Flavour of the Month: February 2014 S65 Waterhole Road

[Bushcraft]

Hey nan

I wonder if we were at the same sighting You had a better angle and camera Small world






We have seen many lion on this road, but this rock does produce often.

[mposthumus]

nice little Mongoose... Darf Mongoose

nice leopard and lion

thank you for posting the rocks

you are welcome nan, did you notice the Kudu

[nan]

seems to be the same

In fact, I went twice, the first time we were only 1 or 2 cars, so I can choose the angle (but a very small one)
and when I return... was so many cars... I didn't stay

I went the day after, still one Lionness visible, the rest of the group was maybe behind

Oh no, I didn't notice the Kudu

[dup]

Great choice FC, can,t wait for input's as I know you have a few good one's about this gem of a road. Talking about names ,we call this road the" Leopard road" for very good reasons. Just have to get to the pic's.

[nan]

I met this one... but it seems there was someting wrong
maybe it was hurted by a car... I waited a long time for... until it was again in the grass

Chameleon - 13.3.2011



could be a SOS

[nan]

Kudus
the female posed for the picture and the male declined
13.3.2011

[Flutterby]

Some sightings from April 2013.





While watching these kingfishers we got talking to some guys next to us...they had just seen a leopard cross the road 5 minutes before we got there!!

[flying cheetah]

Great sightings everybody

I think now it's time to report about one of my best sightings I had on this road. It happened on a warm afternoon in May 2011 and it was this of the day when you don't expect too much. I also wasn't very concentrated and only in the very last moment I noticed that one of the many Yellow-billed Hornbills that were hanging around looked a bit unusual. I had to drive a bit bckwards and then I realized that the bird had just caught a mouse and was trying to swallow it! It was a tough job for the small bird and it took him a while but finally, afte turning the prey around several times, he managed it. What a wonderful and special sighting
Here are some of the pics I took of tis brave bird

[nan]

again a Leopard... but few seconds/minutes too late
I can follow the tail
12.5.2011

[General Gump]

On Friday there was a cheetah on the t junction of the s65 and H1-1 , a male baboon came running from behind the cheetah. The cheetah ran 'wheelspinning' for it's life in front of my bakkie on the waterhole road. It all happened too fast for photos. But I have reputable witnesses who were on board !