The Flutterlings of Africa

[Lisbeth]

At least you had some bum shots

The boons are not bad

[nan]

lot of bums

love the peace pipe
and the other seems to be a little bit xxx or

the chance to find a Perlie
nice atmosphere with all these braais

[Bushcraft]

A boon with weed Some look like they have been partaking all day

Plenty rear views

I would have had a meltdown regarding leopard, but in March/April/May it’s tough. The “brown Discovery” mates (I’m nervous to put their names up without permission) I mentioned in my TT are leopard finding masters in KNP and it’s the only animal they look specifically for and they went 4 days this April with no leopard sightings and that’s unheard of for them. (They generally average 2 or 3 a day – sometimes 6 or 7 a day in the winter months)

[All-Nature]

WOW! So many interesting and great sightings alround

For sharing your super TT

[Pumbaa]

Still more than wonderful bird sightings, Flutterby,

plus the baboon on the bridge

I also want to know how Bushcraft is managing to always find the right roads or places leading the the spotted beauties....

[PJL]

Yep some nice bum shots there Flutts
I think the Salitjie road was still closed after that dam broke and took out the road

[Richprins]

Naughty baboons!

But great pics!

That setup at the houses looks a bit un-private, Flutts...Dimwits won't work there...

[Flutterby]

At least you had some bum shots

The boons are not bad

Lots of bum shots!

lot of bums

love the peace pipe
and the other seems to be a little bit xxx or

the chance to find a Perlie
nice atmosphere with all these braais

Thanks nan.

A boon with weed Some look like they have been partaking all day

Plenty rear views

I would have had a meltdown regarding leopard, but in March/April/May it’s tough. The “brown Discovery” mates (I’m nervous to put their names up without permission) I mentioned in my TT are leopard finding masters in KNP and it’s the only animal they look specifically for and they went 4 days this April with no leopard sightings and that’s unheard of for them. (They generally average 2 or 3 a day – sometimes 6 or 7 a day in the winter months)

6 or 7 leoaprds in one day?! Wow, that's crazy!

WOW! So many interesting and great sightings alround

For sharing your super TT

Thanks for popping in AN!

Still more than wonderful bird sightings, Flutterby,

plus the baboon on the bridge

I also want to know how Bushcraft is managing to always find the right roads or places leading the the spotted beauties....

Nice birds, bad pics! BC, steals all the leopard sightings for himself!

Yep some nice bum shots there Flutts
I think the Salitjie road was still closed after that dam broke and took out the road

Ja, we worked that out eventually.

Naughty baboons!

But great pics!

That setup at the houses looks a bit un-private, Flutts...Dimwits won't work there...

Boons are always naughty. Ja RP, those huts are not private at all so not good for a large group.

[Flutterby]

Day 6, 26 April 2017, Lower Sabie

We had reached our last day in the park and the Brat was desperate and, determined, to find leopard!! On the day we had arrived in the park we had driven along the S65 and come across a few cars that were looking for the leopard with the cubs (the same ones BC saw), but there was no sign of them that day. The previous night our neighbours told us they had seen the mom but not the cubs, so we decided to try our luck on the S65 again as she was obviously not in a hurry to move the cubs. The Brat took the wheel but as we left camp he decided to turn left to have a quick look at the bridge as we had heard the lions again all night. But before we got to the bridge, the cars ahead of us stopped at a private road. The male lion that we had been hearing was strolling down the private road. Unfortunately we couldn't follow him, and we couldn't get pics because it was still too dark, so we turned around and headed up the H4-1. About an hour after leaving camp I heard the Brat exclaim in a whisper "YES, YES, YES!!!" - there on the side of the road was a beautiful leopard, all to ourselves!! Finally! Unfortunately, I was so excited that I was shaking, so the pics are a bit blurred!



She was very interested in the grass on the side of the road, sniffing it intently and not paying too much attention to us.







Sadly, she didn't stay on the road too long, but she didn't move off...something in the grass was keeping her interest but it was hard to keep track of her. Other cars started to arrive and we tried to explain where she was in the long grass, while trying to keep an eye on her. Our neighbours from the other side of us at LS arrived and after explaining where we'd last seen her they reversed and we saw them taking photographs, so we reversed and found her again.



She eventually moved off but we were ecstatic to have finally found a leopard!

We carried on towards the S65 and saw a hyena and a fair amount of other game, but nothing to hold us up.

[Bushcraft]

A fantastic leopard sighting

Where exactly was that Flutts