Aat & Elly TR2020 - 05 - Cheetahs part II

[aat]

Mhhhh... just the Owl ?

I love the owl on the ground.

[aat]

I really don't know what is causing the problem... no one else has a problem. What browser are you using ?

Once again I cannot see the photos

[aat]

Thanks RP ! Tell Flutterby the Eagle is also nice....

Brilliant, aat!

For a non-birder you have some stunning shots...the eagle especially!

[aat]

Thanks a lot Pumbaa.... I know I am looking at Birds more then other years ... so who know ???

In fact quite a great variety of birds and excellent shots

You are doing well as birder, Aat

[aat]

Please stay safe !!

Next story is about Eland and about 1 week before the lock-down in SA

*** Travel Tales ***
Trip to Kruger NP 2020 New series of Stories

04 – ELAND

Hi all,

Time and ready for another story ?

First of all, thanks for the nice comments about the Sable. I think I am going to like them more and more….

About this story… We stayed in Mopani for a long time, just because we liked it a lot.

One day we were driving from Mopani waterhole towards Tihongonyeni and along the S50 we were surprised to see Eland antelope. Not just one or two but a large group, I guess about 30 of them. Eland , Sable and Roan are my favorites so this was a great pleasure. And it was not in a weekend so it was very quiet and we got a beautiful private show.

First view we had …

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As you can see this Eland was curious and surprised too. I was a bit afraid the Eland started to run and taking the whole group away from us. But no…

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Just a few more being curious.

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Beautiful to see them walking slowly and good for us to watch them.
Also a bit difficult because a number of Eland was ahead and some were behind these ones. We had stopped the engine and just waiting… and watching….


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Funny to see that some Zebra were walking with the Eland but sometimes I hoped they walked away. Why ? The Zebra were closer to the road and took away some good opportunities for nice photo’s.

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Because we also liked to see a big male and I thought I saw one ahead we moved on and stopped at another good spot.

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And just few minutes later we could see the big boy

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And to have a better view , here a more detailed photo

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After a while some Wildebeast appeared and were walking with the Eland

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A number of Eland was already almost out of sight and the last ones were also moving away.

Some last shots before the disappeared

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Another great moment in our beloved Mopani area

Thanks for joining and hope you liked it

Aat & Elly

[Lisbeth]

I really don't know what is causing the problem... no one else has a problem. What browser are you using ?

Once again I cannot see the photos

I think that the reason is my AVG safe browser, which is rather choosy

I'll have a look using another browser

[Lisbeth]

Gorgeous bird photos and a wonderful eland experience in the Mopani veld

[Richprins]

I also love eland, aat...very rare sometimes!


What a bull, and what is interesting is all the colour variation...brown, pale, stripes or not!

[Klipspringer]

Cool to see a larger herd!

Only one has distinct white stripes. As far as I remember, the stripes (or lack of stripes) are attributed to different subspecies or populations Or is that with coat colour only?

[Pumbaa]

Fantastic Aat,

Always stunning to spot eland and then so many of them and even so close