Showcasing the beauty of Mother Nature
Isn’t this little guy just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? I spotted him on my last afternoon in the Masai Mara, and while he started out acting all tough, he soon realized that we weren’t any type of threat, and relaxed completely.
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My Monochrome Monday choice for this week is from a wonderful lion sighting during my time spent in Etosha National Park in Namibia. You really can’t ask for better than this!
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While we were driving from camp to the river crossing location, we came across an area where wildebeest were moving in a column, for as far and the eye could see in either direction. I tried creating a stitched panorama, but even that only provides a hint of the overwhelming number of animals on the plains.
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This big bull elephant was the last animal I saw before heading home from my last safari adventure. We came across him on our way back to camp for a quick breakfast before our flight out. He was moving swiftly along the road, and in musth as well, so we stayed well out of his way. He stopped briefly to check us out from afar, grabbed a small trunkful of sand from the road and let it fly before carrying on his way. The way the light was falling, the sand almost makes it look like he is surrounded by confetti.
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Seeing a leopard in a tree was a dream safari experience for me; I hoped that one day it would happen, but knowing the bush, I knew there was never a guarantee. I saw my first leopard in a tree in the Okavango Delta in 2015. And that trip, I actually had 3 different leopard in a tree sightings. This past trip, I had just as many. It doesn’t get old though! Every leopard sighting is special, and seeing them up in a tree, in command of their environment, is always a magical experience.
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We were lucky enough to spend about an hour with this breeding herd in the Namibian Desert. They spent time grazing on devil’s thorn and then went down into the riverbed for a drink and a mud bath. After that, they were off, and we headed back to camp for breakfast.
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I don’t want to call this a “best sighting” because it feels like I am discounting so many other amazing moments in the bush. So I will say instead that this was a truly special sighting, made all the more memorable by how genuinely excited my ranger was to get to experience this moment.
On our last morning game drive, we decided to head out to the area where this leopard was last seen, in the hopes of seeing her, or even better, her with her 2-1/2 week old cubs. I never imagined we’d find her transporting one of the cubs to a new den site, and that we would have close to an hour to watch her and the little ones.
I’ve posted a few more photos from this encounter so far, you can find them here if you’d like.
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A cheetah scans the horizon from his perch on a termite mound.
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Starting the week off with an elephant just seems like the right thing to do. Wishing everyone a fantastic week ahead.
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This leopard was called Piva on Londolozi, and he was an incredibly impressive animal. At 7, he held a great territory and was one of the largest leopards in the area. When I was there in May, on our first game drive we found him having a territory stand-off with another male; and it was so interesting to watch the dynamics of the two animals.
Sadly, I read that this leopard was killed by a pride of lions over the weekend. The circle of life and the battle for space and resources can oftentimes be a cruel one to watch.
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