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Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:12 am
by Lisbeth
Send in the cats O\/ O\/

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:37 pm
by Richprins
Lordy...how many suitcases full of clothes must the women take to the Park? :O^

Nice sightings, unusual the lone male on the mountain! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Haha...the boy wears a beanie! lol

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:41 pm
by Lisbeth
Some wear beanies (it does look very cold, apart from the young beauty ) others plates O**

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:33 pm
by Supernova
Day 3 – 15th August 2016 (Continued)

We traveled down the H4-1 towards the H12, when a lion head appeared over the edge of the river bank

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We waited and soon the pride moved out into the open

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The pride was looking down river at a herd of Buffalo, but did not look too interested

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Just before the Kruger Tablets there was a herd of Sable and Zebra, we have seen them at this spot for several years.

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The rest of the drive to Tshokwane was quiet, after a pit stop, we checked out the sightings board, which indicated there were lions at Kumana dam, so we headed further north..

We arrived to find a large pride of flat lions spread across both sides of the road.

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Continued...

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:34 pm
by Supernova
Day 3 – 15th August 2016 (Continued)

After spending about 30 minutes waiting for something to happen, which never does at that time of day. So we headed back down towards Skukuza. Just after Mazithi dam, there are the new river loops, we saw a couple of cars parked in the loop, looking down at the small pond of water. We pulled up and saw that they were looking at a Heron, as we pulled off Kelly contacted us on the walkie talkie to say he saw a leopards on the far bank.

We pulled back into the loop and there it was.in the distance

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With the 500mm lens the Leopard was confirmed

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The Leopard disappeared behind some bushes but soon reappeared by climbing the tree

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Posing for a few photos …

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We even got a smile…

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After 5 minutes of posing, the Leopard jumped down and disappeared

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Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:58 pm
by Lisbeth
A bit far away, but it still counts as a leopard ;-)

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:09 am
by All-Nature
0/* Hope you don't mind but I am tagging along on your TT O/\

Hyenas can be rather smelly close up ;-) when eating rotting meat =O:

X#X With so many Kitty cats ^Q^ ^Q^ :-0

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:23 am
by Flutterby
hat a great afternoon! ^Q^ Nice sable sighting! :yes: We saw lions on those little loops in April, but a leopard beats that! \O

Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:24 am
by Twigga
^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Lovely leopard sighting, and you saw the cat first?

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Re: Browns in Kruger - August 2016 (JHB Clan)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:57 pm
by nan
lovely Leopard ^Q^