As I mentioned in my previous post, this was the second place that we went to on the same hazy weather day.
I hoped that the ocean mist would disappear later, as we stopped at the second place, but no luck. So, I had to make another plan to get something nice on my camera. Someone once said that a nature post with no water in it is not a good nature post. I tend to disagree partly, as a full post of the mountains is also a great nature post in my mind. But be it as it may, we all have differences of opinion. In fact, it is the water that gave me the inspiration to get something better than the hazy mountains.
Come and have a look.
You can see here below that the haze still prevented clear shots of the mountains.
So I turned my attention to the water, and here we have the two birds with one stone (click) that I mentioned in the post title.
The one on the post is a Cape Cormorant and the big white bird is a Hadeda Ibis.
I think that the Ibis just wanted to have a look in the water mirror. So, she shook her bum to see if her black skirt would look a bit smarter :)
This young Moorhen was also in action after leaving the water.
Yep, I loved to see that stretch.
Now what do you think this is?
If you thought that it is a Red-knobbed coot, you will be correct.
Remember that Cape cormorant in the two bird photos, well in the meantime it went for a swim and here it was drying out.
This landscape below is the water that I was talking about and you can see that the mountains were still very hazy.
Tomorrow, I will take you to a lookout spot at the top of our mountain pass and I am sure that you will also love the baby baboons.
Some real sibling love, as the little one at the right, that was looking at me, took care of the smaller one.
All of the photos, except the last one was taken on (Saturday) and the last baboon photo was taken on (Sunday), as we took a trip over the mountain to the Elgin Apple Valley. I should have the baboon post ready for Tuesday and a reminder here that you should not miss it.
Unfortunately, we struggle with power cuts every day and on occasion, it is a battle to post and to do all of the comments, votes and replies. So, I have started to schedule the posts so that I have more time to do the rest.
Any case, winter is now upon us here in South Africa and according to the news we will have an increase of power cuts, as people draw more power during the winter with heaters and such. Nowadays we have dropped to the cool low 20s in Celsius degrees, but it doesn't affect me too much, as I will simply continue to go out during the power cuts in any weather conditions. It is the poor families in the townships and the shacks that always worry me.
But such is life, and we do what we can to help.
I hope that you enjoyed the photos.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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