SO birthday dash Feb 2022

[Richprins]

Very interesting the vulture branch breaking, Rog!

That must have been quite a sight to see!

They are stacked there!

We also have a genet at Marloth, very pretty!

And nice ostrich!

[RogerFraser]

Thanks Roger,

love the vultures in a row and the ostriches and cute night visitor

Interesting raptor shots from the previous page

Thanks Pumba

The vultures are all looking in the same direction, as if they are waiting for something.

Lovely pic of the two ostriches and also the white-headed vulture

we also thought so and tried all different angles but could not see anything .

Very interesting the vulture branch breaking, Rog!

That must have been quite a sight to see!

They are stacked there!

We also have a genet at Marloth, very pretty!

And nice ostrich!

was amazed at how many Vultures could fit onto one tree

[RogerFraser]

The following morning we drove straight to where the Zebra carcass had been the day before ...

We found the Zeebra looked remarkably like a Lioness now


There were Hyenas about but they were not going to come close .



Further in the bushes a Male Lion lay with a belly the size of a small Zebra


A small chunk of meat lay in the bushes to the side of him


It was obvious they were not going to go anywhere for quite some time .

We decided to leave them and go Drive the S106 as there had been a sighting of Wild Dogs there the day before . As we turned onto the dirt we found a few cars and a road block of note .


As more cars and OSVs arrived they were getting more restless


We found the Male in the grass on the side of the road


We eventually decided to move on passed them as they seemed to be ok with other cars passing them and allow other cars to get a view


A bit further we found these Grey hornbills




We carried on with the Drive along the sand road towards Satara .

[Lisbeth]

To make a whole zebra disappear during one night is quite something

Nice grey hornbill

The park does not seem to be short of lions

[Richprins]

What a lion sighting, Rog!

And clever to go straight to the carcass!

Amazing how they can polish off a zebra like that!

Nice hornbill too!

[Pumbaa]

What a luck you had with the lions, Roger

Indeed an enormous belly Also love the grey hornbills

[RogerFraser]

To make a whole zebra disappear during one night is quite something

Nice grey hornbill

The park does not seem to be short of lions

we do seem to find Lions allot lately .

What a lion sighting, Rog!

And clever to go straight to the carcass!

Amazing how they can polish off a zebra like that!

Nice hornbill too!

pity we could not get there a bit earlier would have been really interesting .

What a luck you had with the lions, Roger

Indeed an enormous belly Also love the grey hornbills

we were lucky they were so close .

[RogerFraser]

A bit further along the road we found some shrooms



We checked on the nest on the way passed


We found a Wahlberg eagle



Some flowers for SO


and a roller with a bug for breakfast


We did not see much more on the way to or from Satara there was a Giraffe carcass in some long grass with a few Hyena around .It was difficult to see anything as it was in some long grass and the smell let us know it was definitely not a recent kill.



After the stop at Satara the idea was to go back possibly via Timbavati Picnic spot but on the way there we were told there was some other Lions on the S36 before Muzandzeni close to the waterhole so we decided what the hell it was a Lion day and headed off that way . We arrived at the place and spent some time searching trying to find them there was no other cars around and they had half graded the road so it made turning around quite a challenge in the bus .There he is said SO


He was yawning and rolling around but not going anywhere .We spent some time alone with him and started to drive off when suddenly another Lion popped out the grass


And then collapsed back into the grass again.


It started to rain and the Lions decided to go so they disappeared into the thick bushes .

We found some cute suckling Hyenas on the roadside


We went back to camp to do Lunch .

[Pumbaa]

Thanks Roger,

love the heron on its nests and the hyaenas and again lion luck

[nan]

thank you for this TT Roger
the mushroom is a "Coprinus", well seen, well done excellent to eat maybe a bit more fresher
love too the flowers, Heron on the nest and of course Hyenas