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Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:58 pm
by Mel
Peter Betts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:52 am This year there has been
no summer rain so in April there will just be red sand when we go
Ja... that's quite disturbing
Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 7:29 am
by Peter Betts
Hopefully it is nothing serious ..The Old matriarch and BOSS of the Rooiputs Lion population has been missing in action for about a month apparently .. When we saw her on 3 occassions in April she was in GREAT condition as the pic shows ...I am quietly confident she will be there in April again
Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:17 pm
by Lisbeth
Could she have had cubs

That would be a good reason

Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:06 pm
by Mel
Let's hope so, Lis

Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:25 pm
by Pumbaa
Thanks for you stunning shots, Peter

Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 1:30 pm
by Peter Betts
On their way to the leaking water Tanks at Campsite 5 ..I came back on the Anti Clockwise road hoping to see Lions in that part of the camp area ..bang there were 2
Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:28 pm
by Lisbeth
Two beautiful lionesses on their own? Maybe the one to the left is pregnant

Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:46 pm
by Mel
Those amber eyes… Well captured with the lady on the right

Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:41 am
by Peter Betts
Unlike the dry conditions this season ..last year this time the Kgalagadi had great rains and as a result by May there was grass everywhere..Took this Bull into the sun in a sea of wheatlike grass..TELFAST time ..Oh how I suffered with hayfever!!!
Re: 18 nights of Solitude at Rooiputs
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:06 am
by Flutterby
I like it!
