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Great photos Jan. We were also in the park at the end of November and beginning of December 2012. We also noted the many Eland carcasses. I believe that many of them were by killed lions.With the Eland coming to the waterholes espescially at night the lions were waiting for them. We saw this one morning at Houmoed. When we arived at the waterhole we saw that lions had killed 3 Eland. They had only eaten the one, leaving the other 2 virtually untouched.

It seemed that this had happened at the other waterholes as well. We also saw the Eland carcass on the lower dune road of which you posted a photo. Late one afternoon at Kij Gamies we saw 10 lions at the waterhole. At the time there was no Eland carcass on the road. The next day we found the partially eaten Eland carcass not far from the waterhole which was obviously killed the previous evening.

Thanks for your report.

Thank you for your kind comments...Super Mongoose....Sheenaugh-Lee.....Pumbaa.....Meandering Mouse.....Aristocat... anne-marie.....Trrp-trrrrrrrr.....hilda and Div.Comments and views appreciated

Div thank you for the info about the dead Eland. We wondered why no scavengers started eating them and suppose they can only eat so much.

Young Goshawks are always busy on the ground looking for food. This one took a break and allowed me to capture this one against a beautiful background.









We also spotted a Kudu not often seen near Twee Rivieren Camp.



We had a amazing morning drive and could not wait for the afternoon drive, but first it was time to lay low with the temperature above 40 degrees.

Afternoon drive to follow...

So kind of the bird to pose so beautifully I am always amazed at how a good photograph looks so effortless.

Jan,

Goshawk pics are Stunning

Kudu looks a bit on the thin side.

Thanks for sharing.

Nice very Nice pictures.

Thank you all for the comments

We decided to go back to Kij Kij and look for the Lions we saw the morning.

We found them relaxing in the shade.









If you need directions to Rooiputs...



Afternoon drive continued...

Simply love your goshawks, Jan,

and then lions again

Gorgeous Goshawk pictures Jan!

Beautiful Lion sighting too!

That was really hot!

I love the Crimson Breasted, My mom always says they remind her of a chinese harlot (not sure the spelling = ghesha)

Not only are you an extremely gifted photographer,
you also get extremely wonderful sightings to be converted
into extremely stunning pictures.

Now I'm extremely exhausted from the extreme use of extremely.

Thank you Pumbaa,hilda,NetEk and Lionspoon for the comments...appreciate them all

We decided to leave the Lions at Kij Kij and took the Dune road again back to TR.

Jackals are almost around every corner and this one was on his way to Munro.



At Munro we spotted two Tawny Eagles drinking.










We waited patiently until they take off for some wonderful images....to follow

Just stunning photos Jan

I love the double vision pics of the lions on page 4 Sorry just catching up with all the gorgeous photos

Beautiful goshawk and shrike pics

and the tawny sequence is superb and more to come

Wow - glad I came across this TR - amazing photos Jan! Those lions are gorgeous! Love the poses the young males did for you...

Interesting, but sad about all those Eland...

Awesome picture of the "out of breath" Jackal Jan!

Gorgeous Tawny Eagles! Beautiful sequence of them drinking water!

Thank you, Bushbuddies,Sharifa and Hilda for the comments

We waited for the take off and were rewarded with some great images.











Back to TR after an amazing day of sightings we end the day with another Jackal.



To be continued day 3, our last day at TR before leaving for Nossob