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11-30-2015, 12:45 PM   #3001
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Pilansberg, North West Province, South Africa, seeing that we are going patriotic.


11-30-2015, 12:48 PM   #3002
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I probably have as many pictures from South Africa as I have from Norway - if not more...

Kgalagadi sand grouse.

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I'll stick to Kgalagadi for a while yet

Wildebeest.

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Dark can against a dark background, tricky, but not quite the iconic black cat on a coal pile in an unlighted cellar on a moonless night.

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12-01-2015, 12:13 PM   #3007
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Here's another rare sighting, having only seen one of these about 3 times in the 30 years I have been going to Kruger Park.


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Lovely WPRESTO.

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Thanks for complement nc. Here's a TIF (tawny in flight)

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12-02-2015, 09:04 AM   #3011
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Very nice images everyone. I can't compete with some of these "real" wildlife shots, but here's a couple taken at a local park in November. M75-150/4:


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I'm not sure how kosher it was, but somebody dropped some sunflower seeds on the ground a local NWR. The gold finches and golden crowned sparrows didn't seem to mind though.

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Black Shouldered Kite- one of many from the Kruger Park
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Taylor's shield-tailed lizard. This fellow wouldn't move enough to show his odd, discoidal tail.

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