We drove through the pouring rain, off the escarpment & into the lowveld on 21st April. As we entered White River, it stopped raining & we picked up our Amarok from the panel beaters & they had done an excellent job. Goodness knows how the damage was done. We just noticed it one day, but don't remember hitting anything. It must have happened while we were parked somewhere & the culprit drove off!
Purple Roller
We decided to go home through Kruger National Park & we entered through Phabeni Gate. We drove slowly, without seeing much of interest, apart from two Dark Chanting Goshawks, but the light was poor for photography & so no shots were obtained. We also saw Purple Roller which is mainly a winter visitor here. There is a small resident population which breed, but this population is greatly increased by an influx in the winter months.
Leopard
This individual was very relaxed in our prescence.
This animal was at the junction of the S4 &
Diospane Road about 9 kms from our house.
It was dark & overcast, so the photos
are not top quality.
I spent quite some time with this individual.
Just at the junction of the S4 & Diospane Road I spotted a Leopard in a nearby tree. It performed wonderfully well & I watched it for over an hour. What a way to be welcomed home!
We have a new arrival in
Sabie Park!
The next few days were spent around the house. We did some birding but nothing of note seen. On the afternoon of 24th April we visited the picnic site & scored with a female African Finfoot!
Nothing of note seen until 28th April, when a female Narina Trogon was seen in our garden! I ran to get my camera but it had gone! This species is a rare but regular winter visitor, to the strip of riparian forest in front of the house.
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