Stories from Tar Roads and From Spots

[RogerFraser]

Love the hornbills in the tree

Nice buff and always stop to watch what the vultures are up to when they sitting in the trees

And of course a brilliant baboon pic!

[Pumbaa]

Great sequence of the ground hornbills

It was more than lovely to watch them - We indeed had a great time there

[Pumbaa]

Yes! My thoughts exactly

That baboon however...

Baboons are baboons

[Pumbaa]

Going back a couple pages - some of the lions almost look like they have some "white lion" genes As always, love the birds, esp. the vulture tree and the ground hornbills (naturally ). Baboons are always good for smiles!

Definitely we could not complain about the sightings that day and your might be right with the white lion genes

[Pumbaa]

A nice selection again, Pumbaa!

Those are quite big buffs!

Interesting hornbill behaviour shots too.

And of course a brilliant baboon pic!

The buffaloes so enjoyed their spa and we were so happy about that ground hornbill sighting

[Pumbaa]

Love the hornbills in the tree

Nice buff and always stop to watch what the vultures are up to when they sitting in the trees

And of course a brilliant baboon pic!

The variety of what we say made it a fantastic one - It was indeed a lovely one

[Pumbaa]

We only left camp very late for a short afternoon drive into the direction of Girivana and along the way we discovered a lot of general game enjoying the fresh green grass.



A bit farer away in a bush we then detected a night heron



and in a tree white backed and white headed vultures.



It was then quiet a Girivana but it heated a bit up over the day but luckily in the dry stream to cross there we discovered a hamerkop



but as nothing else was around we did not stay that long but returned back to Nsemani where a larger group of giraffes



were on the way to the dam



and we even had to stop to let them cross the road.



A couple of cactuses could be seen as well



and whilst driving back via the tar road more vultures could be seen



and whilst I already was complaining about the lack of marabou storks lots of them appeared now far away and even closer



and with more vultures we returned back to camp and enjoyed our very last braai there.



Monday, 24. February, 2021 – Satara - Olifants

Explored roads: H1-4 – H7 – S40 – S12 – H7 – S39 – H1-5 – S89 – S90 – S92 – H8 – S44 – S93 – H8

As always moving days are not nice you just began to feel comfortable and home in your bungalow and then it is again time to pack everything together and start in a new one but on the other hand this is that magic about Kruger visits. At least we started again slowly with a brewing hot coffee on our verandah and in no time we were ready and drove into the direction of Nsemani here we soon had to stop as two hyenas were in fact not that happy about clearing the road



to let us as well as other cars pass.

[Pumbaa]

We only stopped at Nsemani for a quick view and wanted soon drive via the S40 one final time to Girivana when suddenly a familiar silhouette crossed the road and I only noticed with the glimpse of my eyes the white tip of the tail. When we arrived where we supposed the leopard might have crossed the road he was still there but for sure was staring into the other direction.



Now I started to speak to myself: “Please turn the head around, please turn the head around at least once for a quick shot” and what to say he did.



It was still only a short audience by the leopard but a leopard is a leopard and so we were extreme happy that we even could see him from the front



but he had no time to stay longer and soon walked farer into the bush and we never noticed him again although we waited a while.



Finally we still drove the short detour via Girivana but it got quiet again but we stopped for another brown snake eagle



and white headed vultures extreme close in a tree where we stood





and not far from the vultures in another tree we even noticed a beautiful bateleur,



however, the rest got quiet again



and soon we already turned into the tar road again where it got somehow extreme misty as Mr. elephant showed us.



Maybe due to the mist we did not see anything else and already turned into the S39 where close to the road as otherwise we might have missed same we spotted a couple of yellow billed hornbills



and noted something running in the higher grass which revealed as black backed jackal



from which we even got from time to time a couple of shots.



to be continued…….

[Lisbeth]

Beautiful light on the giraffes

Nice to see Lots of different vultures

The hyenas look really angry

And as you say a leopard is a leopard even if not very visible and not very good looking

Strange place for a heron

[Richprins]

A whole bunch of birdies again, Pumbaa!

I love the giraffe shots too.

What an old leopard!

Those cactuses (prickly pears) are invaders and should be removed ASAP!

When do you decide on your routes, the night before?