James Hendry presenting
with Bryan
Joubert on camera.
Jamie Paterson presenting with Jeandré Gerding on camera.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
James
says good morning in a bush to show us where most the animals will be today
since it is another chilly and drizzly day.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Not
long after Jamie says her good morning she arrives at the sighting of Tingana
and Thandi mating. Thandi is doing a strange seduction dance instead of getting
close to him and rubbing her tail in his face she keeps rolling and purring
back and forth in front of him but at a distance, and he is watching her like
she is crazy. They mate several times before we go to see what James is up to.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Two
very upset crowned lapwings and their eggs
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Tingana
is on top of a termite mound but soon he goes to the bottom to mate with Thandi
again
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Is
on Arathusa with a hippo out of the water grazing
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
go back to Jamie who is with the mating leopards they are on the 9th time in
around thirty minutes.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Starlings
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
One
horned Impala ram but not nelson
Fork-tailed
drongo eating an African migrant butterfly
We
go to James while Jamie gets back to the leopard sighting.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
…
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Both
leopards are sleeping.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A
large impala herd with one wildebeest bull with them.
Gunieafowl
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back
to Jamie Tingana is sound asleep but some noise keeps getting Jamie and
Thandi's attention.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
African
hoopoe bird
Egyptian
goose in a tree
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Still
with the mating leopards. Tingana is looking very sore maybe stiff from all the
mating.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Buffelshoek
dam with a hippo in the water
Red
billed buffalo weaver goes into its nest
African
migrant butterfly and its chrysalis
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We
just missed them mating again and Jamie is trying to get a better view of the
slight injury on Tingana back right knee area. Thandi tries again to get him to
mate but this time Tingana hisses and growls at her NOT RIGHT NOW she keeps
trying and he hisses at her a couple more times before he finally gives in. Once
done when he turns to lie back down we see the fresh wound on his leg. Nothing
serious but fresh and sore looking.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Dove
Bateleur
eagle silhouette
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Thandi
walks off behind the vehicle and into the thick bush; Jamie wonders is this will
be the end of their mating maybe Thandi is moving on. We can still see her
spots but not that well.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Is
arriving at Twin Dams, but it's dark so we can't see it all.
Two
water thick-knees (pics were too dark)
James
says his good night for the evening.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Thandi
has disappeared and Tingana is sleeping almost as if relieved to have a break.
Jamie
says goodbye and thank you to all, to both the crew and the viewers.
End of Drive
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