The Saddle Billed Stork was loafing in his pond today,
when the elephants decided he was in their way.
The ellies, snorted, bellowed and chased,
the stork leaped, jumped and flapped.
The ellies were dumbfounded by this unusual stork,
and decided it would be wise to yield the way.
Every stork must have his day!
On borrowed internet. Back to civilization in a few more days. Until then, cheers to you from the remote Oliphants River in Kruger National Park~
The baby elephant is precious!!
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I have more for you coming if like the babies. They are just magical~
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Haha- every stork must have its day! Thoroughly enjoyed the post Thanks!
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Well, I enjoyed your comment! Thank you!
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You must have been on the bridge over looking the river. We stopped there. That day a pod of hippo’s were moving about (no elephants for us) and crocodiles. Best to be well above such critters!
Oscar
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I know the bridge you speak of quite well! I took these photos from the porch of our rondavel at Olifants Rest Camp that was on the perimeter and looked down over a bend in the Olifants River. Animal herds were coming to the river 24/7. It was unblieveable. I had no idea you were here!
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I’m glad to see that the stork didn’t let himself be bullied and in the end they all shared.
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Worked things out better than most people didn’t they!! 😉
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The rest of the animal kingdom usually does. Oh the lessons we could learn…
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If only we were receptive to learning and changing!
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Amazing sights you get to see! Wonderful!
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Africa is an amazing, elemental place. The animals in the wild live in this life and death reality, yet their eyes are sparkling and happy and full of life. Zoo animals eyes look dull and depressed by comparison. Wild animals look me in the eye. Zoo animals avoid eye contact. It is fascinating. All creatures seem to want freedom regardless of risk.
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What a great time you. Are having going your photos.
I saw a video of a stork holding off two young Tigers.
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Really???? How remarkable! Who know they were such stand your ground critters……Course this could partially be cuz they are able to also fly away! 😉
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Love this and Ty for sharing your adventures.
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So happy you are sharing them with me!
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Fantastic! I just love that first shot of him tippety toeing across the water, and ‘dumbfounded’ too. Great story, Cindy. 🙂
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Isn’t he amazing! My husband just showed me a video of a stork standing up to a tiger!
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oh I had missed seeing your amazing photos! for some reason the last few posts had not shown up on my reader 😦 but glad I came to visit now 🙂
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Yes, the reader drops people I follow too! Very frustrating, but so happy you stopped by!
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always such amazing photos
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Merci beaucoup!
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Great photos 🙂
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Mil grazi!
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