Having the Time of my Life revisited (October 2016)

[Mel]

Miera kept walking towards us and eventually crossed the road right behind our bakkie. She continued to search the shrubs for a tasty Cape fox or African wild cat. And then - all of a sudden - all we saw was dust and a leopard running off. Miera had indeed flush out an animal that she was intend to make her breakfast

I managed this one shot before the both of them disappeared around the corner and out of our view.



We had to turn the car around and by the time we got where we had last seen the leopard, she was gone... Once again, we had been the only car at the scene but by the time we had turned around another car had approached and they were clearly looking at something interesting. Miera had reappeared again and since there was not wild cat dangling from her mouth, I think it's safe to say that she missed that one.

Eventually Miera moved off over the ridge of the dunes closer to the road and we got going again. Totally happy to have had such a thrilling sighting as the last one before leaving the park. We felt totally blessed anyway since we had watched a cheetah taking down a proper springbok ram, lions killing a wildebeest and now a leopard chasing a wild cat.

This is the end of my travel tale although there will be a few Cape fox sightings to follow next year

[Richprins]

What a pic, Mello!!!!!



This was an incredible trip with incredible photos, thanks so very, very much for your effort!

[nan]

superb... a big thank you

did the cat escape
you don't know... I know

[Pumbaa]

Thanks Mel,

it must have been an amazing trip with lot of incredible sightings and I have enjoyed your tale thouroughly

That last shot is indeed very special

Many happy returns

[ExFmem]

This entire TT has been chock full of excitement, beginning to end Thanks so much for sharing it with all of us

Some fox pics coming still??

[Alf]

Trying to catch up on this report. So difficult when I'm on holiday the whole time.

Stunning pictures Mel

[Flutterby]

So sad about Baroleng but what a lovely sighting of Miera and that last pic is awesome!!

[Mel]

Thank you ladies and gentlemen I'll have to admit that I'm really chuffed with that hunting photo myself. Although... there obviously is always a "better" but I'll settle for managing at least a shot that wasn't blurred.

ExFmem, I'll post some foxies at some point. That's a promise. Might be only at the end of the month though. Report time at school for me and trying to keep track here on the forum and on the cheetahs on Facebook is quite time consuming at the moment.

[Bushcraft]

Catching up again

Wow, lions taking out a wildebeest also and then a yellow mongoose with a kill. Is there any predator you didn’t see with a kill

Hanri and cubs again

Another leopard sighting but sad knowing now that she is dead.

Then another leopard and chasing an AWC. Wow, brilliant pics also

A once in a lifetime trip

I hope you have a more “relaxed” expectation of Kruger in April

[Mel]

Thanks for taking the time to catch up here

And, no... I certainly don't expect anything similar in Kruger. The only thing I expect is to see different stuff
and that also includes a lot of birds that don't occur in KTP