Page 4 of 17
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 2:56 pm
by Mel
That day was well and truly done - and it was just a quarter past eight.
Another remarkable sight was a steenbok family. Unfortunately dad was the scaredy-cat that had already run off further into the dunes,
so I was left with only half a family portrait.
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 2:57 pm
by Mel
The only other nice sighting was the scopsie at Nossob, but it wasn't inclined to offer me more than that:
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 3:02 pm
by Pumbaa
Fantastic leopard sighting, Mel,
when you do not expect much you will rewarded with such a sighting
Great shots on top and I am quite sure that this is a female
What beauty
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 3:18 pm
by Lisbeth
Does "Boipelo" mean something? Pelo in Italian means fur/skin
It looks like a young male and he looks first to the left and then to the right not the other way around
Apart from ostriches and steenboks I have never seen anything neither on the upper nor the lower dune roads
Lovely steenboks and a kind of miracle that the other two did not disappear too.
Not much satisfaction from the owl
It's a long trip without seing anything (Leopard excluded
)
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 3:55 pm
by Alf
The leopard playing cat and mouse games
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 4:24 pm
by Richprins
Well done, Mello!
I love the leopard game!
Google says Boipelo means Proud or Haughty in Sotho/Tswana...a girl's name?
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 5:38 pm
by Lisbeth
You just said that it means "Proud" or "Haughty" so what has a girls name to do with it
and I am almost sure that it's a male.
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 6:33 pm
by Richprins
The name is a normal Tswana girl's name, so maybe a girl!
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 8:16 pm
by Lisbeth
I see!
Re: When the Lions are away, the Leopards come out to play (April 2019)
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 9:09 am
by Flutterby
Fantastic sighting!
It looks quite small, or am I wrong?