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Saturday, July 4, 2009
CMT'09
It is hard to believe that it has been almost two years already, since we hosted CMT'07 here in Auckland. CMT'09 was held in Port Elizabeth in South Africa (23-26 June). Thanks to Peter, Tony, and their team for another excellent CMT - the spirit lives on! Following are just a few photos I took when I happened to sit in the front...
Addo Elephant National Park
After the CMT'09, Peter took us on a two-day trip to Addo Elephant National Park and the Hitgeheim private game reserve. Following are some photos in chronological order. We did three tours through AENP: The first one in an open Land Rover vehicle (see photo below), and after that one in our own minivan, and the last one early next day (the rain was back...) again in our minivan... Sadly, I don't know the names of all those beautiful birds in the park (despite Jeff saying I am a birder, haha!). If you know them, please let me know! (update: Paul Martin let me know what these birds are, so I added the names to the photos. Thanks heaps, Paul!)
Our guide said this is a Yellow Mongoose (and he should know). But I think it looks more like a Meerkat - you decide (see below). Paul confirmed: Yellow Mongoose!
Hitgeheim game reserve:
Our guide said this is a Yellow Mongoose (and he should know). But I think it looks more like a Meerkat - you decide (see below). Paul confirmed: Yellow Mongoose!
Vervet Monkey
Kudu
Tour two:and further cropped...
And here is a great little video, that Richard shot at the watering hole (thanks a lot Richard, for letting me post it here!):
And finally a lion!!! Very far away, poor light, and rain.
But we saw him walking along the ridge, which was beautiful.
I was stunned by the size of this male lion!
But we saw him walking along the ridge, which was beautiful.
I was stunned by the size of this male lion!
Hitgeheim game reserve:
Hadeda Ibis
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