Rainbow flashes,
(Lilac Breasted Roller)
glimpsed in lakes and trees.
(Egyptian Geese)
Raucous birdsong,
(Superb Starling)
wakes you at dawn.
(Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill)
Bateleur Eagle’s walk down the road,
and Giant Kingfisher’s get ready to strike.
Another glorious day,
(Crested Barbet)
in the African bush!
(Cape Glossy Starling)
Cheers to you from South Africa’s incredible wild birds~
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Klasse Fotos. Freundliche Grüße,- Wolfgang
Vielen Danke mein Freund Wolfgang~
Beautiful birds.
SA is just full of amazing feathers!
Not only the starlings are superb….your photos are almost overwhelmingly beautiful!
Oh, I want to have you over for tea!
Wow! Take a few of their snakes since you’re there!
We’ve seen two Green Boomslangs! One is a bird hide~
Green Boomslangs are nasty fellows! Ok now a black mamba…
Yeah, that I do not want to meet!
Amazing feathers! It would be nice if my plumage looked like that lol but alas it most definitely does not!! 😉
You don’t need the plumage my friend, you’re beautiful inside & out!
Africa’s birds are so spectacular. I had to buy a bird book when we vacationed in Kenya, so I could see how many different birds I could identify, with their names. Thanks for these spectacular photos as a reminder of our time there!
So happy you have been and relived your memories!
Wow! Fantastic set of photos! So many interesting birds.
There are so many species! It is just amazing~
Glorious! 🙂
Thank you Bette! There are new bird species every day!
Nice photos, thank you Cindy. 🙂
Happy Saturday Ranu~
Some amazing captures Cindy! Thank you 🙂
Thank you more for the appreciation!
What a wonderful collection of images depicting the great diversity of birds (with some I’ve never seen or even heard of before – Great job Cindy!). Love the sheen on the Cape Glossy Starling… makes this little guy look like he’s made out of foil. Beautiful! This diversity is just one of the reasons why my love and fascination for them never ends! <3 ~Lynn
We share this affinity for the feathered ones don’t we Lynne, and there are more species to come. Just thrilling for me to see new species and to share them with friends like you!
Such beautiful birds. My favorite is the first – I love the gorgeous colors he (she?) sports.
The male of the species rolls like a belly dancer on branches to attract a mate, hence the name! I wish I had seen this!! 😉
That would be something to see!
Hi Cindy,
They are so colourful!
Leslie
Aren’t they exquisite. And there were the ones who got away, the ones whose photos I couldn’t get! Such beauty in such numbers~
I like your own nicknames you have given them. So distinctive!
I wish I named them! 😉
The Crested Barbet is amazing, as are all of the beautiful birds. <3
Isn’t he something!! Whoa! 😉
Beautiful photos of beautiful birds. Thank you <3
Alison
Such variety! It’s amazing, rivals Australia! 😉
Enchanting!٩(ˆ▿ˆ)۶
Yep, they enchant me! So glad you are enchanted too~
Nice!
Mil grazi~
Hi there Cindy, thanks for stopping by to like one of my posts I’ve now begun following you. This blog is such a treasure. I have developed a sudden fixation on cape glossy starlings, I think S.A. birds could be the most beautiful in the world. They remind me of NZ’s iridescent birds Keas – the South Island Parrot, the most southerly parrot in the world and critically endangered. I did a post about them here http://contentcatnip.com/2014/08/04/quirky-facts-about-the-kea-nzs-alpine-trickster/
I love this! Just awesome.
Yay! Thank you~
beautiful…:-)
Thanks, I love clicking in your turf~
Lovely birds Cindy and u photographed them just beautifully😍
Awwww, so appreciated!
Wow, such amazing birdlife! We so rarely get to see the birds of Africa, the mammals always steal the show. Thanks for sharing these!
They do indeed, but the birdies are just bee-yute-eee-full too! 😉
wow love the pictures, especially this one of the Bateleur Eagle
Isn’t he incredible! I got a series of him just walking down the road! I was flabbergasted~
Glorious pictures Cindy. I adore birds.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
Thank you David, that makes two of u! 😉
What amazing birds and photos!
Awwww, so encouraging & appreciated!
That’s a great portrait of the Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill, love the pose and the light.
Thank you, such an amazing and fearless bird!
Unbelievable!
Kruger National Park is just that! 🙂
Dear Cindy, I am at awe. These birds are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your images with all of us. Hugs! Veraiconica
Thank you more Veraiconica, for your very kind appreciation~
Wow! Such an amazing variety and so beautiful, each in his/her own way.
