James is with Bryan. Hyenas have come and stolen Karula's kill.
Karula moves off most likely to where her cubs are now
Quick back to James. We see Karula again and BOTH cubs. All are fine and well.
Karula with Both Cubs
Sunrise Safari June 07
With James Hendry
Back over to Brent as James tries to re position.
He has done a large loop and hasnt found any tracks. He is continuing on and might go to Cheetah Plains.
Update: 3 Birmingham Boys with one female Nkahuma on a buffalo kill near Cheetah Cutline.
Quickly over to James
Karula and her 2 cubs are moving into a thicker area and it is getting difficult to get a good position
Karula With Both Cubs
June 7, 2016
Sunrise Safari With James Hendry
Videos I feel are better to use then screen captures because who doesn't love to see these little ones scampering
Great sighting of Karula and Cubs as they Rest Beside A Termite Mound
Sunrise Safari- June 7
With James Hendry
Quickly over to Brent who has 2 Side Striped Jackals
Side Striped Jackals
Sunrise Safari June 7, 2016
with Brent Leo Smith
Back over to James and Karula and her beautiful babies
Golden Leaves And Golden Leopards
Sunrise Safari - June 7, 2016
With James Hendry
Last View Of The Morning As The Family Moves Off Into The Bush
Sunrise Safari= June 7, 2016
With James Hendry
Over to Brent who is following up on tracks of one of the Birmingham Boys.
Brent says as we head deeper and deeper into the drought every drop of water is important.
Over to James with some Ellies
Nice sized herd eating Knob Thorn Seedlings
Also a large Bull Elephant
Ellies Eating Knob Thorn Seedlings And A Large Elephant Bull
Sunrise- June 07, 2016
With James Hendry
The Elephants are having some "Horseplay' as James puts it
Horseplay With Ellies
Sunrise- June 7
With James Hendry
Over to Brent who is entering Cheetah Plains.
Right back to James
We see a large Bull Elephant that has lost a large portion of his trunk. James says it is not a fresh wound and he could have been born this way or it could have been from a poachers snare
Watching this animal feed, he has adapted well and appears very healthy. Brent told James that he has also seen this particular Elephant and he kneels to drink
Elephant Bull With A Small Amount of Trunk
Manages Well And Has Shown Amazing Adaptation
Sunrise- June 7, 2016
With James Hendry
Over To Brent on Cheetah Plains. He is checking 3 in a row pan.
Not much happening there but evidence that there was a massive amount of Elephants here overnight.
He is now heading to the Northern Boundary of Cheetah Plains bordering Kruger Park
Brent talks about the various types of trees found in this area and why they are not supposed to call Acacia's Acacia's anymore.
Is An Acacia No Longer An Acacia?
Here is the Link from Kruger Park
Regarding Australia's Request
Sub Adult Kudu. Ears always moving to detect any sounds
We see a GIANT Herd of Buffalo coming back from their morning drink.
Very Large Herd Of Buffalo
Sunrise- June 7
With Brent Leo Smith
Brent says there will most likely be a high mortality rate with young Buffalo because of the drought.
Mortality Rate To Increase Because Of Drought
Sunrise June 7
With Brent Leo Smith
Over to James who shows us the Biggest Monitor Lizard he has ever seen!
Largest Monitor Lizard James Has Ever Seen
Sunrise- June 07
With James Hendry
This Herd of Buffalo create a great deal of dust
Brent Discusses The Drought
Over to James who is with the 2 Matimba Males
They are fat, strong and massive!
Full Mane
Large Strong Matimba Males
These 2 males are affectionately called Ginger and Hairy Belly
James doesn't understand why they just left their kill
Hairy Belly And Ginger
Matimba Males
Pure Testosterone
Sunrise- June 7
With James Hendry
James says these 2 Matimba Males are at least 20% larger then the Birmingham Boys.
They are about 11 years old.
Over to Brent
He is following Lion Tracks
So while he follows the tracks, we hop over to James who is still with the Matimba's
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| Ginger |
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| Hairy Belly |
Their Behaviour Has Changed
Brent did an impossible tree quiz.
Joey from Australia immediately got the answer
It is a Hairy Caterpillar Bush
It has been known to be used in place of the little Blue Pill to enhance a Male's love life.
Over to James
James has a plethora of Bird life for us. Get out your Bird Lists everyone
Plethora of Bird Life
James signal has broken up so over to Brent
Scarlet Tip Buterfly
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| Scarlet Tip Butterfly |
Over to James who has an African Hawk Eagle
About 2 feet long
James saying Goodbye and he is heading back to camp for Breakfast.
Brent agrees that James did have some amazing sightings but that is how it goes sometimes and that is why we have 2 vehicles.
And that concludes our Sunrise Safari
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