October 28, HOT Again At Camdeboo National Park

Decided to get an early start in the park looking for Bustards and Eagles as the temperature was quite warm yesterday.  Glad we did, since it reached 101* before 3:00 today.  We birded and did some walking until shortly after noon - then we called it quits and enjoyed our air conditioned room until 4:30, when we went back to bird the park until dinner time.  No Bustards or Eagles again today; I told Tom they don't exist.  We DID find a cute little Rufous-eared Warbler first thing though, and drove up to the Valley of Desolation viewpoint for outstanding views of the area.  Also had two Mountain Zebras walk right by the car, and had some other mammal run in front of the car that looked like it was part dog and part antelope - don't know that we'll ever get it figured out since we weren't able to get a photo.

Photos are of a Rufous-eared Warbler, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, our close encounter with a Mountain Zebra, a real close encounter with another Karoo Korhaan, the view of Graaf-Reinet from the overlook at Valley of Desolation, 2 more views from the overlook of beautiful rock formations, Baboons that Tom ran into while hiking,