We start our drive this morning with James Hendry who has Bryan Joubert assisting him on camera.
Brent will be out in the other vehicle as soon as he yet again changes another flat tire. I believe he has Wiam with him on Camera today. And one other note.. Brent also has no signal yet.
NOTE: Brent goes on leave directly after this sunrise drive.
We start off seeing the moon very large and bright. Then a few Buffalo
James explains that Jamie is on leave and Brent leaves on leave after this drive .
BUT GUESS WHAT?
We have a NEW guide sitting behind James.
His Name is Byron Serrao.
James actually trained him at one time.
Byron will be doing the sunset drive today.
Everyone say a HUGE welcome to Byron.
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| Byron |
James is now on Lead wood.
Brent is now with us and he is going to be checking to the North.
Brent having vehicle door problems. it wont close. They might have to cable tie it.
Oh wait. Wiam got it closed.
Over to James and we see a Fork Tailed Drongo Juvenile
Back to Brent
Brent has spotted a pair of Side Striped Jackals.
Side Striped Jackals
Over to James with a Vervet Monkey silhouetted in the Eastern sun.
James is on the Northern Boundary.
He has a report of a Male Lion with 3 females.
Here goes a few Impala
Brent stops. He sees tracks. He is pretty sure they are Sindile's tracks.
Brent talks about African artifacts(Some that we have seen in the tent with James) and tracking Sindile's fresh tracks during the conversation.
African Artifacts
With Brent
And a very busy Yellow Billed Hornbill having a great breakfast
Yellow Billed Hornbill
We see 2 hippos. Not an ideal water supply for them here as it is drying out.
James is moving on as it is pretty quiet here at the Dam.
Across to Brent who is tracking Sindile.
Unfortunately Sindile appears to have headed North.
Elephant deep inside Buffleshoek.
Brown Crowned Tshagra
Brent has lost signal again
Back with James who is blaming Wendy(Brents vehicle name) for the lack of signal.
James is explaining the African term they all use " I will see you just now" which means I will be back when I can.
James Insides Turn To Liquefied Mulch
James arrives at the Hyena Den
There is at least 1 little baby inside the den. About a week old.
Over to Brent. Brent and Jamie are going to Roedean Girl's School to meet the students who are watching the Safari Live with all of us his morning.
Over to James at the Hyena Den.
The Hyena has hidden it's head inside of the Den so James is moving on.
As James starts the vehicle to move off he notices the rest of the Hyena clan is on the other side of the Termite Mound.
They are now heading down into the drainage line.
We see "Madam" The Matriarch of the clan who is snuggling with her 2 cubs which were born in January.
It is a beautiful morning.
Tambouti tree. Brent picks a leaf to show us the white sap inside the leaf/ Very poisonous.
It will burn your skin.
Some animals if they have an upset tummy will eat the leaves of the Tambouti as it clears out their digestive system.
Brent drives up to the waterhole and no Leopard.
Back over to James with the Hyenas.
Hyenas
With James Hendry
This group has about 20 Hyena's in it.
This is considered a small group and they are not always together.
They have a territory and no other Hyena's will live in their area.
Over to Brent who is sitting with some Wildebeest
Wildebeest
With Brent Leo Smith
Brent stops and picks a Terminalia leaf (Cluster leaf) Baby Elephants will often eat these leaves to take away pain when their new teeth are coming in.
Brent puts a leaf in his mouth and definitely doesn't like the taste.
Cluster Leaf Tasting
with
Brent Leo Smith
Over to James who appears to have his hands full
James Appears To Have His Hands Full
Ellies!
A little baby having a drink of Mom's milk
Elephants Feet Are Like Sponges
With Brent Leo Smith
A small herd of Buffalo
magnificent creatures
A violin spider. So tiny.
This is absolutely GORGEOUS
A Lilac Breasted Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller
With James Hendry
James gets out of the vehicle and shows us a dead tree. The Elephants have pulled the bark off from all around the tree. Once the bark is removed, there is no pathway for the nutrients to travel up to the branches and leaves.
Although it seems like a sad end to a tree, this dead tree provides life to many other things. Beetles, Wood Borers and insects.
Back to Brent
who has 3 go away birds and a teeny terrapin with it's head poking out of the water.
Now back with James.
Signal is choppy.
Buffalo Bull hanging around with a Wildebeest herd.
Safety in numbers.
We also see some Warthogs and her piglets.
Nearly the end of our Sunrise Safari.
Brent is going on leave and will be attending a wedding and doing some fishing.
Brent thinks a cold front is moving in as the temperature has dropped significantly in the last few minutes.
James says if you are ever on a Safari and your guide calls it a Banana Bird, you should fire your guide immediately.
That's it for this morning.
Thanks to everyone for another Sunrise Safari.
Remember everyone on the Sunset Safari Byron will be making his Guiding Debut with us all so let's give him a hearty welcome.
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