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The leopard sighting would already have made my day and I would have returned to sleep for another couple of hours =O: =O: The afternoon sounds real nice though \O


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Very successful! That leopard sighting is a dream come true and the rest is stuff that really makes a day a happy one!
Really love the banded mongoose and the fish eagle (or is it an osprey -O- ) as well. O:V

(I don't get up in Kruger, only do Kgalagadi by now. O** And definitely not at 3.30. I think the earliest was 4 am, but
recently we took to lying in until the sun rises. X#X )


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Great Leopard sighting, wonderful pictures ^Q^

Nice to see the Lions and WendyA in the picture too.... O:V


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Outstanding leopard sighting O\/ O\/ Very unusual that this cat stays for so long on the road when there are a few cars around. In my experience they vanish into the bush after 35 minutes..
And of course your lions are very impressive as well. It seems that all these cats wanted to make it into yout TR so they decided to pose for you O/\


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Fantastic leopard sighting!! ^Q^ ^Q^ We had a similar sighting on the same road with a mom leopard and two youngsters...they also walked right past our car...could have touched them! ;-)

I love that baby mongoose! ^Q^ ^Q^ And a lovely lion sighting...how many were there?


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Fabulous leopard sighting ^Q^ ^Q^ Those francolins in the background look like suicide chickens :-0

And the rest of your day was stunning as well! Great sightings, and how nice not to have too many people around at the special ones ;-)

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Wow great Leopard sighting AND Lions and offcourse all the other beautifull animals are just as great ^Q^ ^Q^


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nan wrote:nice diversity O/\
magnificent Leopard O/\ and Francolins a bit 0-
disgusting rest of the Hippo 0*\ with a Fish Eagle ready to eat too ;-)
cute banded Mongooses and colorful Blue Agama
then a troup of Lion O**
not so bad \O O/\ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
Nan, this was truly a great day with cats and birdies and some nice small creatures as well, some roads where quiet but at the end a very enjoyable day \O
Bushcraft wrote:Fantastic sightings still to come O**

You are tormenting me with that leopard sighting 0= Brilliant ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ You didn’t reverse 0-

Did the hippo carcass stink =O: =O: =O: =O:

Hey ^0^ and then an awesome lion sighting O/\ O/\ O/\

Great day \O
We weren't that lucky with the leppies but the golden cats were much more obliging ;-)
EIsh BC it was vrot, I got a bit green, and not in a good way O**
Amoli wrote:Super Leppie pics Heksie - wow! what a sighting ^Q^ ^Q^
Thanks Amoli, still some more to come...
Lisbeth wrote:The leopard sighting would already have made my day and I would have returned to sleep for another couple of hours =O: =O: The afternoon sounds real nice though \O
Oh no Lisbeth, I prefer to not sleep when it is still cool enough to search for cats, and it paid off ;-) I try to sleep during the afternoon but the downer is it is so bloody hot... O/ but then again I am very glad that I didn't sleep in one morning, too afraid of what I might miss 0:


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ O/\ O/\ O/\


O/\ That is a goooooood cat sighting!! O/\ She is beautifull!!!!!!

WOW - I see your carcass - technique worked on this trip as well ;-) (You can confess about that hippo now Heksie, we won't judge ^0^ )

I can imagine that stench!!! Image

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Mel wrote:Very successful! That leopard sighting is a dream come true and the rest is stuff that really makes a day a happy one!
Really love the banded mongoose and the fish eagle (or is it an osprey -O- ) as well. O:V

(I don't get up in Kruger, only do Kgalagadi by now. O** And definitely not at 3.30. I think the earliest was 4 am, but
recently we took to lying in until the sun rises. X#X )
Thanks Mel ;-)
I totally agree, after the leopard sighting I was in seventh heaven but then day got better by the bonus added sightings O/\
I checked my book, but can be wrong, I do believe it is a juvenile fish eagle
Mel, when last did yo visit KNP? I still have to do my first KTP trip, hopefully by 2015...
vinkie wrote:Great Leopard sighting, wonderful pictures ^Q^

Nice to see the Lions and WendyA in the picture too.... O:V
THanks Vinkie, I had 3 great sightings of the spotted cat and it was one of them, the sightings were very well balanced with some great days and some not so awesome days but I enjoyed ever single day in the Park and wished it didn't end... I just saw how big the lion was in relation to her car :shock:

flying cheetah wrote:Outstanding leopard sighting O\/ O\/ Very unusual that this cat stays for so long on the road when there are a few cars around. In my experience they vanish into the bush after 35 minutes..
And of course your lions are very impressive as well. It seems that all these cats wanted to make it into yout TR so they decided to pose for you O/\
Well 35 minutes is a good time, I normally get at the most 5 minutes as there are too many cars and I have to move or the vanish into thin air 0*\
The golden cats are always friendly towards me and they seem to allow me having a close encounter with them, also they stop for pics so they are number one on my list ;-)
Flutterby wrote:Fantastic leopard sighting!! ^Q^ ^Q^ We had a similar sighting on the same road with a mom leopard and two youngsters...they also walked right past our car...could have touched them! ;-)

I love that baby mongoose! ^Q^ ^Q^ And a lovely lion sighting...how many were there?
Thanks Flutts, ooh two youngsters... I still need to see one cub :shock:
THere were 3 male lions and 4 females, we only had the 2 males lounging in the shade and as we moved to give the other cars a good view another male appeared and a bit of a fight happened but I heard it and missed taking pics of it as I was positioned wrong O/ Wonder if it is fair being the good samaritan and then miss on great photographic moments -O- -O-
PJL wrote:Fabulous leopard sighting ^Q^ ^Q^ Those francolins in the background look like suicide chickens :-0

And the rest of your day was stunning as well! Great sightings, and how nice not to have too many people around at the special ones ;-)

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It was so funny checking the leppie snarling at the bush chickens and then they made him stand up and move away 0*\
It is strange because we would expect heavy roadblocks as we were in the south but nothing of that happened, I had just one bad roadblock day the whole trip... \O
harrys wrote:Wow great Leopard sighting AND Lions and offcourse all the other beautifull animals are just as great ^Q^ ^Q^
Thanks Harrys 0/0
Cats are always great to see but the grey headed kingfisher was the bonus card for the day ;-)
Twigga wrote:^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ O/\ O/\ O/\


O/\ That is a goooooood cat sighting!! O/\ She is beautifull!!!!!!

WOW - I see your carcass - technique worked on this trip as well ;-) (You can confess about that hippo now Heksie, we won't judge ^0^ )

I can imagine that stench!!! Image

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my carcass technique :-? I promise you nothing was put on my car to be dragged along for cats O**
I'm still waiting for Lesego to come with an official report, hopefully I will get it soon \O


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