Paradise under stress: KTP October 2019

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Taking off her prize



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And enjoying the moment



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Brilliant photos of the caracal ^Q^ ^Q^


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O/\ O/\ another cool sighting, first time I see a ground squirrel as a caracal prey :shock:


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Wow wow wow wow

Amazing sighting ^Q^ ^Q^


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

We were also lucky to watch a caracal hunting a squirrel - like you said, bolting like a cheetah :-0


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Thanks guys \O


While we were watching the caracal, our friends Chris and Jono had just arrived in time to see the sighting, and were to spend the next two nights with us at Rooiputs, and were on their way to set up camp.
Before we headed back we had to show them our two resident owls, who were STILL around :shock: :shock:
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Back at camp, we got life sorted out, and Jenny joined us for a cup of coffee

A reunion from November 2015, when all of us had camped in no 1 and were blown away by a major sand storm.

The afternoon was spent chilling in camp


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We decided to head down to Leeudril for our afternoon drive, where we came across two flat lions near the Leeudril waterhole
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They weren’t up to much, so we retraced our steps and took a quiet drive up to Kij Kij and back
All we really saw on the trip were these Rooi Hartebeest on the side of the road
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That evening, the wind dropped and we had an enjoyable braai with our friends.


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And the barking geckos


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Barking gecko O:V ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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I like Hartebeests, they are not rare but so nice to watch and very elegantly horned :-0

The gecko is a good one, too!


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Klipspringer wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:20 pm I like Hartebeests, they are not rare but so nice to watch and very elegantly horned :-0
We call them Kalahari Reindeer lol lol


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