Kruger National Park II
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Nyala
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
This is a young female Nyala, and further along in this gallery there is a male Nyala. The strip of dark hair along the backbone distinguishes the female Nyala from the female Greater Kudu which has a strip of white hair along her backbone.
Impala
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
African Elephant
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
His back looks different because he recently took a dust bath.
Tsessebe
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
In the back center of the picture near the Elephants is a water source from a bore hole dug by the Park. Most animals need to drink once a day and often over graze the area around a bore hole. Consequently, the Park regularly turns off each pump for a few months to force the animals to roam more widely in the Park.
Tsessebe
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
The Ground-Hornbill's eyelashes are actually specialized feathers that evolved for the same purpose as mammal eyelashes.
White-bellied Sunbird
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
There are no Hummingbirds in Southern Africa, but the many species of Sunbirds occupy the same niche occupied by the Hummingbirds in North and South America.
Dark-capped Bulbul
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Kruger National Park, SA
9/3/2012
Dickinson's Kestrel
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
Blue Waxbill
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
Nyala
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
Notice the male Nyala's tan lower legs.
White-backed Vulture
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
Bateleur
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
Gabar Goshawk
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
Vervet Monkey
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
The Vervet is sitting on a Fever Tree named for its association with malaria, but there is no cause and effect between them. The Fever Trees like water and grow mainly near rivers that mosquitos like.
African Elephant
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
African Elephant
Kruger National Park, SA
9/4/2012
This large Elephant slowly and quietly approached close to our vehicle, looked us over, and slowly backed away satisfied.
Tropical Boubou
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
White-fronted Bee-eater
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Bee-eaters eat flying insects, especially bees and wasps, which are caught in the air by sallies from an open perch.
Yellow-spotted Rock Dassie
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Crowned Hornbill
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
White-fronted Bee-eater
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Lions with Elephants
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
The Elephants know that the lions recently made a kill, have full stomachs, and can be ignored.
Lions with Elephants
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Lion with kill
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Lion with kill
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Lion
Lion
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Lion
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
After eating most of the buffalo, this lion obviously spent hours cleaning himself.
Hooded Vulture
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Kruger National Park, SA
9/5/2012
Pel's Fishing-Owl is one of seven species of owls that are "Ospreys" of the night, that is, they hunt and eat fish and other aquatic animals not land animals. The Pel's Fishing owl is elusive and scarce. (In 2007 there was an estimated 60 birds in Kruger.) Although we searched for Pel's Fishing Owl on our other four trips, we did not see it until near the end of the fifth trip, earning itself a place on the website,
Black-backed Jackal
Kruger National Park, SA
9/6/2012
Black-backed Jackal
Kruger National Park, SA
9/6/2012
Martial Eagle
Kruger National Park, SA
9/6/2012
Common Eland
Kruger National Park, SA
9/6/2012
The Common Eland, looking like a stretched cow, is the largest living antelope. The males typically weighs more than 1500 pounds.
Common Eland
Kruger National Park, SA
9/6/2012
Saddle-billed Stork
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
Saddle-billed Stork
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
Giant Kingfisher
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
Giant Kingfisher
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
African Jacana
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
Natal Spurfowl
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
African Darter
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
African Darter
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012
Hippopotamus
Kruger National Park, SA
9/7/2012