Africa Wild

Mhhhh... just the Owl ?

Flutterby wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:37 am I love the owl on the ground.

I really don't know what is causing the problem... no one else has a problem. What browser are you using ?

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:48 am Once again I cannot see the photos

Thanks RP ! Tell Flutterby the Eagle is also nice....

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:42 am Brilliant, aat!

For a non-birder you have some stunning shots...the eagle especially!

Thanks a lot Pumbaa.... I know I am looking at Birds more then other years ... so who know ???

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:58 pm In fact quite a great variety of birds and excellent shots

You are doing well as birder, Aat

Please stay safe !!

Next story is about Eland and about 1 week before the lock-down in SA

*** Travel Tales ***
Trip to Kruger NP 2020 New series of Stories

04 – ELAND

Hi all,

Time and ready for another story ?

First of all, thanks for the nice comments about the Sable. I think I am going to like them more and more….

About this story… We stayed in Mopani for a long time, just because we liked it a lot.

One day we were driving from Mopani waterhole towards Tihongonyeni and along the S50 we were surprised to see Eland antelope. Not just one or two but a large group, I guess about 30 of them. Eland , Sable and Roan are my favorites so this was a great pleasure. And it was not in a weekend so it was very quiet and we got a beautiful private show.

First view we had …

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As you can see this Eland was curious and surprised too. I was a bit afraid the Eland started to run and taking the whole group away from us. But no…

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Just a few more being curious.

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Beautiful to see them walking slowly and good for us to watch them.
Also a bit difficult because a number of Eland was ahead and some were behind these ones. We had stopped the engine and just waiting… and watching….


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Funny to see that some Zebra were walking with the Eland but sometimes I hoped they walked away. Why ? The Zebra were closer to the road and took away some good opportunities for nice photo’s.

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Because we also liked to see a big male and I thought I saw one ahead we moved on and stopped at another good spot.

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And just few minutes later we could see the big boy

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And to have a better view , here a more detailed photo

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After a while some Wildebeast appeared and were walking with the Eland

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A number of Eland was already almost out of sight and the last ones were also moving away.

Some last shots before the disappeared

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Another great moment in our beloved Mopani area

Thanks for joining and hope you liked it

Aat & Elly

aat wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:17 pm I really don't know what is causing the problem... no one else has a problem. What browser are you using ?

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:48 am Once again I cannot see the photos

I think that the reason is my AVG safe browser, which is rather choosy

I'll have a look using another browser

Gorgeous bird photos and a wonderful eland experience in the Mopani veld

I also love eland, aat...very rare sometimes!


What a bull, and what is interesting is all the colour variation...brown, pale, stripes or not!

Cool to see a larger herd!

Only one has distinct white stripes. As far as I remember, the stripes (or lack of stripes) are attributed to different subspecies or populations Or is that with coat colour only?

Fantastic Aat,

Always stunning to spot eland and then so many of them and even so close