4 November 2015
Setting out on
our morning drive bright and early, it was another cool overcast morning, which
soon turned sunny and again, very windy.
Although the
morning started off quietly, we did have some good general game sightings,
including a few quality White Rhino sightings.
One of the
early highlights was a large male giraffe on the side of the road. We watched
it carefully feeding on a Knobthorn Acacia, it's dark, leathery tongue gingerly
pulling the tips of the freshest branches into it's mouth to strip the leaves.
A little
further on we noticed a car parked next to a small drainage line. On approach
we spotted a beautiful young female leopard, undisturbed by the attention,
trying to get some sleep in a open spot in the shade on the bank, sheltered
from the wind.
Every so often
she lifted her head to get a good look at her admirers before her eyes would
fall shut again. She eventually lay down flat on her side and we left the
sighting with her still in the same position.
It was also a
good day for birding as we found several White-fronted Bee-eaters - which were
very high on the wish list - and saw one of them catch a rather large locust
which it eventually got down. Another highlight on the birding front was a
female Bateleur perched in a dead tree quite close to our vehicle preening
herself while showing off her beautiful coloration!
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