Brent Leo-Smith presenting
with Bryan
Joubert on camera.
Sam Chevallier presenting with
Jeandré
Gerding on camera
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent
says good morning to us; however his microphone isn’t working so he has to
return to get a new one and we go to say good morning to Sam, in the mean time.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sam
tells us it's a bit cool and drizzling rain so far this morning. So far on his
new bird list he started yesterday he got Magpie shriek, blacksmith plover,
red-billed oxpecker, and a crested francolin. (did I miss him saying red-billed
hornbill because he had that one too)
He
is currently at tree house dam nothing is there yet this morning. Brent tells
Sam on the radio that there are leopard tracks in the area and maybe even
mating leopards.
We
go to Brent as Sam looks for tracks
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent
is trying to coordinate search efforts with the other guides in the area on the
radio and with the cloudy drizzly weather he has to use his spotlight to see
tracks in the road clearly. Aubrey has found Tingana not seen Thandi yet. Brent
is going to the leopards and Sam will continue on with other wildlife.
Nope
change o f plans against he leopards changed directions and are headed right to
Sam however Sam and Jandre's camera is having issues at the moment. Brent has
to put rain covers on. Seems as if the rain may cause some issues today and we
might have to go on standby until it stops. We will see.
Things
changed a few times and now Brent is looking for the leopards at Tree house
dam, well he is listening Aubrey can hear them but Brent can't at the moment.
When
Brent gets to the leopards they have disappeared again.
So
we go to Sam while Brent listens and tracks.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
chat with Sam for awhile.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
06:41
Brent has found Tingana and Thandi. Tingana seems very preoccupied with
something in a tree or the scent of something he goes up a tree and keeps
looking and sniffing around. Thandi follows him up a tree, but he has something
else on his mind besides mating at the moment.
While
Tingana searches for whatever he smells, Thandi goes back up the tree to rest
and sharpens her claws, but she tries to keep a close eye on Tingana and what
he is up to.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sam
has found Hyenas. We didn't even know they had moved but Sam has found the
whole gang at the original Aubrey's road den.
**Quick
Note**
As
I have said before I have made little personal names for some of the hyenas, without
names that the guides use, just to make them easier to talk about IF the guides choose a name and
being to use it that to me is an Official name, and I will go by the name they
use. I usually try to use names that have something to do with how I recognize
them. Only I have used most of these little nicknames I am talking about or used
it to chat to a friend, but if I use the name now you know who I am talking
about.
06:58
The first one we see is a clan male #15 is the name some viewers know him by to
me he has a pattern of spots on his left side that looks like a swirl or
galaxy, but somehow I started calling him spiral in my notes so therefore I call
him "Spiral #15". Bela (1 year old son to Matriarch) shows up and the
cubs are around too both Dec twins and November. D1 has gotten a bundle or
roots or something that Bela wants and starts a game of its mine catch me if u
can. All Bela ends up with is a stick and the look on his face seems as if he
is not happy with his prize.
07:06
The J-twins come out to say hi and "Ary" (Male January 2016 cub of Madam
the matriarch) goes to get a closer look at the game near the vehicle, but he
quickly runs back to the den hole as Sam sends us over to see what Brent is up
to.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Thandi
is still up relaxing in the tree ad Tingana at the moment is out of Brent's
sight. She comes down from the tree and
walks off so the vehicles need to move around to see her so we go to Sam.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
go back to Sam still a t the hyena den for a bit, but all the hyenas seem to be
in the den or around the other side. Sam shows us his cool book. I am excited
to hear the sounds the book makes of the hyenas.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Tingana
has found Karula's kill, a duiker and is eating it. With Thandi off watching
from a safe distance.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
7:29
Is out of the vehicle and shows us a blue commelina flower
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
07:34
Tingana is still eating on the Duiker carcass.
Is
planning on leaving the leopards to let others into the sighting and he will go
looking for the lions.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
07:42
Impala play fighting
Crested
francolin
Zebra
play fighting all same sighting
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
1:57
looking for Nkuhuma lions
08:05
Buffalo bull
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
08:09
Zebra giraffe and waterbuck at Sydney's dam
Barn
swallow
Starlings
again no yellow eye Burchell's
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
The
freezing cold Brent tells us the Nkuhuma seems to have left the area. The
naughty elephant with the hole in his ear is around he is looking for him.
Flock
of red-billed buffalo weavers
The
signal tower with a huge nest in it
Impala
one darker than the rest her fur is puffed to warm her
New
bird ___ it is bombed by a starling - Lesser grey shriek
Impala
ram chases female.
Paradise
whydah. I got a couple of shots of it flying thanks to Bryan's awesome camera
work.
Sam, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Grey
Go-away bird
Sam
says his goodbyes for the Day.
Brent, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent
is wrapped in a wool blanket
Brent
says goodbye and Thank you to all the viewers and the crew he is headed in to
warm up!
Poor
Brent so cold!!
End of Drive
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