206/365 - 25th July 2011
Yesterday we had a great afternoon drive. We tracked this female leopard and found her in very thick bush - we had to do a bit of bundu bashing to follow her. The sun was setting and the light on her was pretty good. She passed so close to the vehicle that the ranger could have stroked her as she passed - it was pretty great.
We then headed off to a hyena den where we saw a mother and her 2 cubs. Hyenas are quite ugly when they are adults but they are very cute when they are young - I will post some photos once I am back home so if you are interested watch out for those.
After our sundowner drinks, we were heading back to camp using the spotlight to find animals and we came across to leopards - a male and a female. This is rare to see as leopards are solitary animals and they are only seen together when they are a mating pair. However, the male was not at al; interested in the female as she was not in estrous so he was growling at her and getting quite annoyed. Unfortunately, the photos were not great due to the spotlight conditions so I picked this photo as my photo of the day.
206/365 - 25th July 2011
Yesterday we had a great afternoon drive. We tracked this female leopard and found her in very thick bush - we had to do a bit of bundu bashing to follow her. The sun was setting and the light on her was pretty good. She passed so close to the vehicle that the ranger could have stroked her as she passed - it was pretty great.
We then headed off to a hyena den where we saw a mother and her 2 cubs. Hyenas are quite ugly when they are adults but they are very cute when they are young - I will post some photos once I am back home so if you are interested watch out for those.
After our sundowner drinks, we were heading back to camp using the spotlight to find animals and we came across to leopards - a male and a female. This is rare to see as leopards are solitary animals and they are only seen together when they are a mating pair. However, the male was not at al; interested in the female as she was not in estrous so he was growling at her and getting quite annoyed. Unfortunately, the photos were not great due to the spotlight conditions so I picked this photo as my photo of the day.