Flavour of the month November 2013 - S99 Mahonie Loop

[nan]

the little one want to do like bigger

[Richprins]

Good stuff all round!


This road is by far the best to see Sharpe's Grysbok in the Park, IMO!

They are tricky little buggers to photograph sometimes, though!

Saw 7 in one morning a decade ago, mostly along the Southern stretch!

[Amoli]

I think we might all have an elephant tale to tell from the Mahonie loop...

We came round a corner and saw this Cow and her baby coming from about 'ten-to' and they were on the run. If I had to stop, they would have gone bang-smash into me. I kept my speed and kept going. The baby got a fright and jumped round and that set the Cow off to trumpet at me. I had a good skrik... phew.

Here is a junior - at a safe distance..





and some Toko's -







and a guinea-fowl with permed hair...

[okie]

While mommy is having a meal behind the bushes :




Babies are having a look around :




Checking out the passing traffic




And then decide to rather go back to mommy

[okie]

Some more Mahonie loop sightings :

A beautiful Saddle Bill stork



lazy ellie.




A magnificent Kudu bull :





And the trees Well , what can you say

[okie]

And White throated bee-eaters just love to have their pics taken

[okie]

There is always a Sharpe's on the Mahonie Loop , especially late afternoon :




As these beauties too :

[nan]

a gem this loop

Speckled Mousebird/Coliou rayé



Red-faced Mousebird/Coliou quiriva

[nan]

Brown-headed Parrot/Perroquet à tête brune





the first Parrots I ever saw in SA

[mposthumus]

We knew something was happening because the squirrels went beserk. So we sat and waited . . . .



The only one of its kind that we saw during our drive along Mahonie Loop



A lone buffalo



Hundreds of tiny frogs



And a big surprise