James Hendry presenting
with Bryan
Joubert on camera
Brent Leo-Smith presenting
with Wium
Dornbrack
on camera.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
start drive today with James in a tree. He is searching for the mating
leopards.
Elephant
tracks.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Is
in the same area as James also searching for the mating leopards.
Warthogs,
an Impala herd, and a dwarf mongoose.
Brent
gets out of the vehicle to look c loser at the tracks he sees both male and
female tracks; he is going to walk-a-bout so he sends us to James.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
15:50
A butterfly he thinks African joker. Nope it's an African leopard butterfly.
We
meet up with Wium sitting in the vehicle waiting for Brent to return
Brent
comes out of the bush while James is finishing up pulling a tree out from under
the vehicle, and tells him that he found the leopards and where to go find
them. WOO HOO!
James
is not seeing where the leopards are so Brent is driving in to help.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
stay with Brent for a bit while they try to find the leopards. James and Bryan
have found them so we go to them.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:08
We see Thandi for a second then they mate, we get great views of them mating
three times in about twelve minutes and lying down in between with Thandi
hissing and rolling right after.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Is
leaving the sighting to leave James, who has signal, with the leopard s and see
what else he can find.
We
see a European bee-eater flying and catching its food in mid air, called
hawking.
16:52
Impala rams
Scrub
hare
16:56
Zebra with Impala.
It's
a windy day and the animals are a bit jumpy.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:02
We check in with James who is still with the mating leopards who are currently
still sleeping and have been since we left them.
After
awhile Tingana gets restless and starts to clean himself and even looks at
Thandi she then gets up and they mate again. After a few minutes of cleaning,
she limps over to where he is resting and they mate again, but for some reason
the signal is cutting out for me.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:18
We go to Brent who is with my favorite animal the HYENAS!!! So happy they are
still around. First we see November cub
up walking around and the J-twins chewing on anything they can, madam resting
in the open. A little bit of wrestling
around.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:23
We go to James to get our last view of the leopards he has to leave to go back
to set up for fireside chat. COOL I love FSC! The Thumb makes his appearance
today dressed as a potted plant.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:24
Back to Brent at the hyena den. Nov and the J-twins are wrestling around and a
Dec1 twin comes up to join in the fun.
Brent
has nicknamed one of the j-twins "Nervous Nelly", since twice it runs
off to the den in fear for what seems to be nothing.
An
adult hyena arrives and there is greeting its Corky, mom to the Dec-twins. There
are five cubs and two adults at this point.
Bela,
the son of the matriarch he was born January 2015, shows up and the J-twins
bully him like they did last time
Madam
gets up to vomit and the cubs all gather in excitement to roll in it.
Brent
uses his cell phone and selfie stick to keep a close on the little mischiefs at
the tires and under the vehicle. Great idea I love it! So when they get close
he shows us on his tablet the little buggers and what they are up to. Bela
comes back and greets mom and rolls in her vomit.
The
two little J-twins come running back cackling as if they got hurt or scared,
Madam stands up, so does Corky and they chase off the newcomer, Brent goes in
pursuit.
Looks
to me to be June lying in the road with Madam and Corky walking off Brent says
he saw another adult running off that is not there now.
17:48
Oh look there is a family of giraffe watching the hyenas.
We
hear hyena moaning so we go back for another view of the den.
There
is a greeting it's pretty who arrived. The J-twins chew on pretty's ears
17:54
Brent leaves the den to head to the Fireside chat.
18:00
Fireside Chat starts.
End of Drive
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