We start fight off with my
favorite bird the yellow-billed hornbill and one of my favorite men James Hendry
with Jeandré Gerding.
- (2016/03/13 16:05) Leopard tracks
Good afternoon from Brent Leo-Smith
another of my favorite men with Wium Dornbrack on camera. Brent's cheery energized
personality works well with my coffee to wake me up on my mornings and their
afternoons.
- Searching for the baboons
- (2016/03/13 16:13) A waterbuck
James,
- (2016/03/13 16:16) A waterbuck baby and mom
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 16:19) Still searching for the baboons
James,
- (2016/03/13 16:23) The signal is bad today and keeps blinking and black screen. James is looking for a female leopard he saw while on foot earlier today. He is going to track on foot so he sends us to Brent nope Brent is black screen = no signal so we stay with James.
- (2016/03/13 16:27) Crowned lapwing
- (2016/03/13 16:32) Mushrooms
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 16:34) Has found an elephant herd while looking for the baboons.
- (2016/03/13 16:48) Buffalo lying in a water pan one stands up when Brent slowly drives by.
James,
- (2016/03/13 16:51) He found nothing on foot so he is headed over to Djuma pan. Signal is shaking and blinking for him again so we go back to Brent.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 16:53) I made a recording of the elephants making sounds with one smaller elephant coming out of the bush. Then Brent drives on to Buffelshoek waterhole.
James,
- (2016/03/13 16:57) Woodland Kingfisher
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 17:01) Leopard Tortoise in Buffelshoek waterhole trying to swim.
- (2016/03/13 17:06) New resident Hippo is at home in the water as well.
- (2016/03/13 17:07) Water thick-knee
James,
- (2016/03/13 17:09) A large herd of Impala.
- (2016/03/13 17:11) Plum colored Dung beetle (VIDEO) of James picking one up and bringing it to the camera for a great close up view.
- (2016/03/13 17:14) Red-billed hornbill (VIDEO)
- (2016/03/13 17:20) Yellow-billed hornbill
- (2016/03/13 17:23) Nyala bull
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 17:24) Headed to see if the lions from this morning are still asleep.
James,
- (2016/03/13 17:26) Signal is bad on both vehicles both blinking and black screens off and on.
- (2016/03/13 17:28) Buffalo
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 17:29) The Styx pride sleeping soundly.
- (2016/03/13 17:35) Large Spotted Acraea or Acraea Zetes butterfly.
James,
- (2016/03/13 17:48) Juvenile Bateleur eagle
- (2016/03/13 17:51) Ground scrapperthrush
- (2016/03/13 17:55) Elephants not a great view and we are running out of daylight time for the hyena den so off we go. Then the rest of the herd, James can't resist we stop for a short view.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:02) Lions (Plenty of screenshots in my drive photo album)
James,
- (2016/03/13 18:03) Two Ground Hornbills.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:06) A massive flock of Bee-eaters flies over Brent at the lions, but we don't get to see them.
James,
- (2016/03/13 18:08) Hyena den. The January twins climbing all over their mother, Madam. One j-twin climbs up the mount to great November
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:17) A 20 year old or so Elephant bull with the sun setting in the background.
- (2016/03/13 18:19) A katydid was on Wium's camera so Brent took him off to show us.
James,
- (2016/03/13 18:20) Moving vehicle at den. Mistakes June for one of the older one year old cubs, but it was June. After some adorable play time with June and the three present cubs, Corky shows
- (2016/03/13 18:25) Then one of the December twins comes from the left and starts wrestling with November. Then the next D-twin.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:30) One lioness is up and walking a second is sitting up.
James,
- (2016/03/13 18:33) African bull frog.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:35) Lioness grooming herself.
James,
- (2016/03/13 18:42) Bushvelt rain frog eats a termite alate.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:44) Lioness grooming each other.
- (2016/03/13 18:47) The lions are up
James,
- (2016/03/13 18:51) Ground beetle hunting termite alates.
James says his goodbye for the
night.
Brent,
- (2016/03/13 18:54) lioness
- Steenbok and lioness stare at each other for a few seconds.
Brent says his good nights.
End of Drive.
Woo Hoo! Djuma cam is back up and
running like normal again.
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