Browns in Kruger September 2019

[Bushcraft]

Great sighting and pics of the civet!!

Thanks Flutts That civet was a great last night luck

[Bushcraft]

Those sleeping wild dogs are not easy to spot, if not by the smell

I must admit that the fire looks fascinating

Great encounter with the civet Being night animals they are not seen very often

The yellow bird is most likely a village weaver.

We didn't see the sleeping dogs until we watched the one walk to them

I always make a big wood fire on our last night, not sure why Albert always stalks around them with a camera

Thanks for the bird ID, we had no idea of the model

[Mel]

Not only were you lucky with that civet, you also managed great night shots of it.
But there is a small voice wondering if that critter might not be a bit too tame,
aka having been fed before and therefore lost its natural shyness...

Almost irritated by the wild dog crossing the road - really?!

[Pumbaa]

What Incredible Civet shots, Bushcraft

Still an animal high on my wish list

That yellow feathered something is indeed looking like a Tennis ball

[PJL]

Great to see the dogs

But that civet sighting is exceptional

[Bushcraft]

Thanks Mel, Pumbaa & PJL for also commenting on the last episode

That civet was a luck, but I share Mel's concerns about it being a little too tame as it certainly wasn't that nervous around us


29th Biyamiti to Home

We woke this morning with the normal “leaving Kruger pelicans” so the car packing happened in silence and we were at the camp gate just before 6am. Once again we were the only car at the gate, so The Cow opened up and closed it behind us while the Rats kept watch for imaginary predators that may eat the Cow.

It’s a long drive 1 hit to Amanzimtoti, so I put blinkers on and just go, but just past the S25/S139 intersection and as we approached the bridge over the dry Biyamiti riverbed, something looked strange in the distance and then the brain twigged and I squawked

“Wild dogs! Get the cameras ready Cow!”

“Quick they are on an impala!”

The dogs got a fright as we drove onto the bridge, so they dropped the impala and ran up the bank, but 2 of the adult dogs stopped to check us out. The impala was already stuffed and the 2 adult dogs realised in a few seconds that we weren’t a threat, so they charged back to finish off the impala right next to the bridge.

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[Sprocky]

Awesome sighting!

[Bushcraft]

The other adult dogs checked this out and their confidence grew so they slowly also moved in to get a piece of the pie.

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This was a fairly large pack of around 18 dogs, but the teenagers weren’t as confident so they slowly approached, however none of them went in for a piece of the impala and they ended up waiting 15m away for adults to regurgitate sections of the impala and then they shrieked all at once each time this happened. Some teenagers scored each time and others lost out, but the Rats weren’t impressed

“That’s disgusting! Look another is doing it!”

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[Bushcraft]

Suddenly there was a commotion on the other side of the bridge and we looked around just in time to see 2 hyenas come charging in.

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We realised then that the dogs had obviously made another kill earlier and these hyena had arrived for those scraps.

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Suddenly the 1 adult dog appeared on the bridge in front of us and was staring intently at the hyena.

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To be continued

[Bushcraft]

Awesome sighting!

Howzit Sprocky


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