James Hendry presenting with Jeandré Gerding on camera
Jamie Paterson presenting with Bryan Joubert on camera.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
We start
drive today with James who is out of the vehicle on Cheetah Plains a new property to traverse. Woo-Hoo!
Wildebeest
herd.
Lilac
breasted rollers
James is
on the boundary road of Sabi Sands and Kruger National park also the Cheetah
plains boundary road, there use to be a fence there but it was taken down
around 1994.
A
butterfly
While
James explores we go to see what Jamie has.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Karula
is in a tree with an impala kill under it. The cubs maybe close by sleeping we
are hoping for them to come out to let us see them.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Still
on the new and Fabulous Side stripped jackal let the fun new sightings begin!!
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Karula
is still not comfy in her tree. Her kill
is under her in the tree it’s a male impala impressive kill for a female
leopard, Shadow had one yesterday too, must be the male impala have lost their
wits already from the rut.
Jamie
is going to leave the sighting short one vehicle sightings is all they are
allowing at this time because the cubs are so young and having them viewed is
new to them. Karula comes down from the tree and lies down in front of the kill
but still is unsettled and gets back up and goes over scraps a hole and
urinates in it. Jamie is leaving the sighting so we go to James.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
James
is taking us to three in a row pan.
Amur
falcon flying off
pan
one, terrapin head in the water
Pan
two, foam nest frog nest and a blacksmith plover behind a bush.
Pan
three , a female buffalo skeleton
We
see the signal tower at a distance we see the tower up close, the tower is 21
meters tall, solar panels.
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Jamie
is out of the Karula sighting she left immediately when Taxon pulled is there
was radio miscommunication and he thought she had left the sighting but she was
planning on leaves so she did.
She
is showing us the Drakensberg Mountains in the distance
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A
ground hornbill in a tree with red-billed buffalo weavers nest below him
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Buffalo
lying in a mud wallow, chewing his cud.
Cape
turtle dove
Impala
bachelor herd
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Djuma
dam on cheetah plains with a grey heron
James
loses signal for the first time
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
At
the hyena den. Corky is quietly feeding her twins. Then ribbon comes up to say
hello to her then madam and everyone has to stand and greet everyone else.
Corky,
Ribbon, Madam, all five cubs and June. Later Nkombo (a clan male) are they
hyenas we see at the den today.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Tawny
eagle
Wildebeest
herd
Black
backed Jackals
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Meanwhile
back at the hyena den.
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sickle
moon from cheetah plains
Cheetah
plains pan
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back
to the den
Jamie
makes an escape from the den while the cubs are busy playing.
Fiery
necked nightjar in the road
James, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Flat
necked chameleon On the cheetah plains driveway
Tribute
to the Cheetah plains lodge sign
Then
James and
Jamie, ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
African
vagrant butterfly sleeping on a leaf
Jamie says her goodbyes and
Thank yous for the evening.
James makes a sad announcement
before saying his Goodbye for the night…
Matty who was
a long time viewer, and sadly, ill child, has passed away. There is nothing so
sad as the loss of a child. Matty was Scott Dyson's best Buddy. May God bless
you and give angel wings to fly to South Africa to visit Djuma!
A past blog post about the children they speak too http://blog.wildearth.tv/2015/10/we-need-everyones-help.html
A past blog post about the children they speak too http://blog.wildearth.tv/2015/10/we-need-everyones-help.html
End of Drive
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