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Cheetahs…

That day I had an appointment, ... At Kamqua at about noon ("Swiss time" "Leopard time" ... you never know ... anything can happen in Kgalagadi )

And precisely this day, it was not a Leopard ... but 4 Cheetahs... even five, he remained hidden and ruined the hunting of the Cheetah Mom

she was ready... the small one soon well hidden

and mum started



too late... she return under a tree a bit far away, call her babies, who ran to mum... and I went to Kamqua
what a morning ... exactly like I love

This is the Cheetah mom with cubs as seen from the upper road.........a true KTP road block........

... the four Cheetahs are there, within range of camera ... almost
About 30 minutes later, they begin to move, obviously they want to return to the dunes on the other side of the road!
It is for me ... I'll see them up close. A car arrives, I make him a sign to slow down and we are two to admire these magnificent cats cross in front of us and climb, with difficulty for babies, the sandy and bushy slope, until they disappear ... What a day
what vision

So... 9 Cheetahs in a day new record

Glad the tiny ones moved and mum too... from under the tree



this one would like to help mum... with a Bustard

enjoy enjoy

little one... see you soon... be carefull with the fire

à suivre...

No i also did not manage to get the male it was a case of now you see him now you don't. i got very similar shoots to you except you photo's of the cheetah on the move are much better than mine.

it was a confusing trip in away i saw these on the first part of the trip and there where 4 little ones this was around the 10th September. Then the day we saw your cheetahs saw only 3 cubs i was wondering if it was the same family? does the mother look the same?

photo's from 10th september

magnificent, thank you for posting

I don't know... it seems not... as per the spots on the right front leg
and the babies are 18 days older on my pictures, and they seems already have the same size

... where are Gus and Margie

now... something completly different

Starling's fighting :

Was very feroce… until death, but I went away just before the end
The wounded one retained the hunter with a leg... with some curious / arbiter who was looking at them... or counted the points