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Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 6:33 pm
by 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 \O

The elephant looks very young -O-

Nice giraffe portrait ^Q^

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Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 8:45 am
by Flutterby
Stunning show by the bee-eaters! ^Q^

Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:12 pm
by Richprins
Nice stuff all round, Pumbaa! \O

Rare to get duiker pics, as you say! :shock:

And those teenage elephants are always a bit silly! lol

Lovely bee-eater shots, what a sighting! [O]

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Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:42 am
by Dzombo
Nice sightings.
Especially the Bee-eaters. O/\

Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:23 pm
by Pumbaa
Lisbeth wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 6:33 pm Lovely waterbucks and the White-fronted bee-eaters are very special when seen like that, both on the sand wall and on the branch \O

The elephant looks very young -O-

Nice giraffe portrait ^Q^

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

Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:24 pm
by Pumbaa
Flutterby wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 8:45 am Stunning show by the bee-eaters! ^Q^
We were so happy about that masses of bee eaters there ^Q^

Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:25 pm
by Pumbaa
Richprins wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:12 pm Nice stuff all round, Pumbaa! \O

Rare to get duiker pics, as you say! :shock:

And those teenage elephants are always a bit silly! lol

Lovely bee-eater shots, what a sighting! [O]

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

Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:25 pm
by Pumbaa
Dzombo wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:42 am Nice sightings.
Especially the Bee-eaters. O/\
And it even got better :-)

Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:28 pm
by 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

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Re: The Heat is on and the Lions as well

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:30 pm
by 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.

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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

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

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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.

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As there were at least lying one wild dog here,

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some were standing there and looked around

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

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