Good
afternoon from Brent Leo-Smith who has Jeandré Gerding on camera Mrs. Ridge's
class from first colonial high school.
He
has a large herd of Impala.
Jamie
Paterson with Dave Eastaugh on camera. They are with the five Birmingham boy coalition
of lions on a buffalo kill for the second day.
Three
of the lions are sleeping close to each other the other two are nearby sleeping
as well just not in the close pile.
Brent,
Several
serrated hinge terrapins
Jamie,
She
is answering the classes questions about lions.
Brent,
(2016/03/22 16:13) elephants they are in thick bush
and not very comfortable maybe because of the wind but because they are
stressed he leaves.
Jamie,
(2016/03/22 16:15) She shows us one of the other lions
hidden mostly behind leaves then the carcass or what is left
(2016/03/22 16:17) She is leaving the sighting
Brent,
(2016/03/22 16:20) Martial eagle flying.
(2016/03/22 16:22) Tawny eagle sitting in a tree
Jamie,
(2016/03/22 16:25) With elephants in the open
Jamie
says goodbye to the Class.
(2016/03/22 16:27) She has heard a squirrel alarm
calling. She is going to investigate. But he stops alarming so must not have
been an important call. LOL.
She
tells us she thinks scrapper the male lion who was so skinny is on the mend and
that he will start putting weight especially with that meal and being with the
rest of the coalition.
She
looks at a new little pan of water under a fallen tree.
Brent,
(2016/03/22 16:34) Karula is on Buffelshoek property
now. He also says it is possible with where Karula was headed last night that a
small chance she has moved her den back to Djuma. Since the cubs are getting
close to two months old that would be great news for us to see them soon. There
has been none of her tracks near the current den for three days but she has had
tracks on Djuma so they are hoping.
(2016/03/22 16:41) He stops to listen for the
elephants he thinks they are in there he needs to reposition to see them.
(2016/03/22 16:43) Zebra herd a bit nervous and
huddled together from the cool windy weather.
Jamie,
(2016/03/22 16:48) On Arathusa very quiet there she
thinks from the windy weather.
(2016/03/22 16:49) A grey go-away bird and a starling
on a dead tree. A fork-tailed drongo joins them.
(2016/03/22 16:54) Water in a drainage line she is
shocked never seen water here.
Brent,
(2016/03/22 16:59) Natal spurfowl or Natal francolin
(2016/03/22 17:00)He hears a report
of male leopard tracks headed east down the firebreak. Brent and two others are going to be
searching the area to try to find him.
(2016/03/22 17:03) Alarm calling Brent
thinks snake. Starlings and Arrowmarked Babblers alarming
pick of babbler. We see the babblers several times while looking closely in the
tree for a snake. We never saw what it was.
(2016/03/22 17:05) It is now starting to
rain, Jamie is putting on her rain covers.
Jamie,
(2016/03/22 17:08) We go to Jamie while
Brent puts his rain covers on.
(2016/03/22 17:09) Termite mound with fresh
dirt.
There are guest vehicles at red dam so we
are going somewhere else.
Brent,
(2016/03/22 17:17) Wildebeest bull
Jamie,
(2016/03/22 17:20) Impala two young rams.
(2016/03/22 17:24) Magpie shrieks.
Brent,
(2016/03/22 17:25) Showing us Buffalo herd
from a long distance in a valley ahead.
Jamie,
(2016/03/22 17:27) Two adorable Impala ram
calves playing practicing to fight with their heads. VIDEO
Brent,
Now with a close view of the buffalo herd
Jamie,
11.35 African green pigeon
Brent,
While just sitting a male leopard just
showed up he is watching the buffalo intently maybe he will hunt.
Brent thinks it maybe Muvula
11.45 A viewer says for sure it is Muvula
and Brent agrees. He is hungry and stalking the buffalo calf we saw bucking.
Jamie,
She has found a cub in the main road she
says maybe he is out wandering with June. We don’t see June.
The J-twins and D-twins are wrestling Nov
is suckling from pretty.
Madam greets pretty then goes to cubs and
nibbles a bit at them
One of the J-twins is being so brave
following mom
One j one d explore behind the vehicle
following madam when madam comes back so do they.
Brent,
update on Muvula he went stalking after the
buffalo in a thick area, so he is headed over to see If he can track down Karula.
Jamie,
Bela 12.10 comes to visit
the cubs at the den entrance are fighting
over a giant land snail shell
It is now getting dark
madam disciplines a twin then June and Bela
maybe are here too now but dark hard to tell
Feb twin #2
Again madam tries to calm the cubs for bed
time LOL
Brent,
Brent still looking for Karula now with his
spotlight
He updates us that Muvula didn’t get a kill
12.27 A napping or sleeping African vagrant
butterfly
12.28 Brent tells a folklore tale of why
the scrub hair doesn’t look over his shoulder
Sees the eyes of a duiker during the tale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAlP1qYkzf4
sad video from Brent's story of a leopard mother sacrificing herself for a cub
Jamie,
Jamie with a bushbaby
A second bushbaby
Brent,
all I see is eyes on video Brent white
tailed mongoose
Scrub hare
African civet WOO HOO my first sighting of
one
Brent says
good night with a scrub hare
Jamie,
Shows us a stripped pole cat in her book
Jamie says
her good nights.
End of Drive.
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