You found "Sausage" Flutts & Brat or better known as the "Jackalberry Male".
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A Blissful Flutter with the Brat
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Hey there, BC! Long time no see. How is the family?
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Good to hear
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Yes, an awesome sighting!!
I know, such a pity we had to leave!
Have you never stayed at Lower Sabie? Best area for sightings!RogerFraser wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:09 pm Great Leopard sighting
And always when there isn't enough time
Really need to make a plan to stay there
Thanks RP. Sorry...forgot to take pics of the food.
I would have to agree with you!
Wow...thanks BC!! Did you have any luck?
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The next morning we left at gate opening time, as usual, and decided to head down the H4-1 again in the hope of finding more leopards.
About 4kms out of camp I spotted 4 lions right next to the road, which all the cars ahead of us had driven straight past.
They moved into the road and kept us entertained for a while.
They soon moved off so we carried on, only to find a lone male a little further on.
He didn't hang around long and we carried on. We scanned the area around the tree where we had seen the leopard which BC says is known as Sausage but couldn't see anything, so we moved onto the spot where we had seen the leopard on the kill...also no luck. I then suggested to the Brat that we go back to 'Sausages's tree' for one more look. As we approached we saw a few cars stopped and then I spotted him in the long grass next to the road...he was hunting!! He was difficult to keep track of as the bush was thick and he soon disappeared. The other cars moved off but we decided to hang around. There were some impala in the dip next to tree, and we thought he might try again. About 15 minutes later, we spotted him, stalking the impala. He then came charging out of the bushes but missed again! And again, we didn't get any pics as the bush was too thick and it all happened so fast!
We carried on, and soon found a traffic jam on one of the loop roads next to the river. We managed to find the 5 lions that were causing the chaos, but they were far away and not worth the stress.
A very large herd of buffs was much more interesting and easier to watch!
About 4kms out of camp I spotted 4 lions right next to the road, which all the cars ahead of us had driven straight past.
They moved into the road and kept us entertained for a while.
They soon moved off so we carried on, only to find a lone male a little further on.
He didn't hang around long and we carried on. We scanned the area around the tree where we had seen the leopard which BC says is known as Sausage but couldn't see anything, so we moved onto the spot where we had seen the leopard on the kill...also no luck. I then suggested to the Brat that we go back to 'Sausages's tree' for one more look. As we approached we saw a few cars stopped and then I spotted him in the long grass next to the road...he was hunting!! He was difficult to keep track of as the bush was thick and he soon disappeared. The other cars moved off but we decided to hang around. There were some impala in the dip next to tree, and we thought he might try again. About 15 minutes later, we spotted him, stalking the impala. He then came charging out of the bushes but missed again! And again, we didn't get any pics as the bush was too thick and it all happened so fast!
We carried on, and soon found a traffic jam on one of the loop roads next to the river. We managed to find the 5 lions that were causing the chaos, but they were far away and not worth the stress.
A very large herd of buffs was much more interesting and easier to watch!
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That was pretty successful, even if you didn't get photos of the leopard. But watching him stalking and hunting probably still got the adrenalin pumping
Quite a lot of buffs there indeed
Quite a lot of buffs there indeed
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Your patience ought to have been paid a little more, but at least you saw the leopard and it was "doing things"
Also the lions were moving around, which is far better than the usual flat ones
Also the lions were moving around, which is far better than the usual flat ones
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Simply love that masses of buffaloes, Flutterby,
and always lovely to spot lions early in the morning especially when others drive straight past them
and always lovely to spot lions early in the morning especially when others drive straight past them
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