An Alien birthday weekend at Sirheni

[Alf]

The gang were there sitting above the skottel in the trees waiting for any lack of concentration to just drop down and grab what they can.....

We had no time to take any pictures. Even while we were eating we had to stand next to the skottel to protect food

[Lisbeth]

Quite a nuisance

[Alf]

When one hornbill flies over to your spot the others immediately thinks he will get food and all of them arrives at once,afraid they won't get anything.

Then they sit like vultures in the tree waiting to pounce

You can try to scare them away but they will just hop from one branch to another keeping all eyes on your food.

And the moment you turn your back they will attack the skottel as if it's their right to do so

[Pumbaa]

What an incredible leopard shot, Alf,

with the leopard in the tree and the bufaloes came running Perfectly captured

[Bushcraft]

Sjoe, fantastic leopard and buffalo interaction

[Alf]

It was an amazing birthday present for me

[Flutterby]

Fantastic leopard sighting!

[Alf]

We drove down to Shingwedzi for the kids to have some ice cream and the older people to take a toilet break

We took the S56 back to camp. Not far down the road or first sighting

Further down we saw some Eland

Not everyone realized how lucky they are to see Eland

I was over the moon

Next episode: Elephants having a spa day

[Lisbeth]

[RogerFraser]

Super cool sightings . We saw a few while we were at Mopani in July