Africa Wild

What grand luck again, Rog!

What road was that?

Nice vids!

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:18 pm The hyena cubs are very cute

we actually quite enjoy Hyena sightings many people just ignore them .

Richprins wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:29 pm What grand luck again, Rog!

What road was that?

Nice vids!

it is along the H7 between Orpen and Satara

At the scene of the Crime on the H7 the Predators had moved off and the scavengers had moved in . It was a field day for us to watch the Hyenas ,Jackals and Vultures scattered all over either eating or resting .We have lots of photos and videos of the scene .







This fellow came strolling by with its prize possession






We decided to leave the scene and head to Nsemani dam .At the dam we found some Fish eagle parents with a very demanding Juvenile chasing them around wanting to be fed .







We carried on to Satara for a break .

Wow interesting fish eagle sighting, Roger

and on top another leopard and also love the hyena pups - Also fantastic shots from the hyenas as well as jackal at the kill

There is one "very" pregnant hyena lady in the crowd It seems that the poor little jackal didn't get much to eat

A very bossy fish eagle chick. It's time that it starts working for the food

Just saw those wonderful tiny, big bellies sweet hyena puppies. Oh my gosh, so cute!

I would not have recognized that one of the raptors is a juvvie fish eagle I thought it was some sort of funny looking vulture

It is always amazing watching a kill being demolished!

And the fish eagle interaction is nice, Rog!

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:44 pm Wow interesting fish eagle sighting, Roger

and on top another leopard and also love the hyena pups - Also fantastic shots from the hyenas as well as jackal at the kill

Thanks Pumba it was a very easy sighting and taking photos with the kill

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:13 am There is one "very" pregnant hyena lady in the crowd It seems that the poor little jackal didn't get much to eat

A very bossy fish eagle chick. It's time that it starts working for the food

a very fat Hyena .The Jackal was sniping in and grabbing where it could . It was a very demanding youngster

Mel wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:30 am Just saw those wonderful tiny, big bellies sweet hyena puppies. Oh my gosh, so cute!

I would not have recognized that one of the raptors is a juvvie fish eagle I thought it was some sort of funny looking vulture

yes us either it was just that it kept chasing them around and some more pics of it coming up on the return trip .

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:11 pm It is always amazing watching a kill being demolished!

And the fish eagle interaction is nice, Rog!

Was amazing to see that over the few days we were there the whole Buff carcass was cleaned up

So turning left onto the H1-4 towards Satara for our stop we found a few cars stopped what could they be watching . Oh look more Lions about 200m from the Satara turnoff .

They really did not look energetic at first


So we went to Satara and came back and found they had started to move around a little but it was at the far end of our camera equipments capability






We had been focusing on the Lionesses when suddenly a big male seemed to just materialize in the grass out of nowhere and wondered off into the grass again .Amazing that such a big animal could be unseen in the grass .All we got was a good shot of the bush he went behind but yo ucan kind of make him out


We turned back towards Nesemani to head back down the road and found a few cars going back and forwards and doing U-Turns .Pulled up and they told us a Leopard just crossed the road . We then saw the top of a Leopard moving through the grass and disappearing into a drainage area.



Arriving back at the Dam we found one of the Fish Eagle parents had landed close to the road .


And the other one had given in to the youngsters calls and was feeding it .


We carried on with our drive .

Great capture of the fish eagle... the one one the branch and also the chick feeding one

Lions and leopard - very lucky