Re: KTP March 2013 - Now I've had the time of my life...
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:05 pm
The reason why I had the time of my life:
20 different lions (well, Spots got 26
)
6 different brownies
4 different leopards
3 different cheetah
2 different wild cats
2 different melanistic gabar goshawks
1 carcal on 2 occasion
New ticks for:
brown-hooded kingfisher
pearl-spotted owlet
Ludwig’s bustard
Burchell’s sandgrouse
African grey hornbill
Cape shovelers
First time sightings in KTP of a baby kori bustard, a grey-headed heron, an Egyptian goose, an Acadia pied barbet and a jackal buzzard.
More than the usual amount of sightings of martial eagle, red-necked falcons, pygmy falcons, different kind of owls.
Some interesting and / or funny animal and bird behaviour we hadn’t watched before.
The excitement of having a Cape cobra in the unit and sharing your bedroom and shower with tons of bats.
The unexpected sighting of a herd of elands.
Witnessing several proper Kalahari thunderstorms.
But the three top sightings remain:
Watching a leopard kill a jackal. Walking with the very same leopard before watching her feeding at very close range.
Watching the PCG and Cape cobra interaction.
Getting to see a caracal for the first time in KTP and a quality sighting on top of it.
On the not so wild side:
Meeting lots and lots of great people along the way.
Having the best camp assistants you could fathom.
Meeting nan and getting to spend quite some time with her.
20 different lions (well, Spots got 26
)6 different brownies
4 different leopards
3 different cheetah
2 different wild cats
2 different melanistic gabar goshawks
1 carcal on 2 occasion
New ticks for:
brown-hooded kingfisher
pearl-spotted owlet
Ludwig’s bustard
Burchell’s sandgrouse
African grey hornbill
Cape shovelers
First time sightings in KTP of a baby kori bustard, a grey-headed heron, an Egyptian goose, an Acadia pied barbet and a jackal buzzard.
More than the usual amount of sightings of martial eagle, red-necked falcons, pygmy falcons, different kind of owls.
Some interesting and / or funny animal and bird behaviour we hadn’t watched before.
The excitement of having a Cape cobra in the unit and sharing your bedroom and shower with tons of bats.
The unexpected sighting of a herd of elands.
Witnessing several proper Kalahari thunderstorms.
But the three top sightings remain:
Watching a leopard kill a jackal. Walking with the very same leopard before watching her feeding at very close range.
Watching the PCG and Cape cobra interaction.
Getting to see a caracal for the first time in KTP and a quality sighting on top of it.
On the not so wild side:
Meeting lots and lots of great people along the way.
Having the best camp assistants you could fathom.
Meeting nan and getting to spend quite some time with her.
