Africa Wild

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:29 am Lovely colours both on the birds and in the scenery

It was the silence before the storm

ExFmem wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:34 pm Too many WOW sightings to mention each one, but what an extraordinary assortment on this trip! I have to live through other's lenses right now, and you are certainly on top of your game.

We had such incredible trip and the sightings were simply WoW

We met grey louries



and a bateleur in a tree



and simply enjoyed the views along that road



we meanwhile deemed ourselves in the last one third of that road and we had a lovely sighting of a waterbuck lady



who dared to cross the river although the water was still a bit deep as another waterbuck lady who waited for her already on the other side of the river must have encouraged her.



Then suddenly Timon got quiet and stared for a couple of minutes in a tree onto the other side of the river – a wonderful farewell gift in form of a huge male leopard.



At first side same was not easy to spot and Timon only noticed same whilst the leopard moved from one side to the other and then on another branch a bit higher in the tree



and luckily for us he settled again there



and now he even looked a bit around



whilst Timon started once again to fire away.

Needless to say that we settled as well and enjoyed his presence very much



whilst same got extreme lazy but fortunately allowed a couple of lovely shots whilst same did his best to pose like mad and to satisfy us.



In between now a couple of rain showers also came down but same stopped nearly immediately again and that was not the rain which announced itself already earlier. From time to time the leopard looked a bit up in the tree and there we only noticed an impala which was hanging one level higher on a branch



but same was not hungry at that stage





and preferred to pose for us a while longer.



Then same yawned and that must have been the signal



to climb one floor up in the tree



now side by side with his kill for us now same was extreme hidden and the feeding position must have been extreme uncomfortable for him.



At least from time to time the leaves split and allowed a couple of clear views onto



the feeding leopard.



Then all of a sudden same grabbed his kill and jumped down the tree out of sight for us and disappeared with his breakfast completely.



Wow what an incredible sighting during the last hours within the park and we had same all to ourselves and only after the leopard disappeared another car arrived – Yesterday we unfortunately missed a leopard but today we got a more than nice compensation with this fantastic sighting which we had on top all to ourselves.

to be continued with the final installment………

A great sighting and an impressive species of a leopard

Wow what a awesome Leopard sighting and those photos are so beautiful

Such lovely shots, Pumbaa!

Difficult to pick a favourite, but the leopard certainly posed wonderfully!

I like the crocs in the nice light too!

Not nice to be so hot in the morning already!

I wonder what cuckoo that is?

It's a common cuckoo

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 6:06 pm A great sighting and an impressive species of a leopard

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 6:14 pm It's a common cuckoo

We had such luck during the very last hours in the park It was fantastic

harrys wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 8:53 am Wow what a awesome Leopard sighting and those photos are so beautiful

Luckily the leopard moved as otherwise he would have stayed a bit too hidden