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Two days ago there was a report of a female leopard, which was seen with her cub, along the river. Yesterday we decided to look for this female leopard and drove along the river. It was not long before we found her lying down in some shade, not to far from where the cub was seen. Only a few minutes later she started walking, and took us straight to her...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Markus Schroeder, Date: 5 January 2009
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 Good news at Kirkman’s Kamp, having a pack of 15 Wild Dogs in the Area. Yesterday morning we found the pack after they'd just killed an impala. With bloody faces they ripped their prey into pieces as three Hyaenas joined the scene. The dogs, scared of the other predator, ran away into their next encounter. As they reached the edge of the sand river to...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Stephanie Mast, Date: 5 January 2009
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 On an early morning after heavy rains at Kirkman’s Kamp. The night of stormy Thunder and lightening brought over 100 mm of rain. We are out on our early morning game drive. The roads flooded from the rain, the birds welcoming the sun that slowly burning through the clouds.
My eyes caught movement in a water puddle on the side of the main road. What...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Stephanie Mast, Date: 2 January 2009
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 Over the past week the Sabi Sands and especially Kirkman’s Kamp has had an enormous amount of rain. With the river flowing bank to bank we were not able to cross it this morning. We decided to head down to the south-eastern part of our property in the hope to find some elephants next to the fast-flowing Sand River. We were bumbling along when we suddenly...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Jacques-Pierre Joubert, Date: 1 January 2009
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 Early in the morning, we located our dominant male leopard,(Tjellahanga male) lying on top of a termite mound. All the sudden he started stalking something, but we could not see what it was. Than he lay down again and fell asleep. As we where going to drive of we saw a warthog stick its head out of a hole in the termite mound. The male leopard was aware...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Markus Schroeder, Date: 23 December 2008
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 The blazing lowveld sun seared uv rays into our necks as we set out on our afternoon game drive. Jerom, our tracker, suggested that we drive close to the river keeping in mind that animals will be keen to go down to the river for a drink before darkness fell. We stopped to look at a shikra perched in a magnificent Cape Ash tree alongside the now...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Jacques-Pierre Joubert, Date: 21 December 2008
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 This morning we set out on our morning game drive with the usual air of anticipation that only the bush can provide. The sun was sneaking its head above the treetops and we were grateful to feel its rays of heat on our skin after a few days of rain. We were travelling north to follow-up on the Selati Pride of lions that were seen the night before when...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Jacques-Pierre Joubert, Date: 7 December 2008
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 The Selati Pride met us on the road in full force. They were littered along the track, traipsing straight toward us. Considering we have not seen any lions in a while, this came as a glorious surprise. As they walked past the hushed car, we all silently agreed that these animals are by far the coolest on the planet. Bringing up the rear of this massive...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Paul Steyn, Date: 1 December 2008
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 It’s very rare to see snakes kill anything at all. Today we saw something special: We pulled up next to a firmly wooded thicket to find a host of angry Batises, Bulbulls, Bushshrikes and Buntings dancing around and diving and generally causing a scene. For me, this signalled one thing...snake! I looked closer to find an enormous Boomslang manoeuvring its...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Paul Steyn, Date: 27 November 2008
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 A few days ago, a buffalo carcass was found on the reserve. It looked like it died of natural causes, because no predators where around. The next morning, we decided to go have a look. We found the carcass, and six hyenas feeding on it. A male leopard was lying on a tree just next to the carcass, waiting for his turn to feed. It was our dominant male...
Posted: Kirkman's Kamp by Markus Schroeder, Date: 15 November 2008
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