a slow start,cats in abundance and a terrific farewell gift*

[Tina]

At Kieliekrankie we were allocated unit 2 and were very happy to see that the barn owls are still here

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At 5 pm we left for an afternoon drive as we wanted to look for the Auchterlonie female and Elena. Our first sighting was a pcg with its dinner



We saw many springboks around Auchterlonie and these willies at the waterhole

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some of the springboks tried to walk on two legs



which obviously was not that easy and they had to hold on

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a little bit further on we saw the only Vereaux’s eagle owl in plain view



and a common fiscal



All of a sudden my SO hit the brakes again and was complaining about speeding visitors. He said „see what they did“ and reversed. There was an animal and something dark which he thought was blood and made him think of a roadkill. This actually turned out to be one of the best sightings of this trip....

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11.10.2013 - continued

The roadkill turned out to be a roadkill – but of a different kind, no humans involved

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Unfortunately we only could stay for 10 minutes as we had to go back to camp but it was amazing to watch.

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While we were braaing some lions appeared at the waterhole – thus this day also provided a cat sighting

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12.10.2013

This was our last day in the park. We were the only ones to go on a morning drive. Suddenly we saw something on the road which looked like a bush but turned out to be two porcupines –our first farewell gift. Unfortunately the camera was still switched off and the lens tightened. Thus, when I was ready the porcupines already disappeared behind some bushes.

[Tina]

Along the way we saw another kori



and a lifer for me a spotted thick-knee



some squirrels enjoyed the sun