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The year is
moving on apace and already Spring is here again.
The knobthorn trees have flowered early this year and the giraffes have
been paying their annual visit to feast on the blossom and new leaf growth.
The winter
has been a busy one for us here at Leopard’s View with many guests enjoying the
lodge and many animals enjoying the waterholes. The aloes blazed forth with their customary
glory and the sun-birds were continuous visitors to the gardens whilst the
aloes were in bloom.
Elephants
have been regular visitors to our part of Oliphants West throughout the winter,
including several more visits from the individual who enjoys feeding on the
plants in our garden. The number of broken trees has increased
dramatically and just a few days ago there was an almighty crack of breaking
wood as a magnificent leadwood was toppled by an elephant who had been drinking
at the waterhole just minutes earlier.
Wild dogs
have made several more appearances throughout the last few months, usually
appearing in the area for a couple of days, amidst great excitement, and then
disappearing for months again. On their
last visit we managed to get a close up view and could marvel at their
beautiful coats - ‘painted dogs’ is a very apt description for them - each have
their own unique patterned coat.
We had a
wonderful lion encounter at the beginning of last month, when two females
brought down a zebra on a neighbouring property. We were privileged to see
these two females with eight cubs playing and interacting for some time. A memorable sighting indeed.
Watch out for the next post in a couple of weeks time about our improvements to giraffe and duiker huts.
Bush wishes to all our readers.
