Flavour of the Month Dec 2015 - S26 Bume Road/S102 Loop & Mpondo Dam

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From a 2012 aat report:


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aat wrote: Sun May 27, 2012 3:14 pm *** NEW Stories ***


We just visited Mpondo dam with a wonderful sighting of a large herd of Buffalo. On the way back following the S102 and then turn-off to S26/H5, after a few hundred meter we suddenly saw this Lion just near the road.

Very relaxed the lion was kind of posing

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If you see one lion you allways look around if there more, but so far this one was just alone
So a nice opportunity to look at him and making a few more shots

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Just at the moment we were saying to each other he was just on his own some movement 50 meters ahead and another lion showed up, this time a lioness

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But family was not complete yet…. With the lioness two cubs showed themselves…

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The lions were just next to the road. Their position was just a bit higher then road level so we could see them very well and they moved a bit closer so we could almost touch them…

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Moms decided it was enough and with the cubs she disappeared in the ticker bush behind the road…
So back to the other lion who moved to a termite-hill and still relaxed the lion was posing wonderfully

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With a great yawning by the lion we left this quiet wonderful sighting

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Male lion
S102, at Mpondo Dam
Near Crocodile Bridge
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15:30
2 Cheetahs on the move heading east
S26, 2km W of the S102
Near Crocodile Bridge
Vis 5/5
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09:12
3 Cheetahs moving towards the dam Wall
"Difficult to see unless they on the move"
S102, at Mpondo Dam
Near Biyamiti
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2 leopard stationary
“Female leopard with cub.”
S26, 1km from S25
Near Crocodile Bridge
Vis 3/5
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By Pumbaa in 2015:

Pumbaa wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:08 pm

The road to Mpondo itself is for us always an extreme non-productive and monotonous road either way you chose and so we in fact did not see that much until we nearly reached Mpondo where we spotted on the left hand side another pond filled up with lot of water and there we could at least satisfy our birding soul and could admire another green backed heron

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in stalking mood.

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Pumbaa wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:59 am We noticed another movement between the reeds and same turned out to be a black crake.

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The water already smelled a bit like brackish water although our two feathered friends enjoyed same very much and we enjoyed the presence of them as they did not let themselves disturbed by our presence and also by some other cars which arrived.

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The green-backed heron managed to somehow caught a huge frog and I could not realize that the heron could swallow same as when we left it still struggled with the frog.

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Love the huge feet of the small black crake.

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The dam itself was a more than lovely place as if the drive to the dam would not always be that monotonous

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Wild dogs on the move
“Followed them for about 10 min”
S102, about 5km from Mpondo dam
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08:05
Female leopard with a very fresh impala kill in the tree
“She tried hoisting it up in the tree but after 15mins of struggle she dropped it and 2 hyenas grabbed the kill. She then jumped out of tree and ran away”
S102, Mpondo dam
Near Biyamiti camp
Vis 5/5
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Must be frustrating lol


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