It is quite evident this month at Elephant Plains that winter has well and truly hit the lowveld. The bush has dried out significantly over the past month with the grass drying out and starting to wilt and all the leaves falling from the trees at a rapid rate. We set out on each morning drive just before sunrise all dressed up looking like nothing short of michelin men. The day time hours back at camp were generally quite comfortable as were the evening drives until the sunset and the layers went on again. Although we had a few days with windy, overcast, less than ideal weather, Elephant Plains still managed to produce some fantastic sightings. Certainly worth mentioning, and one of the highlights of the safari, was finding the male leopard I’m sure most of you are familiar with by now, Mafufunyane, with a Warthog kill and the events...
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It is quite evident this month at Elephant Plains that winter has well and truly hit the lowveld. The bush has dried out significantly over the past month with the grass drying out and starting to wilt and all the leaves falling from the trees at a rapid rate. We set out on each morning drive just before sunrise all dressed up looking like nothing short of michelin men. The day time hours back at camp were generally quite comfortable as were the evening drives until the sunset and the layers went on again. Although we had a few days with windy, overcast, less than ideal weather, Elephant Plains still managed to produce some fantastic sightings. Certainly worth mentioning, and one of the highlights of the safari, was finding the male leopard I’m sure most of you are familiar with by now, Mafufunyane, with a Warthog kill and the events...
Another flying leopard on the recent ODP safari at Elephant Plains. (Click on Image to view bigger)Salayexe (or Salasheya as some members call her...) taking the shortcut from one part of the Marula to another where her kill was stashed.Although I have seen leopards doing this on a number of occasions it has always been impossible for me to get a good shot of this behaviour.Either there are just too many branches or leaves in the way or the leopard ends up jumping away from you... or any of a number other factors.Here I finally got my chance to get her jumping from one part of the tree over a big opening to another, without any branches or other factors obscuring the view.I know the background is a bit busy but the image does show the behaviour and environment of the leopard really well....
