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Jax and Charlie go to the Kalahari...cont'd 4

Written by Jackie During

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Well yesterday it rained....and rained...and rained...and rained! Not great for photogrphy but absolutely awesome to see an arid region receive so much water although definitely not seasonal rain!

rain in the Kalahari

Charlie and I went for a drive in the morning and were soon greeted with the sighting of a leopard, peering out above the yellow grass on te dunes. It seemed to be overly curious about the cars which stopped to watch it.

Of course we spotted Gemsbok, Wildebeest and Springbok, many of which Imust admit looked rather uncomfortable in the constant rain. Every so often the sun would break through the rain clouds and present us with the kind of light on the Kalahari can!

Every single creature we encountered would give a healthy shake while we watched it, trying to dispel the drenching rain. A little Chestnut-vented Titbabbler looked so soggy we actually felt sorry for it!

Chestnut-vented Titbabbler

A jackal lay in the riverbed, waiting out the rain before it rose and walked a little further, shaking itself vigoursly before lying down again.

Black-backed Jackal

We spotted a Greater Kestrel on the dunes...

Greater Kestrel

But every rainy day has its reward....

rainbow

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at Sunday, 21 June 2009 09:50by Jay

I forgot to say we saw 4 young cheetah walking along the ridge of a dune....we had just finished watching the soaked titbabbler, when we looked up and saw the cheetah! And we also spotted a very "lost" Comb Duck swimming in a rather small watering hole!

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at Sunday, 21 June 2009 09:59by Katja Soehngen

Wow, KEWL to see the Leopard and absolutely awesome to see the Cheetahs :-D
Sorry to hear about all that rain.....
Definitely not at all good photography weather.
Keep my fingers crossed that the weather is improving soon.

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at Sunday, 21 June 2009 11:38by Candys Style

Wow, that is a healthy amount of rain, amazing!
It sounds like you got great sightings of the Cheetahs:)
LOL@ the Titbabbler, was he actually sitting still for a change?

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at Sunday, 21 June 2009 15:39by Laine

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it he was so full of water he was to heavy to move around!

i nearly fell over when i saw the pic of all the rain! wowee!!

great about the leopard and cheetah!! LOL @ the comb duck.. one very confused bird methinks!

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at Monday, 22 June 2009 09:42by wildtuinman

Wow!

how wet is that place!

Greater Kestrel target met! Well done! LOL!

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