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Refreshing

Mac Mac Pools lies south of the Mac Mac Falls, it’s well grassed and has a shady picnic site with neat braai and ablution facilities. The brave can test their resilience in the freezing water in one of these naturally formed shallow swimming pools but have to be cautious when going for a swim. If you fancy a gentle walk, then amble along the 3km Secretary Bird Day Trail at the pools which wanders through indigenous bush. You’ll hear robins, thrushes, turacos, greenbuls, and cuckoos in summer, and if you’re lucky, you may well spot the curious looking Secretary bird which stamps snakes and small rodents to death before gobbling them down. An entrance fee is payable at the guard-house, and please ensure to receive a ticket.
Info source: http://www.safcol.co.za/what-we-o…/ecotourism/mac-mac-pools/

17 April 2019Landscape, Picture of the day

Ruffled

The Goliath Heron has a height of 135 cms and weighs around 4300 gms. The head is coloured chestnut while the bill is coloured black. The Goliath Heron is found in the Southern African wetlands, riverine forests and moist grasslands. The bird is at home in riverine forests and close to water bodies such as lakes, dams and streams. You can see the Goliath Heron bird on coastal regions and on the seashore where the bird will be foraging with other birds. This bird forages for food on the ground. This bird has a specially adapted bill which helps it hunt for fish, crabs, shrimp and other aquatic animals in the water. This bird eats insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants. These invertebrates are usually hawked aerially, killed and then eaten.
Info source: http://www.birdsinsa.com/birds/ardeagoliath.htm

15 April 2019Picture of the day, Wildlife

Teenager

Waterbuck calves are kept hidden for two to three weeks or even two months. At about three to four weeks, the calf begins following its mother, who signals it to do so by raising her tail. Though bereft of horns, mothers will fiercely defend their offspring from predators. Calves are weaned at eight months, following which time they join groups of calves of their own age. Young females remain with their mothers in nursery herds, or may also join bachelor herds. The waterbuck live to 18 years in the wild and 30 years in captivity. As soon as young males start developing horns (at around seven to nine months of age), they are chased out of the herd by territorial bulls. These males then form bachelor herds and may roam in female home ranges.
Info source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbuck

25 March 2019Picture of the day, Wildlife