Saturday 30 January 2016

SATURDAY CRITTERS - Blue Crane in South Africa

Today I am starting my posts from when I visited friends in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2014.  They live in a lovely gated community so I was able, safely to get up early early each morning and take a walk to see what birds I could find.  There was a small lake with these Blue Cranes that they were trying the breed and I photographed them from a hide.











Although the light was not good due to it only being about 6.00 am, I also saw this Cape Robin Chat above and these Hadeda Ibis below. 


I hope you are going to see another part of Africa for a while.

I am linking this post with SATURDAY CRITTERS.  

Many thanks for your visit and also to all those who comment while I am in Costa Rica.

20 comments:

  1. Gorgeous photos of really interesting and beautiful birds!
    Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your time in Costa Rica!

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  2. The Crane is a beautiful bird.

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  3. The Cranes are lovely & so is the Robin. Beautiful colours on it's tail

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  4. Hello Margaret, the Blue Crane is a gorgeous bird. I also like the Cape Robin Chat and Ibis. Great post and photos! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!

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  5. These birds are very original and beautiful (never seen). Lovely photos.

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  6. The cape robin chat looks like a souped up redstart!

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  7. What a beautiful crane (he looked friendly too).

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  8. The cranes are beautiful however the Cape Robin Chat is my favourite. It looks stunning and it's tail looks impressive

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  9. Always a Bird Treat when I visit Margaret . . .

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  10. The crane is so elegant but I do really like the Cape Robin Chat - beautiful colours :)

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  11. Wonderful shots of blue crane.

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  12. The crane is great, but the little Robin was spectacular.

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  13. That blue crane looks like a work of art...it's lines are so graceful! The robin chat has such gorgeous colors. Nice post!

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  14. The Cranes have a very elegant look to them.

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  15. Looks like it is tagged for monitoring. - Margy

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