Thursday, April 14, 2016

April 14, 2016 Sunrise Drive



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

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent says good morning while following a hyena thru their DRC camp. (It was one of the clan males #15 to some Spiral #15 to me)

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sam is at the hyena den with Madam lying in her hole/dent in the ground
One of the cubs in the tall grass near the back side of the termite mound/den
Black-headed oriole and some magpie shrieks in a tree by the den.

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A breeding herd of elephants with a tiny calf maybe a month or two old and a very large mature bull with huge thick tusks.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Meanwhile at the Hyena den a couple of the cubs have come out to play. Jan, June and Dec#2 are all playing and Madam is sleeping just in front of the tree they are playing on, in, and around. Jan at one point who seems to be a momma's girl climbed on Madams head maybe just to show her love or annoy her there way children sometimes do. Then it's back to the tree. D1 and D2 play with the tree and Jan for awhile too. Other then absolute cuteness that was about the excitement for this den visit.

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back to Brent and the elephant bull is about 4 meters tall at the should he is standing right in front of Brent's vehicle when we come back to him.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Back to Sam at the den D1has joined the fun at the tree now.  So it's D2, D1 and Jan (J-twin#1 most likely female)

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Tracking Karula well looking for her tracks
We see Chene a guide that was a safari Live watcher now is a guide there and she has guests today that are safari live viewers.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sam is now with a large elephant bull

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Looking for leopard tracks or any big cat tracks at this point
Honey badger tracks

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sky view of the sun shining through the clouds
Then James and Jamie who are on tracking team today, pull up to Sam the three of them try to figure out the bird call Sam heard.

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Another huge musth elephant bull Brent thinks he is taller (4.5 meters at the shoulder) so a bit bigger but younger than the one from earlier in the drive.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Buffalo rubbing his boss and head on a branch.

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Headed towards Arathusa

Warthogs

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Mud wallow
Community nest spiders
A white flower

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
A vulture with wings out sun bathing

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Hippo tracks

Brent, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Brent is with the Nkuhuma ladies
A new butterfly he thinks it’s a pseudacraea he shows us in his book.

Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sam with Elephants

Sam says his thank you to the WildEarth crew and goodbye for the afternoon.


Brent says his Bye-Bye from Bryan and the Thumb as well.


End of Drive

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