The Flutterlings of Africa

[Richprins]

Aha! Baboon discipline!

A nice spot to see doggies, Flutts!

And artsy lion pic!

[Flutterby]

Thanks RP.

[Flutterby]

Day 4, 24 April 2017, Satara - Lower Sabie

After unpacking and having a bit of a rest, we left for our afternoon drive. For some reason Mommo is not that keen on wild dogs and develops a bit of a pelican when watching them. When I asked him what his problem was with them, he replied that they never do anything...I reminded him that we had sat with 2 sleeping lions for over an hour that same morning!! However, the Brat had grabbed the car keys and without consultation decided we were heading back down the H4-1 to see if we could find the dogs again!

This tree caught my eye on the S79 causeway.



As we approached the area where we had seen the dogs, there were three other cars parked there so we assumed they were still around. As we stopped behind the last car, we saw the dogs coming up the bank towards us and we could see they were probably going to head back towards Lower Sabie. The Brat was very quick-thinking and immediately made a three-point turn, so as the dogs came onto the road we were in the front of the queue!



There were seven dogs and one had a collar.



Mommo seemed to have had a change of heart about the dogs and even took a video of them on his phone! Although we were in front of the queue, the Brat was very thoughtful and would occasionally speed up to get ahead of the dogs so that the vehicles behind us could get next to them! And he even managed to get some nice pics whilst driving!

© Bush Brat

© Bush Brat



Something interesting on the road?

© Bush Brat

The dogs were quite nervous on this bridge and approached the edge with caution!



The Brat doing a great job of driving and photographing at the same time!



We had driven next to the dogs for over 3kms but it was getting late so we eventually had to leave them behind, and we made it through the gate at exactly 6pm! If we had just seen a leopard we would have had the Big 7 in one day!

[Lisbeth]

If Mommo has said: "because they stink" I would have agreed with him

Sightings getting better

"Well done" to the Brat

[PJL]

Fantastic sighting of the dogs
You got to follow them for a good distance there... nice driving by the brat

Leopards
Bushcraft had confiscated them all I think

[Richprins]

The Brat was very quick-thinking and immediately made a three-point turn, so as the dogs came onto the road we were in the front of the queue!

Genius!

Lovely pics indeed, though!

Mommo is scared of dogs!

I like your tree pic, with the UFO top right!

[Bushcraft]

Mommo not keen on dogs , I’m not keen either unless they are mobile which these were

Great sighting

[Pumbaa]

At least even Mommo got convinced by the active wild dogs

It is always fantastic when they do come across and you had a wonderful meeting with them with awesome shots

[Flutterby]

If Mommo has said: "because they stink" I would have agreed with him

Sightings getting better

"Well done" to the Brat

Yes, much better!

Fantastic sighting of the dogs
You got to follow them for a good distance there... nice driving by the brat

Leopards
Bushcraft had confiscated them all I think

It's great that the dogs like the road, and they are so unconcerned with vehicles so it makes it easy to keep up with them. Ja, BC had seen the quota of leopards for the month!!

The Brat was very quick-thinking and immediately made a three-point turn, so as the dogs came onto the road we were in the front of the queue!

Genius!

Lovely pics indeed, though!

Mommo is scared of dogs!

I like your tree pic, with the UFO top right!

Mommo is not scared of dogs...he is just a grumpy old man sometimes. I also thought that speck looked like a UFO.

[Flutterby]

Mommo not keen on dogs , I’m not keen either unless they are mobile which these were

Great sighting

Mommo and the Brat clash heads quite a lot, and because the Brat loves dogs I think my dad just gets otherwise to spite him!

At least even Mommo got convinced by the active wild dogs

It is always fantastic when they do come across and you had a wonderful meeting with them with awesome shots

Thanks Pumbaa, it was a great sighting!