SAFARI ChEy IS IN THE HOUSE!: Sunrise Safari

Sunrise Safari - June 19, 2016

Opening with Jamie driving but not talking. She didn't know we were live.
Jamie has Bryan on camera this morning.
Monkeys are alarm calling at the Vuyatela dam.

Over to Brent who has Jeandre on camera.
Special guest on Brent's vehicle today is Peter Braat. He makes sure as Brent puts it all of the thing a ma jigs work.

Over to Jamie
She is in the area where the Monkeys were alarm calling but all appears quiet now.
Jamie is driving slowly and looking for tracks. There are Hyena tracks crossing all over the place.

Male Nyala

Female Nyala

Over to Brent with a little Waterbuk

Male Impala

Back over to Jamie
Jamie is heading back to the kill site from yesterday.

Back over to Brent with Elephants

Brent has asked for an update on Inkanyeni who has now entered the Kruger Park.

Over to Jamie as Brent lost signal and Jamie wasn't in the car.

We see the kill site but is void of any remains.

Jamie said that Tingana had been on this site last night.
Jamie is leaving this area and going to look for the Nkahuma Ladies.

You can hear the Go-Away Birds

Quickly over to Brent
CHEETAH CHEETAH CHEETAH!

These 2 Cheetah Brothers Make Up Their Coalition

2 Male Cheetah. They are bothers and form a coalition.
The one male has a limp on his front right.
They have moved towards the Southern boundary.
Lying down in the shade now.
Male Cheetah can be as tall as 37". about 150 lb whereas a Leopard can weigh 200 lb.

Are Cheetahs Endangered

Gnormous Gnorman The Gnu (Wildebeest)

Gnormous Gnorman The Gnu

And his ladies

Back over to Jamie who has picked up very fresh Female Leopard tracks heading toward Buffleshoek dam as well as fresh Lion tracks heading in the same direction.

Arriving at the dam and no animals are here at the moment.

Red Billed Hornbill

Jamie said she likes to watch the Hornbills run because they look prehistoric.

Over to Brent who we caught eating a nocchi(Sp). In North America we call them Clementines.

Brent talks about the varieties of Fruit that are grown in South Africa and of course Jeandre's (camerman) favourite fruit is the Banana.

So Jeandre sings us a song about Bananas

Brent talks about Fruits Grown In South Africa

And Jeandre Sings His Banana Song

Green Hoopoo

Over to Jamie
Kudu

Male Kudu

Back over with Brent
Leopard Tracks. Maybe Quarantine.(Male Leopard)

Brent is looking at the tracks and saying "oh Dear"
Tracks go into Nkorho.
Correction from Brent. He was off by one road so he is checking the boundary.

Fly Catcher Bird

Brent confirms that Shadow's Cub is a Female.

Over to Jamie who is sitting with some Dwarf Mongoose who are just waking up and warming up in the sun. Stretching.

Dwarf Mongoose

Jamie moves on and we see some Nyala

Jamie is going to try to stay on top of the crests so she does not loose signal again.

Over to Brent who has taken a walk. The tracks are very fresh and he circled them and has the tracking team to come out after drive to update on them.

Waterbuk with Brent

Brent says the Waterbuk bottoms look like they had just sat down on a freshly painted toilet seat.

Over to Jamie
She had an interesting update. When the Monkeys were alarm calling at the beginning of the drive, A Leopard was spotted there at the lodge.

Jamie is going back to that area and thinks it might be Mvula.

Dead Tree with Vultures. Jamie wondering if they spent the night in this tree of if there is a kill nearby.

Back over with Brent now

Brent still looking for that Female Leopard.
He wishes everyone a Happy Fathers Day.

Brent Discusses What A Concession is

White Crowned Shrike

The White Crowned Shrikes keep a Pantry. When they catch a caterpillar for example they store it in a pantry to come back and get it later. But Fork Tailed Drongo's are known to watch the Shrike's and then come and steal their stored bugs.

Brent shows us a fresh Lion track which looks like it leaving our traversing area.

But WAIT! There is an Ant!

Brent Gets Out Of The Vehicle For An Ant

Over to Jamie who has some Dugger Boys ( Older Buffalo Males)
One also has some ox peckers on it keeping the mites away.

Over to Brent with a nice herd of Elephants coming down to the Buffleshoek Dam for a drink and to coat themselves with soft wet mud.

Nice Herd Of Elephants Coming Down for a Drink and Splash In The Mud

Over to Jamie who has also found some Elephants

Back with Brent and his Elephants

Interesting to note that the second herd waited on the crest of the Dam until the other Herd had moved on before this herd headed down for their drink

Lots of mud spraying