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Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:09 pm
by Pumbaa
WoW Roger,
lovely variety of sightings love the ellies and the crested barbet, nice lion shots on top and even a leopard
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:08 pm
by Richprins
Lovely sightings, Rog!
The owls are very special!
I also like the exposed steenbok!
And nyala there quite unusual?
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:35 am
by Lisbeth
The face of the young eagle-owl looks real funny
You were lucky with the nyalas
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:56 pm
by RogerFraser
Pumbaa wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 10:09 pm
WoW Roger,
lovely variety of sightings love the ellies and the crested barbet, nice lion shots on top and even a leopard
Pumba it was an exceptional trip still more to come
Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:08 pm
Lovely sightings, Rog!
The owls are very special!
I also like the exposed steenbok!
And nyala there quite unusual?
The Owls was very special .
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:35 am
The face of the young eagle-owl looks real funny
You were lucky with the nyalas
it was being very demanding .We assumed the other parent was out collecting food at the time .
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 8:21 pm
by RogerFraser
That evening we had a little visitor .
There was also some some big visitors at the Orpen Dam when a large elephant herd arrived but all the pics we got were blurry.
In the morning it was drizzling lightly and cool we packed the car and were about 15 mins late after gate opening .After about 15km on the H7 we found the early leavers from camp all stopped with the same pack as before and a few that arrived from Satara side.
They were restless and had obviously just hunted .
Some of the pups came onto the road and investigated the strange metal animals .
Eventually after about 20 mins we drove past some of the other vehicles as we had a long trip ahead today going to Marloth park and got a quick sighting of the rest of the Pups playing on the side of the road bellow road level .
We stopped and visited the Owl nest on the way and only Junior was around
We carried on towards Satara when SO suddenly called out stop what is that . And there was a Civet walking into the grass the best pic we could get was .
Further along at the scene of the crime there was only a huddle of Vultures with nothing of the Buff visible anywhere
We stopped into Satara for some Coffee and to get something for breakfast .
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:12 pm
by Lisbeth
Genet
Why didn't the civet pass where the grass was low?
Cute young doggies
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:10 pm
by Richprins
Genet and civet!
Orpen is a lovely camp to stay, pity there are few roads?
Looks like the dogs had some food...
And quite a long trip for the day, Rog!
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:14 pm
by RogerFraser
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:12 pm
Genet
Why didn't the civet pass where the grass was low?
Cute young doggies
very inconsiderate of the Civet
Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:10 pm
Genet and civet!
Orpen is a lovely camp to stay, pity there are few roads?
Looks like the dogs had some food...
And quite a long trip for the day, Rog!
We have always enjoyed Orpen/Maroela/Tambotie camps and the area in general.
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 8:46 pm
by RogerFraser
After picking up Coffee and a Pizza from Satara and filling up with Diesel we carried on our trip .By the H6 intersection a car signaled to us and said there was Lions 100m up the road so we did a minor detour and found the "very" energetic Lions
We snapped a few pics and carried on our way .Our original plan had been to do some sand roads on this trip as we had done mainly the tar ones the last few days .So as soon as the next road came up the S125 we headed off to do some sand roads down to Tshokwane . Not far along the road we found a mini scrum with cars stopped in the road .We looked to the side oh look a sleeping Lion then it rolled over and we managed to get a quick snap .
After spending some time we noticed the other cars were watching a rock or so we thought .Why are they looking at that rock so we got the Binocks out and found the white rock was actually a white Lion flat as Lions tend to be in the day from our experience .That was to change during this trip .But for now we got a pic of a white Rock Lion
We believe this was most likely Casper as he had been reported in this area .
At Sweni there was some Giraffe and Zebra .
A glossy starling was on a post
We managed to catch a Squirel that did not flee on our approach
A Giraffe was getting a manicure
We found some Kudu seeking the new shoots in a burnt area .
A young Ellie was being shown how to eat the bushes and the birds were waiting to grab the insects .
After stopping at Tshokwane we carried on to Nkumbe where I found some cell signal and as I needed to do some urgent emails this was the view from my office for 20 minutes
We carried on to Lower Sabie .
Re: Remember remember to do some work in September .
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:04 pm
by Lisbeth
