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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Four-legged; flying and croaking critters

Driving to Senekal on Thursday, I managed to snap the horses on a small stud farm near Marquard. 

A few kilometers along the road, we all spotted a large raptor on a telephone pole. Grant stopped the car; I opened the window and focused...
...but the bird flew off before I could get a decent shot! 

Back at home, we have a resident frog. It spends its day inside the pipe of a drain near our outside tap/faucet. It's been croaking like mad for the past two weeks; we're thrilled because this means rain. 
Last night I spotted it in the corner near our entrance steps
I took a second photo of the frog before leaving it in peace (it's back inside the pipe again)

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen here

Happy Saturday to you all! 

9 comments:

  1. adorable frog and i like the bird lift-off!

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  2. Fun captures and critters for the day, Jo!! Thanks for sharing! Hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend!!

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  3. Great captures especially that raptor. Now where you able to ID it Jo? Have a lovely weekend.

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  4. Hello Jo, pretty shot of the horses out on the field. And the raptor taking off is cool. And I love the cute frog. Great critters! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!

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  5. How funny to have a resident frog. :)) Yep, raptors see us and our cameras way before we see them.

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  6. So you have a new pet ! Don't forget to buy a collar and walk it on a leash :) !

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  7. I hope your frog (or toad) has good success when it rains and has many babies!
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  8. That's an interesting range of critters you've got!

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  9. Nice sighting on the raptor. Good news with the frog and rain.

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