Looking back *

[flying cheetah]

Thank you all for your feedback here, it's very much appreciated

Another lovely sighting near Tihanganyeni were these Wildebeests with a nearly newborn calf. It seemed that the whole herd tried to protect the little one and I had to wait a good while before I could take the pics without any adults between my camera and the calf

[Lisbeth]

OK, FC, but gnus are not my favourite animals.....give me rather a squirrel and I'll be happy

[flying cheetah]

Just for you

[flying cheetah]

Thank you all for your input here Only10 more days before I go back to Kruger and now the exciting and sometimes stressful period before a trip starts

As requested I have some more Roan pics for you. All my other sightings of Roan (5 in all my trips) were single bulls but this time I had the luck to see the resident herd near Babalala. They were crossing the road in front of me and the bull even took the time to give me a deep look in the eyes..

[flying cheetah]

Thank you all for your kind comments
I had 6 Roan sighting during the last years, 5 of them were bulls on their own (all on the Tropic of Caprocorn - loop), the other one was this herd at Babalala. But I also must say that I drove the
ToC-loop 7 times last Nov and every drive took me 2-4 hours. You have to scan the bush carefully, be patient and of course......be very lucky

Personally I madse the experience t´hat the S100 is not a very good roads for cats but you can have nice bird (and often raptor-) sightings. Here are some pics of my last drive on this road:

[flying cheetah]

Thank you Lisbeth, Flutterby and Bushcraft for your feedback on the birds

I told you already that I drove the Tropic of Capricorn - loop several times but this one afternoon the road seemed to be deserted. Even at the waterhole there was not much to be seen and so I decided to go back to camp early to lit my fire. Before I left ther waterhole another car came from the direction I was heading to now and they also told me that they saw nothing. What can I say??
I drove for 3 or 4 minutes and I had the most fantastic cheetah sighting The 2 brothers were hanging around a no entry sign for 20 minutes before they slowly walked away from me . One of them even looked back as if he wanted to ask me to follow them I watched them until they were only small shadows in my binocs. Needless to say that I arrived at camp just before closing time...Once again I was the only car for the whole time and I seriously fell in love with the Mopani area

[flying cheetah]

Thank you all for your feedback on the cheetah sighting, I knew you would like it

Today we had the first of the coming winter here and I cannot believe that I'm back in kruger in exactly one week. The timing couldn't be better -O
But before I go I have some more pics for you. Today I show you a sequence of pics of a couple that I saw close together several times at Sunset dam. For some reason they seem to like each other

[flying cheetah]

Thank you Flutterby, harrys and Toko for your great support

On a very rainy morning I was driving the Shongololo loop (S142) and I new it would ber very tough to find any animals but thank god some fellows not mind wet conditions and I met this Chameleon and a Tortoise in ther middle of the road. The crocodile was seen at the bridge at Shipandani and was really close to me

[flying cheetah]

Thank you Lisbeth and Flutterby for all your great support on this thread

Today I have some pics of birds that are very small but sometimes very entertaining: Red-billed Oxpeckers!
These ones (seen on the S25) produced a funny show for me -O

[flying cheetah]

Thank you all for your comments here
My inner feeling is indeed much more looking forward than looking back now as I have only 3 more sleeps and the final preparations have already started. I think you all know what I mean

Today I show you a young Zebra fowl that produced a special road block on the H7. The little one may look lonely but the rest of the herd was on both sides of the road. I was surprised that the Youngster stood all alone and so vulnerable away from the others but then the Stallion came and made clear that he wouldn't tolerate this any longer..