Lions On The Loose

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Richprins wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:37 am Yes, I've never seen that Croc teagarden incredibly overcrowded, and there are all sorts of shady places that one can relax at anyway! :-0 :-0 :-0


Nice to take a quiet drive so that one can come down to earth again and appreciate your rare sightings, Peej! :twisted:
Yes indeed. We do tend to have a lot of luck so it's good that we get a reality check now and then O**


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Flutterby wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:39 am Wonderful ellie sighting! ^Q^ I don't think I would be brave enough to sit so close but I suppose when you have no other option you just sit back and enjoy it! \O \O

Pity you missed the kill!! :shock:
Yeah the kill would have been fun to see - particularly as the people we spoke to who saw it made it sound like the pig was just stupid to walk into a pride of lions =O: =O:
Normally we wouldn't be nervous of ellies as we get used to reading their moods from Addo, but it's always a bit more risky in Kruger and the week before someone had their car a bit trampled apparently for no obvious mistake on their side 0:


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That's just incredible! You enter the park at 9 am and get tons of lions walking for you. Are you a lion whisperer? lol
Definitely an exhilarating sighting :-0

And that herd of ellies in the road - totally beautiful as well ^Q^


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WoW PJL,

what luck you had with the entire Gesanftombi pride - We always do the little detour when there is water and you were rewarded \O

Love your bird shots as well and the ellie herd shots as well - It was also a large herd :yes: :ty:


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Mel wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:07 pm That's just incredible! You enter the park at 9 am and get tons of lions walking for you. Are you a lion whisperer? lol
Definitely an exhilarating sighting :-0

And that herd of ellies in the road - totally beautiful as well ^Q^
We were very fortunate with our timing that morning. Perhaps we are lion whisperers as there are some more nice sightings to come on the odd day O** O**
Pumbaa wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:34 pm WoW PJL,

what luck you had with the entire Gesanftombi pride - We always do the little detour when there is water and you were rewarded \O

Love your bird shots as well and the ellie herd shots as well - It was also a large herd :yes: :ty:
Thanks Pumbaa - we always made sure we stopped on the bridge or at the viewing area by the Vurhami as so much can be seen around there \O


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Sat 22nd June contd

After the fun of the lion sighting in the morning we decided that we would only do a short afternoon drive so that we could be back in Marloth Park in good time for a nice braai, so we just did a short drive up the H4-2 and S130. It was generally quiet with only a few regulars around. We found a headless raptor along the way :shock:

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Which once it had retrieved its head appeared to be a maturing jackal buzzard with a very full crop

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Along the S130 these we wondered whether these vultures were nesting or just hanging out at the top of the tree

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On the way back we had another excellent ground hornbill sighting. They were proving to be a common thread this trip already O/\ O/\

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They were wandering amongst a herd of impala which made for some interesting pics [O]

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We found a few elephant scattered around the H4-2 including a little one running after its mom O:V

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It had been a very successful days drive, and we enjoyed relaxing back at the house that evening where we even spotted a herd of elephant in the park from our balcony O\/

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After a very enjoyable braai I tried out some night photography. Not something I've really done before and the results were somewhat 'interesting' in many of the shots, but a few came out quite well X#X

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Tomorrow would be another early start and we planned to try out Malelane gate \O


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Sjoe more great lion pics O/\ A brilliant late start to the day :-0

Pity you missed the Vurhami pride make the kill

You guys had a great unit in Marloth O:V

Night photography :shock: ^Q^ ^Q^ I’m scared of that =O:


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Very interesting night shots...the sky is often quite clear in the bush! [O]

Nice pose by granny there! O:V

I like the hornbills! :-0

The headless eagle may be a tawny, Peej? -O-


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Bushcraft wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 2:06 pm Sjoe more great lion pics O/\ A brilliant late start to the day :-0

Pity you missed the Vurhami pride make the kill

You guys had a great unit in Marloth O:V

Night photography :shock: ^Q^ ^Q^ I’m scared of that =O:
Yep we were very lucky with that late start O** O**
That unit in MP was really nice. The only slight downside is that it was the 'wrong' side of MP for getting to Croc Bridge gate ;-)


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Richprins wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:31 pm Very interesting night shots...the sky is often quite clear in the bush! [O]

Nice pose by granny there! O:V

I like the hornbills! :-0

The headless eagle may be a tawny, Peej? -O-
Was fun to try out the night photography thing. Plenty to learn there :yes:
Not sure about the eagle. I had thought tawny at the time, but it seems to reddish in the colours coming through - JB made more sense, and we see them a lot here so maybe that's why it looks familiar -O-


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