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Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:40 pm
by steamtrainfan
Hi Mel. You are right. I think we have been spoiled over the past three years with really amazing sightings.
Thanks so much for the positive comments.
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:56 pm
by Mel
Oh, I can relate to that feeling! But we had to eat humble pie in the KTP before our latest trip,
so our view on things has very much changed. Like you said, it's more that one has been overly
lucky before, I guess.
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:02 pm
by Lisbeth
It's not that difficult to spend a whole day driving seeing only some birds and maybe a few common antelopes. It's when it's repeated over some days that it gets really annoying and boring
Then when you put it all together in a few pages, it seems that you have seen a lot, only that you saw it all over three days
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:07 pm
by Lisbeth
The helmeted guinea fowl looks like a funny ceramic sculpture, not like a real bird
You missed a couple of promising hunts there
Nice sightings anyway
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:57 pm
by steamtrainfan
Mel wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:56 pm
Oh, I can relate to that feeling! But we had to eat humble pie in the KTP before our latest trip,
so our view on things has very much changed. Like you said, it's more that one has been overly
lucky before, I guess.
That's the way it goes Mel - like a roller coaster.
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:02 pm
It's not that difficult to spend a whole day driving seeing only some birds and maybe a few common antelopes. It's when it's repeated over some days that it gets really annoying and boring
Then when you put it all together in a few pages, it seems that you have seen a lot, only that you saw it all over three days
I think that is what happened to us Lisbeth.
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:07 pm
The helmeted guinea fowl looks like a funny ceramic sculpture, not like a real bird
You missed a couple of promising hunts there
Nice sightings anyway
That guinea fowl was a real clown. Wish I could have caught it on video.
Those missed hunts were mind blowing - will they, won't they etc etc..
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:07 pm
by steamtrainfan
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:17 pm
by Lisbeth
It's a blackie all right
Lovely sunbird and some beautiful scenery shots
The reedbucks have a bad "fur" day
Had it been raining
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:34 pm
by Mel
So you saw a blackie without knowing that you actually saw one… Great sighting nonetheless
Nice sundown too.
Oh, and you did see the lions again.
What about those reedbuck? Are they youngsters? Their fur looks a bit shaggy. Or is that a common feature in them?
Only saw them from afar, so wouldn't really know
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:39 pm
by steamtrainfan
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:17 pm
It's a blackie all right
Lovely sunbird and some beautiful scenery shots
The reedbucks have a bad "fur" day
Had it been raining
Thanks for confirmation Lisbeth.
Not sure why they looked so shaggy. It had not rained.
Mel wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:34 pm
So you saw a blackie without knowing that you actually saw one… Great sighting nonetheless
Nice sundown too.
Oh, and you did see the lions again.
What about those reedbuck? Are they youngsters? Their fur looks a bit shaggy. Or is that a common feature in them?
Only saw them from afar, so wouldn't really know
Oi Mel and I call myself a wild life enthusiast and I cannot tell the difference between a white and a blackie.
I cannot explain why the MR's looked so shaggy. Maybe one of the other listees can explain.
Re: A QUIET WEEK IN PILANESBERG
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:51 pm
by Pumbaa
What great lion sightings you had, steamtrainfan,
plus lots of amazing birdies - Love here especially the sunbirds, the barn owl and osprey
of us not to have realised it at the time.
