steamtrainfan wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2014 2:36 pm
Saying farewell to the parrots we turned around and headed back down the H3 in search of our LITWK. Had we missed it somewhere , but surely we would have seen a pile of cars in the road, or was it a lady with a tale?
A rather nice photo of my favourite bird.
We passed Afsaal and I was beginning to become very disheartened about ever seeing our first LITWK.
At the junction of the H3 and H2-2 there is a tree on the left hand side that looked like a good candidate. I slowed down when Joan shouted "STOP".
" I'm sure there is something in that tree."
"No way - it is just a branch. Lets move on."
"Wait, pass me the binoculars. I just saw the branch move."
This is what we saw without binoculars, except it was a bit darker as it was now 16:00.
Joan said very calmly " Yes, there she is."
"Where , I cant see anything"
We then moved onto the H2-2 where we could get a better view.
Not another car in sight.
We could move into any position and found a place that gave us the best view.
Our first LITWK - the goosebumps flared up all over and the shaking began.
She seemed to be trying to get the carcass into a more secure position.
There was not much left of the carcass - basically just the head and a leg from what we could see.
We watched her for 15 minutes when suddenly out of nowhere four cars suddenly appeared.
We took a last photo and moved on.
We stopped at hyena den for some final pics.
The adult was still keeping watch.
Once again the youngster came out of the grass and posed for us.
Overall we would say this was a very successful day.
We decided to do this route again tomorrow morning and pop in and see if the LITWK would still be there.