Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie & Low-Level Bridge

All kinds of information on members' favourite routes in Kruger
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

Amazing sequences from a 2013 leachy trip report:



https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 4&start=10



leachy wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:58 am

one night under the boer been tree

heksie and her mummy were telling me about a hippo that they had seen from the lower sabie weir

and that they were concerned about it's well being ........

i spotted the hippo and it was pleasing to see that it was sleeping peacefully in amongst the rocks

.
Image
.
Image
.


it was also awesome to see how the different species can co-exist in harmony ...
.
Image
.
Image
.




Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

leachy wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:20 pm


the resident swallows at the weir.
.
Image
.
Image
.
Image
.


and then the dreaded indian myna ...

or as it is now officially called......... the common myna..

i remember how devastated we were when we first saw them in the park a few years ago.....

it was a traumatic event

akin to hearing the recent news about the arrival of the "famous brands" outlets in the camps...

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

and this too shall pass.......

.
Image
.
Image
.
Image
.
Image
.




Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

early the next day

Image



i headed off to see how hippo at the weir was doing........

it seems that i had arrived during the hippos annual proctology inspection....


Image

it must have been quite an horrific ordeal

as the poor hippo's eyes had completely popped out of its sockets....


Image



so......... from the evidence on the doctor-croc's snout

there was still a bit of moisture in the anal cavity


Image

Image

however on closer inspection of the hippo

there seemed to be an excess leakage of fluid from his ears and nostrils..............


Image

i think this hippo had shuffled off this mortal coil

and gone to meet its maker....


0/* 0/* 0/* 0/* 0/* 0/* 0/* 0/*


from the weir one can see why many people just drove past the hippo

without spotting it at all ........


Image



there was another battle scarred hippo lying in the rapids

that had been there since the previous day


Image


a while later......... i was quite surprised to see the behaviour of this terrapin

it was either a carnivore

or it had been hanging out with the other leeches too long

and was practicing hemotophagia


Image

Image

Image



during the course of the day a few more jurassic residents started arriving......

Image

Image

Image
[/quote]


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

leachy wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:19 pm


back at the weir the crocs were just lying around

and smiling at the prospect of a good feast ......

.
Image
.


while this terrapin was exercising on an airmill

(like a treadmill.. but in the air)

.
Image
.


so...........

i turned my attention to the birds in the vicinity.

.
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

a while later

there was some action in the water
Last edited by Richprins on Tue May 08, 2018 10:08 am, edited 1 time in total.


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

leachy wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:57 am :-) :-) :-) :-)

so...................

back at the weir....

.
.
Image


my initial question was...

who had the ability

to remove the tender parts of the face

they say that the cheeks are always a delicacy.....

.
.
O** O** O**


but the rest of the hippo

had become the focus of attention

of a gathering of crocodiles

(and one frustrated vulture.... )

who were tossing back the meagre morsels ..........

.
.
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

leachy wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:45 pm :-) :-) :-) :-)

so...................

my last sunny day at the weir.


:-( :-(



the pied kingfisher kept me busy
.
.
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image
.
.
.
Image


and a fish eagle flapping about overhead
.
.
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

Lion on the bridge, with lady out of car!

These pics by leachy were in the papers, I think! :shock:




Image


Image


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
User avatar
Flutterby
Posts: 44150
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 12:28 pm
Country: South Africa
Location: Gauteng, South Africa
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Flutterby »

What a meat fest for the hippos! :shock:

And what a stupid woman! 0*\


leachy
Posts: 2918
Joined: Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:17 pm
Country: rsa
Location: naspotie
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by leachy »

Flutterby wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 10:07 am What a meat fest for the hippos! :shock:

And what a stupid woman! 0*\
she said, in afrikaans, on the day that

"they know those lions... he wont do anything!!"

0- 0- 0- 0- 0-


the future is not what it used to be
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75838
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Flavour Of The Month - Oct 2012: L. Sabie Low-Level Bridge

Post by Richprins »

What does Afrikaans have to do with it? @#$ 0=


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
Post Reply

Return to “Favourite Routes in Kruger”