Having the Time of my Life revisited (October 2016)

Post by **Mel** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:54 pm

One curiousity on our last full day certainly was the fact that a springbok dropped dead in the shrubs / grass behind the waterhole. I'm not sure what happened, but there were two decent sized herds around which all of a suddened bolted into two different directions, making believe a predator was making his / her way into the camp. At the end of the day I had to conclude that they were just totally scared by a mate falling flat on the ground. It didn't take lone for the cleaning crew, aka the vultures to zoom in. I don't have any decent pix from their feeding activity because the grass and shrubs were in the way from our perspective. I actually had to go all the way to unit number 4 to find out why they had come in the first place. Only from there and only by sitting on the wall there I was able to make out the dead springbok. But in the evening, the some of the vultures made their to the waterhole and with a nice sundown, they made for a great photo opportunity.

Post by **Mel** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:24 pm

https://youtu.be/K1GpaMnCNyI

Post by **nan** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:28 pm

"cette vidéo est privée"

this vidoe is private

even Eland pay a visite to Grootkolk

$O/\$

indeed lot of "people" there $O\/$ $O\/$ $O\/$

Post by **Mel** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:12 pm

I didn't set the video on private

Will take care of it tomorrow. Already logged off and must go to bed now

Post by **steamtrainfan** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:24 pm

Lovely selection of photos.

Just love the one of the lonely Gemsbok in the shade of a tree.

Post by **Alf** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:53 am

I just love the green from the tree and the brown from the sand in the background and wildebeest standing under the tree

Post by **Flutterby** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:48 am

Sounds heavenly just to sit and watch the waterhole all day!!

Lovely pics of all the comings and goings. $\O$

Poor springbok just falling down dead...I wonder why?

Post by **Lisbeth** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:54 am

The big tree makes for a beautiful "center piece" in the pics

Nice to see elands. No oxpeckers in KTP ?

So the waterhole is filled up manually from a pipeline?

Post by **PJL** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:17 am

Great shots of the herds visiting

I didn't realise eland could be seen in KTP $\O$

Strange about the springbok pegging out - possibly one of the rarest sightings of all in the wild... a 'natural' death

Post by **Richprins** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:28 pm

What wonderful pics, Mello! And stories!

So nice to see old trees...no elephant!

Springbok fatality maybe a pregnancy thing?

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