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Glad you found yourself a leo

And how nice to have an owl in the camp

Mel wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 12:51 pm Glad you found yourself a leo

And how nice to have an owl in the camp

Until it poops on you More about that later

Yeah, that ain't nice

Well done, Gavin!

It is rare to see steenbok drinking here, maybe different in the desert?


My favourite owl species!

Thank you all for waiting for my next post
Been a busy time to and from step down facilities, but Debbie is home tomorrow


Thursday 9 June 2022


We had a mixed bag of sightings on this our 13th day in the park, and at the end of it, we were still to see our first lions.

The sunrises at Rooiputs...... I can never get enough of them.
Today’s was as spectacular as the one before and the one still to come


We set off north towards Kij Kij and saw very little.

Taking the Lower Dune Road, we soon came upon these sand grouses on the road.

We hadn’t seen too many of them this trip so we took a while to watch them.

Further on a steenbok watching us carefully, before bolting away

And a lone gemsbok doing the same


Our fortunes changed on the way back to Kij Kij

A brown Hyena, obviously out late and in trouble from his spouse was making a dash back to his den.
( a bit of poetic licence, but why not )

Our afternoon drive was a lot more productive

Bat Eared foxes at Kij Kij




Lots of pictures (sorry).............. or not

And some of my pics as well







They eventually left the waterhole and set off into the dunes

And on the way home some wildebeest



And not one, but two fleeting sightings of caracal, on the far (Botswana) side of the valley, so a bit far away



Proof pics

Well done Debbie... take care

I love the BEF, even the proof pic are good pix of a Caracal... Caracal is a Caracal