Hi Dor. Supposedly there are 10,000 bird species in the world. South Africa seems to posess a disproportionate share!
Wow! Those are amazing photos of some really beautiful birds!!!!!
Awww, thank you very much!
Such a great diversity of species, Cindy, and to think, you’ve only scratched the surface of what’s there, Cindy, Marvelous ! 🙂
We stayed in this small community that is on the southern perimeter of Kruger after we left the park. I can just imagine how wonderful it would be to have daily access to the park. Imagine what you would see over the course of years! South Africa has infastructure and other problems, and it is such a distance for me to travel too, 22 hours one way flying, but my God it is gorgeous!
Now I know that you’re having a great time! :
Yep cuz you would like it too! On top of everything else it never snows and never gets too cold. One lodge had a weather report, “Snow Expected,” everyone chuckled.
Beautiful photographs Cindy. Hope you are having a wonderful time. Love, Isabella
Thank you my friend & cheers to you! <3
You are more than welcome!:)<3 Cheers, Isabella
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So appreciate your kindness Sharon~
You must’ve been in seventh heaven Cindy. What glorious colours and so much diversity. You would have enough superb photos to publish in a coffee table book.
Hi Pauline, I think spotting wild creatures in Africa has to be one of the most fascinating things to do in the world. You have to keep tallies and counts of species and phylums. It is seventh heaven~
Phylum is a new word to me Cindy I had to ask Mr G (or is that Mrs???) So I have had a bit of education this morning, thank you. I’m sure you found all the phylum groups in Africa, fascinating…
Laughing…..I did thank you very much. That is long ago bio class memorization clicking in. P-Cof. GS. Phylum, class, order, etc all the way down to species. Love em all and you have lots of em all in Australia! One never knows what totally irrelevant information one can get from reading blogs. Laughing more…..
Such beautiful birds and I think my fav is the Battler Eagle and the Giant Kingfisher. beautiful colors.
There are so many eagles in Africa. My camera broke in the last few days and my back up camera was not as good, but I still saw so many different varieties of eagles. The Bateleur was the most unusual and absolutely unconcerned about us happening upon him on the dirt road!
Nature surpasses herself! Beautiful photos Cindy.
She really does, doesn’t she! Such an amazing world we live in~
Absolutely stunning pictures Cindy, you have captured their colors and beauty magnificently, I have to ask Cindy, did you take these photographs ?, if so you are a magician with the camera.
Kind regards.
Awww, such thougtful sentiments. Yes, I took the photos, but it is mother nature’s accomplishment afterall!
Estas fotos de los animales de Sudáfrica son un gran recuerdo de este viaje tan especial. La variedad de aves es impresionante. ¡Vaya griterío que se puede montar en el parque! 😉
Estoy de acuerdo con usted! La variedad de especies de aves en Sudafrica es sorprendente y magnífico. Gracias a mi amiga y feliz Domingo~
unglaublich tolle Bilder,, bin wieder da, beste Grüße, Klaus
Guten Tag Klaus! Ich freue mich, Sie wie die Vogel und danken Ihnen herzlich fur Ihre sehr freundlichen Kommentare!
ich danke dir
Great post Cindy – such a colourful bird
Thank you Diana & happy Sunday~
Beautiful!!!
Merci beaucoup!
Indeed they are incredible, as are your photos. 🙂
Thank you Anne and hope it is a nice day for you today in New Zealand! <3
It is, it is.
Made several trips to South Africa over a couple years. Amazing country and no shortage of photography opportunities….
Yes! Definitely an unfair advantage for photographers! 😉
What stunning captures Cindy! Lovely African feathers. 🙂
Aren’t they beautiful creatures! Everyday brings a new suprise~
Your ability to capture the beauty you see is such a gift…thank you for sharing it.
Oh, that is incredibly kind of you and so appreciated! <3
Gosh! Those Egyptian Geese are everywhere/ 🙂 Great captures of these beautiful birds, Cindy.
I saw them in Saint James park in London today which was surreal having just seen so many in Africa, but they don’t have them in Caly as far as I’ve seen!
We have them in Florida. 🙂
You really do have everything in Florida!! 😉
Beautiful Cindy and so very colorful 😀
Aren’t they lovely creatures! So glad you enjoyed them Irene~
If I ever go to Africa, it will definitely be for the birds.
Yes, if you like birds, you will love Africa!
My birder family and I loved this post! My older son says he’s rather fond of glossy starling. 🙂
Tell him I am too! They are such personable friendly birds, they eat crumbs out of your hand and jump on your picnic tables! Love em. We named two persistent ones in our Oliphants camp, Hekyl & Jekyl!
Great names for them! LOL!
🙂