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Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:22 am
by Flutterby
Mon. April 22, 2013, Part 2
Tamboti - Skukuza


Another first for us...bushbuck on the S100. O:V

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We also came across a family of gooble-goobles... -O

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...and a fish eagle.

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Someone had told us of lions at Gudzani East but before reaching it , we stopped next to a vehicle with some youngsters from the UK. “There’s a lion in the hedge there.” A hedge? In Kruger? :-? -O Oh well, we searched the hedge in question and the Brat spotted it – another great lion sighting! :O^

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We carried on to Gudzani East and found a male lion sleeping quite far off...not even worth a pic...yet another quality sighting! 0*\ And that was the sum total of lion sightings this trip! :evil:

We turned back and headed towards Nwanetsi for a pit stop. Another Water Monitor...we saw quite a few on this trip.

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This impi looked like Bambi with those white spots! :-)

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A family gathering.

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Something to brighten our day.

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Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:36 am
by Bushcraft
A pity about those lions hiding out in the bush Flutts :O^

Great bushbuck sighting on the S100 ^Q^ ^Q^ Fairly rare there \O

Some fantastic pics ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:49 am
by Lisbeth
The grass is still quite high! We saw lions twice in January more or less like yours -O

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:39 pm
by Dewi
Great pics again Flutt's. Love the eagle and dragonfly. \O

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:28 pm
by Hawkeyes
Lovely pics \O ^Q^

Hard to see a bushbuck on the s100 O:V

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 3:40 pm
by nan
S100 always has surprise... not often this one we would like 0*\ but a Bushbuck ^Q^

nice Eagle gooble-goobles (what is that :-? except a Hornbil)
and, of course Water Monitor
but this time, I love particulary the Bambi and the Dragonfly ^Q^ O/\

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 5:50 pm
by Pumbaa
Some lovely shots here, Flutterby,

especially the fish eagle, the bushbuck, the monitor, the egyptian goose and the impala ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:04 pm
by steamtrainfan
Fantastic shot of the dragon fly - how did you get it to sit still long enough to take a photo?

Bambi is really cute.

Pity about the lions - maybe next time.

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 8:11 am
by pooky
Aaaah the S100 - the jury is still out on that - we have had more bad days
than good ones 0*\ but we still go back - and back - and back O/

Nice bushbuck - looks as if his hair is standing on end \O \O

Pity the lions were so well hidden :-)

Re: A Flutter with a Few Firsts

Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 8:16 am
by leachy
:-) :-) :-) :-)

like the dragon fly flutterby

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

and the lion in the "hedge"

-O -O -O