The Big Cat Diary and a Couple of Lifers

[Pumbaa]

The drought is really scary

The little bee-eater is sooo pretty

The drought was more than scary in that area

[Pumbaa]

always interesting to stay a little bit around a waterhole
love the fluffy too

At least the first puddle looks not like a waterhole

[Pumbaa]

Very nice pics and thoughts, Pumbaa!

Good to see that Gudzane windmill operating...it is very nice and one can get close to the water with some shade under bushes, if I recall?

Gudzani windmill is a worth stop whenever in the area as normally there is always animal activity there

[Pumbaa]

A bit further down we noticed a couple of light brown spots in the distance – a quite large pride of lions and after looking a bit carefully around we saw as well a couple of cubs



and a couple of daddies under some bushes. All members of the pride were lying wide spread but all of them were indeed far too far away for some decent shots. At least we were once again happy that we saw them but we had a reunion with all of them again only two days later....



After a while we carried on and met more giraffes



and for sure impalas and then it was time to turn into the S90



where we spotted a black-backed jackal who just caught something and was now busy in chewing on something which looked like some sort of rodent.





Same chewed on the poor creature with pleasure

[Pumbaa]

and after same had nearly finished its snack same started to look around.



For us this section of the S90 is always a great jackal spot and so it was today as it did not take long until we spotted another one and even more.



We carried on and came across some resting zebras



and some steenbokies which we also do meet quite regular here.





The rest of the road was then extreme quiet and only along the tar road back to Satara we met some more than cute piglets



plus mom trying to find something substantial to eat between all the sand and stones.



A cute sleeping smaller hyaena made us stop again and for sure nobody could resist in taking a couple of shots from that gorgeous creature.



At Satara we made only a very short break as it was still far too early to already return to our bungalow and whilst I was about to buy the daily ice cream Timon armed his camera and tried to capture a woodpecker in camp.



When it came to the question which way to drive we decided to give the H6 another try although we never had that luck on that road whilst staying at Satara as the other roads offered far more to us.

We stopped for more kudus along that road





and for a couple of giraffes feeding on some leaves.



We admired a beautiful tawny eagle a bit farer away in a tree and captured a brown snake eagle



to be continued....

[nan]

wow Woodpecker, Snake-Eagle, lovely Zebra and Steenbok, lot of Giraffes
Jackal chewing what he likes

and the little Pumbaa

[stefan9]

Love the jackal pics.

[Lisbeth]

Nice jackals

The lions look as if they have been feasting. I presume that the dark shadows on the faces is blood

[Richprins]

Nice, Pumbaa! Interesting the jackal even making a kill!

Dzombo is doing a flavour about the H6, ironically!


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[Flutterby]

What lovely sightings and pics!

The jackal and hyena posed nicely for you and the piglets are so cute!