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hilda

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:01 am

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Thanks for another lovely episode with awesome pictures and videos Katydownunder!

I love the cute Yellow Mongoose, lots of Ostriches at the waterhole, and a Giraffe drinking from the reservoir! That must be much easier than to bend down like they normally have to do! :clap:

Lots and lots of AWCs! Normally a very scarce sighting! :dance:

Awesome bird pictures too! Great shots of the Tawny with the Snake! :thumbs_up:

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barryels

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:13 am

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Another great day with beautiful sightings all around :clap:

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Love the AWC's and tawny with the snake :dance:

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Thanks for sharing the video's with us as well :thumbs_up:

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Philip1

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:42 am

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Katy for the stunning Photos, Videos and Sightings :great:

LOOOOVE little Kitty in the tree :mrgreen:

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Suej

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:58 am

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fascinating sightings. The large numbers of Eland, especially dying at waterholes remind me of my first visit during a very dry period in 2007.

Love the stunning AWC piccies!

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:30 pm

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@ Aristocat
There are always good reasons to return t KTP :whistle:

@ Pumbaa
I knew you would love the Owls :wink:

@ anne-marie
I hope you were able to watch the videos in the meantime :pray:

@ Zypresse
They are easy to prepare and were very tasty

It seems the Kitties loved us....

@ melph68

Quote:

I'd never noticed just how fluffy tawny eagle legs were

Almost like bloomers.....

@ hilda
Thank you!

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:33 pm

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@ barryels
The videos add so much more, don't you think ?!

@ Philip1
Thanx a lot

@ Suej
It was already terrible in 2007, but then we "only" saw the carcasses...
This time we actually saw them die :cry:

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anne-marie

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:38 pm

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it's ok now :dance:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:39 pm

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08.11.

We were close to Sitzas when we had quite an unusual sighting...
A huge Monitor! Our first in the Kalahari

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And then he was gone....

After that we spotted a very rare two headed Ostrich :lol:

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What an eventful morning....

Back at the camp we discovered a spider that I have never seen before...
A Lynx Spider.

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We had to do some shopping at Mata Mata in the afternoon before heading out for our drive...
Just before we entered the camp gates we found this fellow...

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By the time we reached Craig Lockhardt we spotted a Giraffe majestically walking along the top of the dune.

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Our destination for the afternoon was Dalkeith Waterhole.
Here we found two Tawny Eagles.

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They were soon chased away by a little herd of Kudus.

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It was time to return back to KTC.
Along the way we spotted a Striped Kingfisher.

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A Springbok in beautiful golden light...

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A Kalahari Scrub Robin

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And a couple of Wildebeest coming down the dune on their way to the waterhole.

Wow, what a day....
And it was not over yet.....
Just after we arrived at the camp we discovered something at the waterhole.
A Cheetah!
Unfortunately the light was already really bad for pics...

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Jan van Wyk

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:49 pm

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Just love the images detail and videos :dance:

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Lionspoon

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:06 pm

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Glad, you remembered those videos from the last installment.
That owl chick is too cute for words. :mrgreen:

The rutting kudus - a very special sighting as well, methinks. :thumbs_up:

And three wildcats in a row - indecent! :lol:

They all seemed pretty much aware of your presence judging by the videos.

Can't tell you how glad I am that I had dinner before watching
the tawny of the last installment. :lol:

Great stuff though. :clap:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:29 pm

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@ Jan van Wyk
Tahnk you!

@ LS

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And three wildcats in a row - indecent! :lol:

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Can't tell you how glad I am that I had dinner before watching
the tawny of the last installment.

When I watched the video after processing here at home I thought: Ugh, yuck! :lol:

t did not look that unsavoury while taking the photos :roll:

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Pumbaa

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:17 pm

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As much as I love fluffy owls and gorgeous cheetahs I do also have a faible for monitors - Yours do have an impressive size, Katja :big_eyes:

Love also the interaction between the cheetah and the jackal in your video :clap:

As for the striped kingfisher :mrgreen:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:27 pm

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Thanx Pumbaa :gflower:

He was a really impressive guy :wink:

Such a pitty that the waterhole is quite far away and the light was bad, but it was great o see the Cheetah and the Jackal.....

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anne-marie

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:34 pm

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Monitor, and what a beautiful one :dance:

(I saw one 2 years ago... maybe the same a bit longer :lol:

)
I love the two headed Ostrich :clap:

the Lynx... no ! no ! not for me :shock:

You have the chance to saw the Pumba :dance:

and a Striped Kingfisher :clap:

, I saw one, against the light and difficult to say which one

again superb :clap:

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hilda

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:48 am

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WOw! That is indeed a huge Monitor katydownunder! :shock:

And the two-headed Ostrich .... :lol:

Love the two Tawnys having a chat around the waterhole. Great shot of the Striped Kingfisher too. :clap:

Awesome pictures and videos! Thanks for sharing! :dance:

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