Tuesday, April 12, 2016

April 12, 2016 Sunset Drive



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Sam Chevallier presenting with Jeandré Gerding on camera
&
Brent Leo-Smith presenting with Bryan Joubert on camera.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sam starts drive off just the way we like it, with Karula female leopard lying in the sand in front of him.
This is Sam's first time meeting her other then when she ran from him and Brent on foot.

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent starts his afternoon off with a great view too, but his is of a massive elephant bull 40 to 45 years old in his prime with huge thick tusks the biggest Brent has seen in this area. The bull's tusks are a good 15cm in diameter or around a inch and half maybe 2in around, they aren't that long but very thick. He is in full musth as well.
31 degrees Celsius = 87 degrees Fahrenheit

Warthog sow

He finds the elephant bull again at the power line

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back to Sam with Karula still lying in the sand panting heavily

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
15:37 We get out last views of the monster ellie bull as he moves off out of our traversing area.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:00 Karula is on the move walking down the road in front of Sam.

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:05 A view from Impala plains looking out over the Mluwati.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:06 A wildebeest watching Karula as she approaches a waterhole for a drink.
We watch her drink for a few minutes then she lies down by the water.
A zebra walks behind her in the brush.
Some African migrant butterflies.
A tiny terrapin at the edge of the water

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:32 Brent has found a different elephant bull eating from a tree above his head
A Nyala bull walks behind the elephant bull but no reaction

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:50 Karula is still sound asleep and other people want into the sighting so Sam is leaving

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:55 Still with the elephant bull
16:58 African green pigeon
17:04 Lilac bested roller
Brent hears monkeys alarm calling.
17:07 Turns out to be nothing but Brent hears on the radio there is a surprise sighting so he sends us to Sam as he heads over to it.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:14 A herd of waterbuck

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:16 Sun setting view
A Birmingham boy - yes a male lion I so love the male lions. Brent tells us there are three of the male lions where he is but we only have one in sight.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:28 Sunset

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:32 Brent is with the of the Birmingham male lion coalition members. A third is nearby somewhere.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:41 Sam with Karula next to the waterhole

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:51 Short view of the sleeping B.Boys

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:53 Karula just laid back down after another drink

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:55 sleeping B.Boys

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
17:59 Karula is up and walking she goes off road in a thick area so as Sam tries to catch up to her we go back to Brent

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
18:05 Male lions
One yawns
Another moves a bit
Oh! One of them sat up with the back of his head towards us,  and yawns twice 3 times,  4, 5 grooms for a second scratches, more grooming,  6th yawn, Ok they yawn a lot, another scratch, another yawn, more scratching. OH come on stand up and roar! Nope another yawn wow that is a lot of yawning more grooming .
We go to sam

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
18:15 Sam has left Karula.

Sam says his goodbye for the night

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
18:16 The Birmingham boy that was already awake is still grooming.
The second male finally wakes up and yawns several times looking right at the camera and Brent, with a very grumpy look, then starts grooming
18:26 They are up. The two walk to the road and meet up with the skinny sickly looking one and then all lay down again.

Brent says goodbye and Thank you to both the viewers and the entire WildEarth Crew.

End of Drive

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