As expected, the vehicles with the the expectant ODP Safari group left the Lodge before dawn, and headed out in search of buffalo, lions, or whatever the day would bring.They were greeted by a glorious sunrise with magnificent cloud formations, so cameras started early! Catching up with the buffalo early also meant that beautiful landscapes were captured with the buffalo in the foreground. While the Safari group was watching and photographing the buffalo, numerous Yellow-billed Oxpeckers started to fly in and settled on the buffalo. There were so many that cameras were quite unsure which way to point next.The Oxpeckers had barely settled when the Cattle Egrets arrived in droves, again creating beautiful images as they flew around, settled on the grass or on the buffalo, and then restlessly moved again and again.After a quick check to see if there were lions in the vicinity, it was time for lunch, followed...
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As expected, the vehicles with the the expectant ODP Safari group left the Lodge before dawn, and headed out in search of buffalo, lions, or whatever the day would bring.They were greeted by a glorious sunrise with magnificent cloud formations, so cameras started early! Catching up with the buffalo early also meant that beautiful landscapes were captured with the buffalo in the foreground. While the Safari group was watching and photographing the buffalo, numerous Yellow-billed Oxpeckers started to fly in and settled on the buffalo. There were so many that cameras were quite unsure which way to point next.The Oxpeckers had barely settled when the Cattle Egrets arrived in droves, again creating beautiful images as they flew around, settled on the grass or on the buffalo, and then restlessly moved again and again.After a quick check to see if there were lions in the vicinity, it was time for lunch, followed...
