We
start off with Brent Leo-Smith with Jeandré Gerding on camera. On the hunt for
lions who have been roaring all around camp, he thinks it’s the Nkuhuma pride. However
they heard roaring from several directions so they think it maybe a couple
different groups.
(2016/03/21 05:35) Brent gets a report over the radio that a leopard
was calling right outside room#1 of Djuma's Galego lodge at 3am this morning.
Good morning from Jamie Paterson who has Dave Eastaugh on
camera this morning. (2016/03/21 05:35)
Right as she says good morning she sees
something in her spotlight. It's a Duiker.
(2016/03/21 05:37) She tells us that
this morning just a little while ago as they were preparing to leave for this
drive, that Brent was so excited because of all the lions calling, he left
without his camera man.
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Brent,
(2016/03/21 05:43) Listening for lions or leopards calling or
alarm calling animals.
(2016/03/21 05:44) A relaxed impala herd so he doesn’t think the
lions are near where he is at.
(2016/03/21 05:48) He shows us the tracks.
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 05:49) She has found one Birmingham
boy and he is looking confused of where he should go and chewing something or
smelling something on the ground. He rolls in it.
Then
down the road come two others and they do some rolling and rubbing on each
other.
One
of them has a large bruise on his belly to me it looks like a small puncture
wound in the middle of it, but that is just my speculation. Jamie says it
doesn't look serious.
Its
amazing to see three kings predators rolling around like little kittens so
cute.
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one gets up and marks territory then goes back to the lion pile for rub heads.
(2016/03/21
05:59) he comes over and pretty much checks out Dave and then walks past to the
back of the vehicle.
Brent,
(2016/03/21 06:05) Is hunting for the Nkuhuma pride
and tracks of a female leopard probably Karula.
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 06:07) as the males wander
off towards triple M a main boundary road.
Thank
you to Angie, Blair, & Chris for the help with the Identifying of the
Birmingham boys.
(2016/03/21 06:20) Jamie asks viewers
which of the B.Boys these are.
A
viewer "Blair tells Jamie this is Blondie and Birmingham boy # 3 and # 4.
So not the one that was mating. I asked which was the one we saw mating the
other drive and "Angie" told me it was #2 so he is not here, he was
also the one with the already dead warthog.
We
watch the three B.Boys walk down the road for quite a while before Jamie decides
we better leave the sighting to make more room for others to view them, since
they are headed out our area anyway.
(2016/03/21 06:29) we get out last views as
they walk down the road and into the distance.
Brent,
(2016/03/21 06:30) He has abandoned the
Nkuhuma pride's tracks and is now tracking Karula or a female leopard.
(2016/03/21 06:31) A honey badger
track
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 06:34) Elephants Big 5 #2
of the day.
Brent,
(2016/03/21 06:45) Still searching
thinks she is in thick area
(2016/03/21 06:46) Knob billed duck
flying off
(2016/03/21 06:47) A really high foam
nest frog nest.
(2016/03/21 06:48) He hears on the radio
that maybe
wild dogs in the area a guest posted a picture of them at 6am between the gate
and where he is. Ferrari Safari!
(2016/03/21 06:51) Amur Falcon
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 06:54) Male Lion tracks
with hyena tracks next to them
Brent,
(2016/03/21 07:00) Update on wild dogs
they were found outside our viewing zone so he is back on the hunt for Karula
(2016/03/21 07:05) Male leopard track
(2016/03/21 07:08) Wild dog tracks
(2016/03/21 07:11) A good size
bachelor group of buffalo bulls at Buffelshoek dam
(2016/03/21 07:14) Some kind of scrap
mark maybe a drag mark he gets out to investigate
He
thinks its en elephant dragging a branch or its foot.
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 07:17) She sees a large herd of
impala.
(2016/03/21 07:25) She loses signal
and we go to Brent
Brent,
(2016/03/21 07:26) Says the male
leopard went to Buffelshoek then left and Karula has headed back towards her
den. He is on the trail of the male. I rhyme!
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 07:32) She has a dung beetle rolling
its dung ball.
(2016/03/21 07:36) Mushroom
(2016/03/21 07:38) She shows us a dead
dung beetle
Brent,
(2016/03/21 07:43) The male leopard
left our area so he is going back to, try to, find Karula.
(2016/03/21 07:44) Kudu female in the
brush.
(2016/03/21 07:50) Brent spots an elephant.
(2016/03/21 07:56) We see the
elephant with the lump on his trunk. Possible a cysts or boil, maybe from a
stick poking through his skin and getting infected. Brent shows us a zoomed picture
from his camera.
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 08:00) Purple roller
She
updates up that the three Birmingham boys are now flat asleep in the road
leading to Arathusa but there is already a long line of people in standby to
see them however she did put us in line, she just doesn’t think we will get in
before end of drive.
She
tells us she is curious about the elephant with the boil or lump on his trunk
and they are going to talk to experts and get back to us.
(2016/03/21 08:06) She is still with
the roller but now talking about bats and she shows us in her book the types
they get.
Brent,
(2016/03/21 08:09) Another herd of
elephants he is waiting for them near pan to come up to it to drink and play in
the water, but sadly they continue on eating and don’t drink or even come to
this pan.
(2016/03/21 08:13) A
young ellie walks by the water takes a little splash behind the ears then
wanders past.
(2016/03/21 08:16) Brent moves to the next
pan. He tells gives up an update on Tingana saw another leopard unsure who it
was but he chased after it and so far there is no other update the guides are
trying to catch up to them to see the outcome.
(2016/03/21 08:17) At another pan, a
baby ellie finally comes to the water to play a bit just investigating it then
we quickly go to Jamie with a new bird for a lot of viewers.
Jamie,
(2016/03/21 08:18) Cone or a Knob-billed
duck.
Brent,
(2016/03/21 08:21) Back to Brent at
the next pan this time with a young ellie spraying water and drinking.
Still
no update on who the leopard was that Tingana was chasing.
(2016/03/21 08:28) We will have a
school for the first half hour tomorrow morning for us. Therefore the first
half hour they will focus on the school classes' questions.
(2016/03/21 08:29) Another tiny bay
calf walks by with his mom.
Brent
says good bye for everyone.
End of Drive
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