinged goose? Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
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| African Sacred Ibis. Seen at Karkloof Conservancy, August 6, 2020 |
3 views of African Hoopoe in the garden
(plucked feathers likely indicate she's been mating).
(plucked feathers likely indicate she's been mating).
I’ve noticed, occasionally, what looks like evidence of trampling in areas of the garden pond. I’d hoped it might be otters – clawless otters and river otters frequented the pond before my mother fenced them out to fence in her dogs. I considered it might be a dog, but nah. The dogs aren’t interested in pond life.
Today, I saw this pair of woolly necked storks foraging in the pond, trampling the pond foliage.
Brown headed kingfisher relaxing after fishing in the garden pond, October 12, 2020
Yet to be indentified critters appeared between the stream and the pond.
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