The Heat is on and the Lions as well

[Lisbeth]

Lovely waterbucks and the White-fronted bee-eaters are very special when seen like that, both on the sand wall and on the branch

The elephant looks very young

Nice giraffe portrait

[Flutterby]

Stunning show by the bee-eaters!

[Richprins]

Nice stuff all round, Pumbaa!

Rare to get duiker pics, as you say!

And those teenage elephants are always a bit silly!

Lovely bee-eater shots, what a sighting!

[Dzombo]

Nice sightings.
Especially the Bee-eaters.

[Pumbaa]

Lovely waterbucks and the White-fronted bee-eaters are very special when seen like that, both on the sand wall and on the branch

The elephant looks very young

Nice giraffe portrait

He was not that young any longer at least old enough to be on his own

[Pumbaa]

Stunning show by the bee-eaters!

We were so happy about that masses of bee eaters there

[Pumbaa]

Nice stuff all round, Pumbaa!

Rare to get duiker pics, as you say!

And those teenage elephants are always a bit silly!

Lovely bee-eater shots, what a sighting!

Especially in summer with the dense vegetation duikers are often invisible after having spotted one

[Pumbaa]

Nice sightings.
Especially the Bee-eaters.

And it even got better

[Pumbaa]

At first sight we only saw something running around, something black, brown and white and then we realized that there were wild dogs exactly at the same spot where we yesterday spent time with the lions



but this time it was even a premiere for us because there were also wild dog pups around although they were no longer that young, however, they still could be identified as pups.



Soon we also found a place to park on the roadside although at that early time of day quite a couple of cars were already around as well as a couple of safari vehicles





in the beginning we thought that it will be again such a “Follow the wild dog Race” but we were wrong as most of the dogs started to relax so that we also could enjoy that wonderful sighting.





The older wild dogs found a place to lay down whereas the younger ones were extreme playful



always on the search for a buddy to make nonsense with.



As there were so many wild dogs around we first concentrated on the pups



as it looked as if they will stilll stay a bit longer at that place



and also from time to time even one older dog got invovled into the game of the younger ones.

[Pumbaa]

The only drop of bitterness was a man in a car who not only to our annoyance but also to others did not switch the engine off but after several hand signals he understood and it got quiet and also the wild dogs got even more relaxed.





Luckily at that sighting the grass was not that high at least were the younger ones were playing so that we started to fire away. Two of the adults were collared





and after a while the pups needed a rest and cuddled up together for a break



At least most of the pups were ready for a break so that we also could take a look around and also admire the other wild dogs.





As there were at least lying one wild dog here,



some were standing there and looked around





and the younger ones still were tired from their wild play.





to be continued............................