Africa Wild

The grass is too tall for the leopard

Lovely pic of the fish eagle on the low branch

More kitties all over, Rog!

Looks like some cloud cover?

Mel wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:37 pm Great capture of the fish eagle... the one one the branch and also the chick feeding one

Lions and leopard - very lucky

Thanks Mel yes luckily the adult was close to the road when we came back . I think it was trying to escape the demands of the youngster

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 10:43 am The grass is too tall for the leopard

Lovely pic of the fish eagle on the low branch

the grass was very tall .

Richprins wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 6:21 pm More kitties all over, Rog!

Looks like some cloud cover?

Was a grey day .

Some waterbuck were on the lookout at the dam but nothing much was moving so we carried on back towards camp.



We managed to sneak up next to this mongoose without it disappearing .


This breeding herd was moving fairly quickly towards the dam it seemed


This little buck was sitting dead still .Possibly good camouflages for a predator without color cones .With them it was quite a stand out .


At the crime scene the Jackal seemed to have its fill and was sleeping close by and some younger Hyenas were looking for scraps .




Close to camp we found more Jackals


We arrived at camp and did a brunch meal and did some work and rested .

This colorful Barbet stopped by to visit us .

The crested barbet is one of my fav. birds

Not much left of the buff, only bone

Cute mongoose, ready to run away

Nice mongoose shot, Rog! They are difficult buggers!

Amazing how quickly the carcass disappears!

Wow, that was a great day for sightings with all that hyena/vulture action, 2 leopards and fish-eagles!!

Brilliant capture of the barbet

And I also like the cute litte gremlin - the mongoose

Big bellies on the hyenas

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:22 am The crested barbet is one of my fav. birds

Not much left of the buff, only bone

Cute mongoose, ready to run away

they very colorful characters around camp .

Richprins wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 4:14 pm Nice mongoose shot, Rog! They are difficult buggers!

Amazing how quickly the carcass disappears!

Yes very Quickly for a whole Buf.

Flutterby wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 10:35 am Wow, that was a great day for sightings with all that hyena/vulture action, 2 leopards and fish-eagles!!

Thanks Flutts and a few more sightings to come .

Mel wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:04 am Brilliant capture of the barbet

And I also like the cute litte gremlin - the mongoose

Big bellies on the hyenas

Mel easier when they close to you in camp

It was overcast and cooler by the time we left camp for our afternoon drive .

Our first sighting did not seem to impressed with the weather .


The steenbok was quite visible without any color in the area due to the fires earlier in the year.


Some Kudu with impressive horns crossed over the road .


Some Giraffe were hunting the new shoots out .


This Nyala bull was not too happy to see us but we did manage a pic .


We managed to snap a pic of the Doe as well


We visited the Hyena den and spent a bit of time watching the games .


There was even less buff left with only a few Vultures and one fat Hyena sleeping behind a bush .


We started on our way back hoping to find the Dogs again .

As we crossed over one of the small bridges we heard a screetch and found this juvenile Eagle Owl shouting for something and the parent was just ignoring it .


SO Loves owls so we spent quite a bit of time here and took a video .


We drove back to camp with only this sighting right at the camp gate :