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Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:16 am
by Flutterby
Nice to see a nightjar \O and also never seen a springhare...very cool! ^Q^

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:13 am
by Lisbeth
High percentage of hares ;-) Nice to see BEFs \O

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:16 pm
by Pumbaa
Indeed a very successful night drive, PJL,

and your shots you took are amazing - Love the bat eared foxes \O

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:17 pm
by Richprins
Ja, some nice pics!

Springhares and BEF great, and hares a sign of a healthy ecosystem, IMO! X#X

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:46 am
by PJL
Thank you Mel, nan, Flutts, Lis, Pumbaa & RP for all the comments \O \O

For our last morning in the park we ventured out for a quick drive before the packing up started. Our route took us up to Rooiplaat then down the link road, round Ubejane and back along the main road. Our first sighting of the morning was a first for me - an African Harrier Hawk or Gymnogene O\/ O\/ O\/

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On the way up to Rooiplaat there was a very cute baby zebra - probably the same one we had seen on the night drive

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Just before Rooiplaat we startled an aardwolf who went bounding off into the distance :shock:

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It stopped for one quick look back before disappearing over the hillside ^Q^ ^Q^

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The usual suspects were out and about on Rooiplaat O:V

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The link road was unusually quiet with just a few regulars around. This young kudu caught our attention

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On Ubejane at the pan there were plenty of ostrich feeding, and some springbok having a half-hearted tussle :-)

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There had been no sign of any cats on the drive, but the aardwolf was a real treat O/\ O/\

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:05 am
by Ratel
Aardwolf and Gymnogene! O/\ O/\ O/\

Great photography again PJL! I especially like how you lined up those two Wildebeest. \O

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:37 am
by Flutterby
Wow, great sightings!! \O And a cute zebbie too! :-0

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:08 am
by Pumbaa
Really :-0 about your aardwolf sighting, PJL,

although must say the rest with gymnogene and eland was not that bad either O\/ :ty:

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:44 pm
by Richprins
Stunning pics again, Peej! Ratel is very right! :yes: X#X

Didn't you see gymnogene in Kruger? O-/

Re: We Won An MZNP Game Drive

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:04 pm
by Mel
Aardwolf O\/ O\/ O\/ Unfortunately not that lucky in April 0*\ I'm still on the blurry one darting into the shrubs from our first trip :O^

Never seen a gymnogene in Mountain Zebra. Great spotting ^Q^