Flavour of the Month April 2012 & 2014 S36/Vutome Road (S33) & Dam/H1-3/S125

[Richprins]

Some interesting night-time pics around Kumana from PJL in 2014:

Clive was on leopard-lookout mode, and near Kumana dam he took a slow drive round near the Baobab tree to see if he could find any. There was no sign of leopard, but we got our 5th lion sighting of the day in the dry river bed





After seeing more lion, we all agreed that we didn't need to return to the others at Sweni so we continued on the hunt for leopard. Once it was totally dark we were invited to use the spotlights situated around the vehicle to look for eyes. The first set of eyes was just a duiker, but the second set spotted by Granny turned out to be a fantastic sighting of a serval





As we drove back up past Kumana dam, there were a number of eyes on a bank which had a definite cat look to them. It turned out to be 3 leopards, although in the dark it did get a bit confusing - one got up and walked one direction while others went a different way. Apologies for the poor photos - it was extremely dark, and people were swinging spotlights in different directions so there was very limited light
Still - 3 leopards at once!!

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[Richprins]

Near Kumana we took a detour around the baobab tree loop to see if there were any leopards hiding in the trees, but it was all quiet on the cat front. We did however catch this hoopoe feeding young inside the tree



And this dwarf mongoose stayed just long enough for a pic before scampering away



Kumana dam was very quiet for a change, but Mazithi had some young hippos which the kids found entertaining, as well as some waterbuck milling around

[Richprins]

Some nice 2015 pics by Pumbaa:








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[Peter Betts]

18 kms South of Satara on the H1-3 is a favorite place of mine ..Nkaya Pan ..This day I popped in there very late one morning I usually go there at sunrise..This Kudu Cow had no parasites on her for sure!!

[Lisbeth]

She must have been the only one around with all the oxpeckers concentrating on her

[Flutterby]

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
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Feb 22

09:38
Leftovers of a giraffe carcass. Lioness came in and chased away hyenas. She left and then the hyennas took over.
S36, 4km south of Nhlanguleni picnic spot
Near Tshokwane
Tinged by CdB

[Peter Betts]

S36 daybreak Magic at Rockvale delivered different Cheetah on most sunrise arrivals

[Lisbeth]

Lovely

[Richprins]