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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:33 pm
by Pumbaa
but later on also the other stood up and now we even could notice three of them
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and one even was begging for food – sorry for the number of shots but an animal we did not see that much during that trip
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and finally they even posed together with a wildebeest
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and a bit further down the road we met another jackal now even much closer.
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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:35 pm
by Pumbaa
Only meters away from the jackals we then noticed two kori bustards – a bird we often see along that road
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one was lying on the ground and the other one was up.
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At Tihongonyeni then the obligatory wildebeest and zebra herds were around
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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:37 pm
by Pumbaa
Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:39 pm
by Pumbaa
and that was obviously also the opinion of the zebras and wildebeests as again
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so many of them could be seen and were hanging around that waterhole.
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For sure we could have spent more time at Tihongonyeni but we still had a long drive ahead of us and so we carried on after a while and came across a lot of magpie shrikes either on the ground
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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:40 pm
by Pumbaa
or in a bush.
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Then it followed a quiet part but in the densest mopani field along the S50 near the turn off with the Shibavantsengele view point we discovered elephants and even more elephants also here we never saw that much elephants in that area and on top it felt as if the whole elephant population of the entire park could be found in that area. Luckily all of them were quite relaxed as it was a bit tricky to detect them well in advance when hiding behind a large mopane bush
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or occasionally in the open
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Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:42 pm
by Pumbaa
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and even impalas
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as well as zebras were around.
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to be continued…..
Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:40 am
by Alf
I just love spending time at that waterhole
Always plenty zebra and wildebeest around
Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:09 am
by Flutterby
Such lovely colours in all your pics!!
Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:52 am
by Richprins
Nice to have a big area that is open even in mid-summer...makes a change from the endless mopane!
Very interesting jackal feeding pic, Pumbaa!
Re: From Floods and Surprises in River beds
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:54 am
by Mel
Flutterby wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:09 am
Such lovely colours in all your pics!!
I couldn't agree more! The light suits the jackals and the zebras particularly well
