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Ellie having a feast on the flowers in Addo

Hi Peter. I took these pics yesterday when I visited the Park This is a wide angle of the dam wall on which the Lion was standing. http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x404/Roned123/Addo%20Extras/DSCF3921640x308.jpg The dam is situated 400 to 500 meters on your left if you are traveling in an easterl...

Ah I have just watched the video and it is much more recognisable..Very South loop to the right?? as you come from the gate..It looks afternoon ?/ crazy the Eland are always there with the view to the N2 in the distance and 3 weeks ago I too stopped at that same spot to glass the big Eland Bulls..W...

Lion Sighting One afternoon on a recent visit to the Park I had stopped to watch a herd of eland and red hartebeest behaving nervously. A car approached from the front and as they passed I waved to greet them. They stopped a short distance passed me and reversed back to me and stopped alongside. Th...

Would it not be lovely if a camera could electronically capture the scent from the flowers and veldt and when one opens the image on a computer the sent is then electronically recreated... Ellies having a drink with the young one going on its haunches, easier to reach I guess http://i1180.photobucke...

Flowers With all the rain that has fallen in the Park there have been an amazing amount of flowers. Here is a selection of some of the flowers that I have taken pics of and then enlarging them revealing the delicate detail of the flowers that is often not seen with the naked eye. When I look at the...

Elephants at Hapoor Dam Here are some pics of ellies at Hapoor Dam that I took on one of my visits there. It was a hot day and there were a number of family groups at the waterhole each taking their turn. I noticed there was this small group of ellies that were standing to one side in a very tight g...

Here they are: http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x404/Roned123/Addo%20Lions/DSCF2423640x462.jpg http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x404/Roned123/Addo%20Lions/DSCF2431640x382.jpg http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x404/Roned123/Addo%20Lions/DSCF2441640x426.jpg Here is a slide show of the five lio...

Early Morning Lion Sighting It was very misty when I travelled to Addo Park early one morning a few weeks ago. After entering the park in the south I soon came across this ellie crossing the road in front of me. I turned off my vehicle to watch him and to take in all the early morning sounds and aro...

Rednecked Spurfowl (Francolin) I took these two pics of this cock (male) Rednecked Spurfowl on a recent visit to the Park. No prizes for guessing why they are called rednecked. I came across a number of these and this cock was very vocal and chasing off any other cocks that came near his covey. Grea...