These will be the next to last birds from Kruger.

While having breakfast on the patio of our hut at Satara I noticed a lesser masked weaver gathering grass on the lawn.

I followed his flight and saw that he had nearly finished building a nest.  He'll hang from the bottom waving his wings to attract a mate.  If she doesn't like his efforts he will build another and try again.

At the same spot we saw the big monitor lizard we heard tapping in the tree above us and saw this cardinal woodpecker in an African fig tree.

There are several different rollers.  This European roller is almost as pretty as the lilac breasted.  They both have iridescent turquoise wings.

There are also several hornbills.  This is the gray hornbill.

At Lower Sabie there were some hadeda ibis on the lawn.  They are called hadeda because that's how they sound as they call when they fly.  Here's one with his head cocked so he can look at some morsel more closely.

On the night drive before it was really dark we wondered why this white crowned plover didn't fly as we approached.  The ranger explained that these plovers laid eggs here in a small scrape of a nest and that the staff had put the rock there so no one would drive over the nest.  White crowned plovers are renowned for nesting in public places like sports fields and city road medians.