Gharagab and Surrounds

[nan]

[Flutterby]

Nice pics! I like your photo pillow.

[Tina]

on the road we saw

bateleur



spotted eagle-owl



a greater kestrel who refused to show his face

[Mel]

Thanks all!

Still got a few to add and it's already the last day of the month and I'll be gone tomorrow on top of it.

On arrival day, the lions were hogging the area...

[Mel]

Mum came down with her three little ones after it had cooled down a bit.
(It had been mid-forties that day )





And they all got comfortable in the vicinity of the waterhole, with the cubs playing.



It was 8 lions in total: 2 females, 2 sub-adult males, 1 adult male, 3 cubs

[Mel]

These two dared the lions throughout the day, but the lazy cats didn't move. Just too hot.

[Mel]

The next morning the lions were gone and everyone else found it safe again to come for a drink.

[Mel]

At night we were grace with brown hyenas visiting, but only got on shot:



Luckily they were still thirsty the next morning:





There were at least 3 different brownies, but certainly not 13 different ones like a fellow traveller had claimed to have seen some time before.

[Tina]

still on the road we saw some steenboks



most of them very skittish



but some relaxed ones as well

[Tina]

an agama



and whistling rats