Chicks and a new SO on the catwalk (Oct 2013)*

[Mel]

And then finally some movement at the waterhole - kudus!



The Acacia tree-rats got busy even before it had got dark:

[Mel]

And to top off the day without cats ( ) - another brownie!

[Mel]

And the birdbath definitely never posed a problem. We never had more bees around because of it.
The bees would come anyway. Especially between 2.30 and 3.30 pm - despite the fact that we had
virtually sealed the sink and tap in the kitchen. And they were frenetically looking for water there
but never at the birdbath.

[Mel]

BJ, Franco is at GK only. The guy's name who alternates between GK and Gharagab is Andries.

[Mel]

Even with the bird baths up again - it took our feathered friends a long time to realize that there was water available.
At least most of them. The sociable weavers got the message quickly, but they are around all the time anyway - begging food.

[Mel]

14/10/2013 Grootkolk "The day with only cats"

As always, we got up with sunrise and settle down on the patio with a cup of coffee. It was a rather coolish morning and life seemed to be slow around us.
But then - exactly at the same time as the day before - the animals started moving in. It as the lions who were coming back, lead by the big daddy.



Alas, the light was still quite low and that stupid beast didn't grant me a single look.

He went off to the waterhole and his offspring followed.





But daddy never acknowledge the presences of his sons and daughters. A rather arrogant attitude.

[Mel]

So the cubs kept themselves busy with each other:

[Mel]

One of them casted a longing eye on daddy:



But that snob just walked past it:





And made his way towards the dunes where the lioness where warming up in the sun:

[Mel]

Tbc with more lions.

[Mel]

Thank you pooky, nan, Brat, Wanda, Pumbaa, Amoli, Duke

Wanda, shot them on F8, ISO 400, 25 secs exposure, and prayed that they wouldn't move.
Oh, and SO gave extra light with the torch. Always helps, I found.