snippets from an outing (or two)

Post by **ExFmem** » Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:08 pm

Wonderful pics! I especially like the oxpecker parents and chick (never seen them in trees before), the violet bird pair, and of course the leopard. Sounds like it was quite the successful trip.

Post by **leachy** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:37 am

ExFmem wrote:Wonderful pics! I especially like the oxpecker parents and chick (never seen them in trees before), the violet bird pair, and of course the leopard. Sounds like it was quite the successful trip.

thanks exf.......

it was a rather successful outing indeed...

Post by **leachy** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:48 am

having checked in at punda for 3 nights i headed for kloppies early on the 1st morning

twas good to see the kloppies baobab fully dressed..

kloppies dam was like a scene from a cartoon sketch

where this buffalo had been waiting so long for the rains...

weirdest thing was that another buffalo had decided to keep the carcass company

and placed himself by his side..

this lion photo-bombed my photo of the

"tree-stump demon"

there was very little water in the dam at this stage !!!

and this is all that remains of the big shady tree on the

opposite bank of the dam...

Post by **Richprins** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:55 am

Very interesting, leachy!

Was the other buffalo also dead?

And lion at the dam itself!

Post by **leachy** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:01 am

Richprins wrote:Very interesting, leachy!

Was the other buffalo also dead?

And lion at the dam itself!

yes, the other one was very dead..

and the lion was one of 9 lying in the shade above the rocks on the other side of the dam

Post by **leachy** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:22 am

this lamb was the first one that i saw up north.

the poor fella was being pushed around by the other members of the family

as though he was an intruder

the pafuri area was nice and green

with quite a bit of surface water

next to the road..

Post by **Pumbaa** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:29 pm

Klopperfontain Looks indeed extreme dry

At least Pafuri looks far wetter and I love the little impala

leachy

Post by **Richprins** » Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:09 pm

Never seen green grass at Pafuri before!

Post by **Mel** » Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:37 am

leachy wrote:
Richprins wrote:Was the other buffalo also dead?
yes, the other one was very dead..

leachy wrote:weirdest thing was that another buffalo had decided to keep the carcass company and placed himself by his side..

So, this one laid down next to his "mate" and died there in the mud too?

Post by **leachy** » Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:36 am

Pumbaa wrote:Klopperfontain Looks indeed extreme dry

At least Pafuri looks far wetter and I love the little impala

leachy

it was rather dry at the time.

thank you pumbaa.

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