Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)

[Toko]

The eland looks very dark

[nan]

fantastic... I love those Antelopes

the first one can keep company of my "beach keeper"... with its "headlight"

[Lisbeth]

Two antelope itches and two close ups. I love the young hartebeest one

The red fringe of the eland is hilarious in such a big majestic animal

Nice pic of the kudu in the middle of the blue flowers

[Richprins]

Such excellent pics, Mello!

I love the beetles...flightless, aren't they?

[Pumbaa]

Wonderful bokkie shots, Mel

[Mel]

Toko, agree on the dark colour

nan

Lis, unfortunately I find even young hartebeests already not particularly attractive

RP, yep, flightless (And thanks for the compliment on my photos )

Pumbaa

[PJL]

Nice dung beetles
It's fun watching them roll around... sometimes they completely under-estimate the hills they're on and end up rolling or loosing their dung balls

I hope the 'local' who messed up your bushbuck sighting wasn't me
Great that you got to see them - they're so often shy and hide away, although there are a few at the main camp which you can sometimes see by the chalets.

Also great shots of the hartebeest and kudu

[Flutterby]

Lovely pics Mel. Love the dung beetles...there's always one who does all the work while others fool around!

[Mel]

No, it was certainly not you, PJL. You'd be way too considerate to do such a thing One of the bushbucks we saw was the regular down in the south, the other was somewhere past the windmill and the third I don't remember.

Thanks, Flutts!

[Mel]

Shall we do somthing for the cute factor? One of my favourite sightings from Addo (although... there were quite a few of those )

One morning coming down from Gorah Loop heading towards Zuurkop. We had already had some exciting sightings on the way that we had shared with a really nice couple. At this point we were stopping because I had spotted a sunbird and was desperate for a good photo. The light was excellent, so we were sitting and waiting for the bird to re-appear after it had flown off once we stopped next to it. Said couple saw us parked and got a bit excited seeing us stopping in seemingly no-man's land Luckily, they were able to enjoy birds as well and with a pale chanting goshawk on top of a tree nearby they watched that one while chatting to the SO. Finally the sunbird showed up again and I got my picture as requested. Then I was able to engage in the conversation as well. At some point I noticed a movement a bit further on from the corner of my eye. Checking it out, I yelled "Meerkats!" and to the couple "Sorry, I don't mean to be rude" followed by a "Go, go, go" in the direction of the SO.

Well, the meerkats turned out to be yellow mongoose, but the number of them got me a bit confused as I had never seen more than two together at one time. Yet, here was a whole family of them. And even if the young ones were already rather big, they were still very adorable.