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barryels
 Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012
Unread postPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:58 am 
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Woow!!! what a huge monitor you saw :shock: .
Great two headed ostrich :wink: .
Also love the birdie pic's and the cheetah and jackal at the waterhole :dance: :dance: .
Beautiful kudu as well :clap: :clap: .
Thanks for sharing :thumbs_up: .

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Beautifully composed images. Especially love the Kingfisher pic! :clap:

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Awesome sightings videos and pics the list just on and on very special :mrgreen: .....what a day you had. :thumbs_up:

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Caught up again ..............been gone so long I had to start at the beginning........... :redface: :redface:

Stunning sightings and some real gems!!!!

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Sharifa
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Lovely monitor sighting and the two headed ostrich. Brilliant :) Haven't seen one of those yet.

On my wishlist :) :dance:

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:clap: Monitor, Striped Kingfisher, Cheetah etc etc etc!!!! "WOW". :thumbs_up:

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 Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012
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Just caught up again! Gorgeous AWC sightings! They were definitely doing well this year! :thumbs_up: Loved your Striped Kingfisher pic and super Monitor sighting! :mrgreen: :clap: :clap: :clap: Thanx Katy and Francolin! :D

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I think, I missed an installment when I last posted. :slap:
The kitties took away all my attention. :lol:

Anyway, a trip of quite some first! A monitor sighting is
something I'd appreciate big times as well. And a striped kingfisher :mrgreen:

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@ anne-marie
Francolin did not like o watch the SPider or the photo eiher.....

@ hilda
The Monitor was such big guy....
We only saw a lager one in Kruger....

@ barryels
It was great to see the Cheetah, it didn't matter that the waterhole is quite far away at KTC :D

@ Suej
Thank you!

@ Trrp-trrrrrrrr
Indeed a super day, the Kalahari never disappoints...

@ lion queen
Thanx a lot!
Have you been to KTP once again ?! :hmz: :mrgreen:

@ Sharifa
:thumbs_up:

@ Philip1
8) Thank you!

@ wanderw
The AWC's were doing briliant this year wanderw
And the Monitor was something special

@ LS
:lol:

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katydownunder
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We started early in the morning, only waited about 10 minutes past gate opening times before heading south....

There was still a bit of mist in the riverbed, this and the cars raising dust created this unique atmosphere at Sitzas.

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Just as we came down the hill past Sitzas we discovered something in the riverbed.
Cheetahs with a kill and some Jackals.
It took a little while to ID what they had caught...
t was an Ostrich!

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We drove around the next bend, only to find traffic Jam.
But everybody was behaving very well and we actually found a very good spot to take photos.

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The Jackals waited for a good moment...

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A brave Jackal

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Then the Cheetahs left and it was the Jackals turn...

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Quickly checking if the Cheetahs were indeed leaving

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To be continued...

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Sharifa
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The giraffe pic in the misty riverbed and the dust creates a beautiful atmosphere :)

Awesome cheetah with their kill :clap: :clap:

They look like they did get to eat well before the jackals took over :thumbs_up:

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fantastic :clap: :clap: :clap:
do you know if somebody saw the capture... how did they made, it could be interesting to see/know :hmz:

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breathtaking picture of the misty morning :big_eyes:

and then cheetahs again :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Awesome sighting although felt sorry for the ostrich but that's Nature :? at least the jackals got their share as well :thumbs_up:

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Hi Katy :D :D

It seems one never has a dull day in KTP :lol:

What fabulous sightings you had :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

I especially love the rock monitor 8) 8)

And then cheetahs with their kill :shock:

More please :popcorn:

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Wow!!!! Love the pic of the Giraffe and bokkie in the dusty misty morning, captured beautifully. :thumbs_up:

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: What a wonderful sequence of pics of the Cheetah...just stunning. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ..they look well fed. :dance: Big chicken went down well. :lol: :lol:

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