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Thanks tedredrum It was a special day indeed

24 November 2012

Nothing at the waterhole this morning but the driver called me as he was packing the car. Charlie Fax had caught herself a rodent.



Naturally we headed south but no sign of Tshidi . We got a Namaqua sandgrouse and a bat eared fox





Near Auchterlonie 2 lions





Then these spotted eagle owls on the cliff



Two red necked falcons at Kamfersboom





We turn around to return to Urikaruus and find 2 tawnies that have a bone to pick



and then a car comes along and it is katydownunder and francolin We have a short “meet” and get more tips from kdu

We head back to Urikaruus and Duke says leopard. It is Tshidi at the base of the tree





And Seleka is on the tree








Tshidi decides it is better in the tree so climbs up













We have them for about 20 minutes before the next car arrives. We move on to Urikaruus, have lunch and return to the leopards

Tshidi is fast asleep



and Seleka is across the road under a tree



and I reckon she is a female

TBC……

Seleka thinks it is time to chase squirrels











But the squirrel is too quick and down its burrow







And Seleka settles down very close to us







And I can relive this scene over and over...SIGH.....

It was not only leopards on the 24 November

We did get this ostrich family visit the Urikaruus waterhole





and a spotted thick knee family.









a camera friendly spotted eagle owl chick







sparring giraffes





and it was the year of the eland I was hoping to see one Eland on this trip, we got many





another wonderful day

Thank you all who have been following my Trip Report

Will continue when we return from KTP in the new year.

Have a blessed Christmas and wishing all of you a happy new year and all the best for 2013

Thank you Aristocat, Pumbaa, anne-marie, Lionspoon, OWN, tedredrum, normana53, barryels

Safely back home from another amazing KTP trip. Had the pleasure of witnessing another spectacular Kalahari thunderstorm.

For the trip in November I said it was the yesr of the Lion and the Eland. A month later we got one brief Eland sighting and not many lions.

As it rained on a few days while we were in KTP the game was not visiting the waterholes and we had to do a lot more searching but we found them

It was also the lambing time for the springboks and although we did not get to witness a birth this time, the little ones were all over the place. If I had to give a title to this trip it would be Springboks and Spotted Cats :wink:

We had the pleasure of meeting Guinea Pig, DuQues, Rookie, Fotomaljohan, Caracal, JanH, ctv4, Gandalf, Kalahari Guru

Lots of cleaning, washing and photos to sort out (will keep the driver busy for a while ) and also to finish the last two days from the November trip but hope to get going soon.

Thanks anne-marie, Phillip1, hilda, Mandinga.


25 November 2012

We went north on the morning of the 25th. It was quiet but we saw a brown snake eagle



We returned to Urikaruus and packed up. The neighbour tells us that he saw the cubs and Barolong on the ridge very briefly before they disappeared over the dune. He also tells us he saw saw 7 spotted hyena bring down a wildebeest on the road, near Kamqua

We head for Twee Rivieren and see the hyena and meet peterpiper here. Peter also had a good sighting of them eating and dragging the carcas off the road and in the shade





Further on another Haartebeest and calf



and a hornless gemsbok getting a hard time





poor guy

26 November 2012

We headed up the Aoub side early in the morning. We did see two lionesses in the riverbed and general game but the sighting for today was this yellow mongoose in camp







27 November 2012

and so getting back to the future

Thank you Trrp-trrrrrr, anne-marie, Timbits, hilda, barryels

So we near Leeudril and we see this cape fox and stop



Two cars were ahead of us and did not stop so would not have seen the cubs as they were further in, and in a very playful mood






















Thank You to all of you who followed this trip report