From Floods and Surprises in River beds

[Pumbaa]

but later on also the other stood up and now we even could notice three of them

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and one even was begging for food – sorry for the number of shots but an animal we did not see that much during that trip

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and finally they even posed together with a wildebeest

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and a bit further down the road we met another jackal now even much closer.

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[Pumbaa]

Only meters away from the jackals we then noticed two kori bustards – a bird we often see along that road

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one was lying on the ground and the other one was up.

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At Tihongonyeni then the obligatory wildebeest and zebra herds were around

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[Pumbaa]

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and for sure a lot of them quenched their thirst.

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It was simply such a wonderful morning with the sunshine and light at that early stage

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[Pumbaa]

and that was obviously also the opinion of the zebras and wildebeests as again

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so many of them could be seen and were hanging around that waterhole.

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For sure we could have spent more time at Tihongonyeni but we still had a long drive ahead of us and so we carried on after a while and came across a lot of magpie shrikes either on the ground

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[Pumbaa]

or in a bush.

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Then it followed a quiet part but in the densest mopani field along the S50 near the turn off with the Shibavantsengele view point we discovered elephants and even more elephants also here we never saw that much elephants in that area and on top it felt as if the whole elephant population of the entire park could be found in that area. Luckily all of them were quite relaxed as it was a bit tricky to detect them well in advance when hiding behind a large mopane bush

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or occasionally in the open

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[Pumbaa]

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and even impalas

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as well as zebras were around.

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to be continued…..

[Alf]

I just love spending time at that waterhole

Always plenty zebra and wildebeest around

[Flutterby]

Such lovely colours in all your pics!!

[Richprins]

Nice to have a big area that is open even in mid-summer...makes a change from the endless mopane!

Very interesting jackal feeding pic, Pumbaa!

[Mel]

Such lovely colours in all your pics!!

I couldn't agree more! The light suits the jackals and the zebras particularly well