James Hendry presenting
with Bryan
Joubert on camera
Jamie Paterson presenting
with
Jeandré
Gerding on camera.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
start drive today with James and Bryan right next to some alarming impala who
are looking right at the Nkuhuma pride of linos who are mostly sleeping, two
have their heads up.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Says
good morning with the herd of wildebeests playing and grazing on Quarantine clearing.
Impala
bachelor herd.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back
to James with the lionesses
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
With
the wildebeests in a beautiful golden light as the sun rises.
Oh
someone found a leopard please let it be Karula with her cubs!! Probably not
but finger crossed or as they say holding thumbs
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back
to James for awhile with the lioness who is grooming each other (allogrooming)
so most of them are awake but not signs of moving at the moment. One of them
has large swollen nipples so that most likely means she is pregnant Woo-Hoo!
more cubs.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Jamie
was helping to locate Karula who they saw but she went into a drainage line
near twin dams and the area is too thick to follow so she is waiting.
Then
she notices a blue waxbill bird with a piece of grass in its beak and is
bobbing almost jumping up and down not exactly sure why but it's neat to see.
She
drives on slowly hoping to see Karula coming out of the thick bush or hear some
alarm calls but none so far, so she parks and turns off the engine so we can
hear alarm calls if they see Karula and we look at birds and her book.
Red
backed shriek
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Four
of the lioness have their heads up one is still flat asleep.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Jamie
still no sounds or sight of Karula yet.
African
hoopoe
We
see James' vehicle with Sam and Bryan on it but no James so we go to them.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
He
is out of the vehicle at a termite tree in a sense. They have put soil all over
the tree trunk it seems they may be eating the bark.
Apple
leaf trees and silver cluster leaf tree
Blue
pansy butterfly
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A
buffalo with a fresh wound on his lower shoulder
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
The
lioness are up they had a failed lazy hunt while we were away they were spotted
so we didn’t miss much.
They
are on a stalk now two or three of them, one is lying down the other is sitting
up paying close attention
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Baboons
we actually only see one and he is running off but it was still cool to see.
While she tries to find the rest of the troop for us we go over to James.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
The
lionesses are all lying down again in a
pile.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A
warthog male youngish though his tusks are tiny so Jamie thinks maybe seven
months old
Buffalo
with the white right eye
Elephant
who is in a thick area so we can hardly see it. Seems to be the short trunk
elephant herd
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
With
a different herd of elephants. His are in better view at least for awhile then
they get into a thicker area.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Now
to a closer view of Jamie's elephants
Jamie
says her thank you and have a good afternoon to all.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
He
wanted to say good bye with the lions in sight but now he can't find them.
Buffalo
bulls
James
says his goodbyes for the afternoon.
Sam
Chevallier,
the new safari guide presenter, starts this afternoon on sunset drive. http://blog.wildearth.tv/2016/04/we-welcome-sam.html
End of Drive
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