Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)

[Lisbeth]

They should always have a supervisor as going backwards they often end up rolling down a hill or running into a hurdle of some kind

It seems quite clear what the one fooling around was up to

Great sequence

[Toko]

No supervision, just on the way to the breeding site

The female has made the brood ball. She moves it away, while the male follows along behind. The female then wants to bury the ball, with the male on top. They mate under the ground and an egg is laid within the ball. If another males comes along, the males will .

[Mel]

Great info there, Toko!

[nan]

interesting

[Pumbaa]

Wonderful dung beetle shots, Mel,

always so stunning to watch them

[Mel]

Thanks nan, Lis, Toks and Pumbaa

Apart from the spiders in the shower and in the bedroom
we had another visitor at Matyholweni Camp that made us a bit wary:





Nothing to steal from us though

[Lisbeth]

And they look so sweet

[nan]

cute... not exactly what I think

thank you for not posting spid.......

[Mel]

I think, they are quite cute to look at... but one waiting for a mistake of yours to grab whatever he or she can is not really relaxing.

[Mel]

On with the antelopes...

The usually shy bushbuck treated us to sightings on three different occasions. But one was without any decent Picture
as it was early in the morning and before I had my camera settings fixed a local drove into my photo range with the result
that the buck was gone by the time the guy moved on.



Too much lens


A young hartebeest with superlong eyelashes...


... and an itch



Kudus where everywhere but not all too complying when it came to photos.





This depicts our favourite saying: Go - went - gone


Also, plenty of eland, but only far off. This is the closet I got on photo.