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Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:08 pm
by ExFmem
Wonderful pics! I especially like the oxpecker parents and chick (never seen them in trees before), the violet bird pair, and of course the leopard. Sounds like it was quite the successful trip. ^Q^ ^Q^ :ty:

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:37 am
by leachy
ExFmem wrote:Wonderful pics! I especially like the oxpecker parents and chick (never seen them in trees before), the violet bird pair, and of course the leopard. Sounds like it was quite the successful trip. ^Q^ ^Q^ :ty:
thanks exf.......

it was a rather successful outing indeed...

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:48 am
by leachy
:-) :-) :-) :-)

having checked in at punda for 3 nights i headed for kloppies early on the 1st morning

twas good to see the kloppies baobab fully dressed..

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kloppies dam was like a scene from a cartoon sketch

where this buffalo had been waiting so long for the rains...

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weirdest thing was that another buffalo had decided to keep the carcass company

and placed himself by his side..

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this lion photo-bombed my photo of the

"tree-stump demon"

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there was very little water in the dam at this stage !!!

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and this is all that remains of the big shady tree on the

opposite bank of the dam...

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Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:55 am
by Richprins
Very interesting, leachy! X#X

Was the other buffalo also dead?

And lion at the dam itself! :shock: ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:01 am
by leachy
Richprins wrote:Very interesting, leachy! X#X

Was the other buffalo also dead?

And lion at the dam itself! :shock: ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
yes, the other one was very dead..



and the lion was one of 9 lying in the shade above the rocks on the other side of the dam

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:22 am
by leachy
:-) :-) :-) :-)

this lamb was the first one that i saw up north.

the poor fella was being pushed around by the other members of the family

as though he was an intruder

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the pafuri area was nice and green

with quite a bit of surface water

next to the road..

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Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:29 pm
by Pumbaa
Klopperfontain Looks indeed extreme dry :O^

At least Pafuri looks far wetter and I love the little impala ^Q^

:ty: leachy

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:09 pm
by Richprins
Never seen green grass at Pafuri before! :shock:

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:37 am
by Mel
leachy wrote:
Richprins wrote:Was the other buffalo also dead?
yes, the other one was very dead..
leachy wrote:weirdest thing was that another buffalo had decided to keep the carcass company and placed himself by his side..

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So, this one laid down next to his "mate" and died there in the mud too?

Re: snippets from an outing (or two)

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:36 am
by leachy
Pumbaa wrote:Klopperfontain Looks indeed extreme dry :O^

At least Pafuri looks far wetter and I love the little impala ^Q^

:ty: leachy
it was rather dry at the time.

thank you pumbaa.

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