Sunday, April 3, 2016

April 03, 2016 Sunrise Drive



 
Brent Leo-Smith presenting with Wium Dornbrack on camera.

Jamie Paterson presenting with Bryan Joubert on camera.

Brent,                                ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We start drive with Brent who is looking for big cat tracks, of the mating leopards seen on the Djuma cam overnight.

Jamie,                               ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Jamie says good morning and she is also on the search.
She finds a buffalo bull sound asleep he lifts his head for a second then right back down to sleep.
 
Brent,                                ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Birds in a tree while Brent is on the radio. Yellow-billed hornbills feeding on gwarri berries.
Vervet monkey being the scout, look out in the top of a dead tree.
Female steenbok
Yellow-billed hornbill with a caterpillar.

Jamie,                               ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Kudu walking away into the bush.
She hears a call on the radio of where the mating leopards and and off we go to see them.
We see them Thandi and Tingana as they walk into a thick block then go to Brent as Jamie tries to get us a view of them again

Brent,                                ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Buffalo the one with the open shoulder wound with his gang of oxpeckers riding along.

Jamie,                               ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We can only see a few rosettes of the leopards who are currently in the process of mating we hear the sounds but cant see it.
She repositions and we can see Thandi in the grass.

 Brent,                                ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A black mamba in the road but it moves into a bush to complicate our viewing.
Kudu

Jamie,                               ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back to Jamie both Tingana and Thandi are still sleeping.

Brent,                                ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
With flowers

Jamie,                               ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
has to leave the sighting so others can get in. She will try to come back later.
Buffalo
@08:43 Jamie gets back into the Tingana - Thandi sighting but they are still asleep.  Thandi is hiding behind the log and Tingana is asleep under it.

Brent,                                ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent shows us some wild basil which is purple leaves but looks like flower. 

Brent says his goodbye for the afternoon.

Jamie,                               ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back to Jamie with the still sleeping leopards.

Jamie says her goodbyes for the afternoon.


End of Drive



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