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Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 3:43 pm
by harrys
Nyala:

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Warties:

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Huge snail:

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Wildebeest:

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Buffaloes:

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Magpie Shrike:

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Late night -O- O**

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Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:36 pm
by Sharifa
The H7 is one of my favourite roads. Nsemani Dam is a must stop place when we are in the area. This Ellie sighting was magic, and listen to the call of the Fish Eagle :-)

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Found this double dating couple on the road one morning

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Also an excellent road for Wild Dogs

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and cheetah

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Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:29 pm
by Twigga
^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Alot of great pics! So hoping for them cats & dogs when we go that direction in a couple of days (26 to be exact 0*\ )

Apparently you can still drive to the breach in road from Orpen's side, such a relief! I'm not sure how long I would've stand the dusty busy S106?

Top 5 road in Kruger for me

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Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:08 pm
by Flutterby
Great pics harrys and Sharifa!! \O We last saw wild dogs on the H7 in the 80's and it was the first (and only) time we saw a wild dog kill. The dogs were chasing impala between the cars and I still clearly remember an impala jumping over the bonnet of the car in front of us! :shock:

Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 3:59 pm
by Amoli
Ellies at Nsemani Dam :

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and a Fish Eagle :

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and Hippo's :

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Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:39 pm
by Richprins
This is the only road I know of where a tourist vehicle was actually attacked by a lion! :shock:

In the 80's, a mating pair was interrupted by a car, and the male got angry and jumped onto the bonnet and dealt out some punishment! O-/

No great harm done!

(An old CUSTOS article...)

Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:06 pm
by Bushcraft
I have spotted dogs, leopard, civet, jackal, badgers, plenty lion and all the usual, but never cheetah on this road. I need to dig out the pics :-?

I find it hot and cold ;-)

Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:17 pm
by nan
Image "Diva" Korhaan =O: =O: =O:

Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:13 pm
by Richprins
Toko wrote:I think,I am the only one here, who never has found the Orpen doggie pack there =O:
There has been a pretty resident WD pack around the middle of the road for many years, but also a Satara pack earlier...nearer the Eastern end of the road...

But I think they chop and change a lot! -O-


To add to that, and I could have sworn I said this somewhere, the H-7 is a road of three parts...

First, from Orpen along the Timbavati River, then a desolate stretch after the S-36 intersection, then more animals once one enters the Delagoa Bush and savannah near Nsemani Dam and beyond! \O

Re: Flavour of the Month - June 2013: H7 (Orpen - Satara)

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:37 pm
by nan
Cape glossy Starling

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