While at Cubetjie Quap water-hole, I saw a very thirsty
solitary White stock quenching, drenching itself and bathing, while
Black-backed jackal had its eyes on a Black Kite nearby. After a desperate attempt
by the jackal to catch the kite; the White Stock had no alternative but to abandon
the cooling precious find and take off. The Black –backed jackal had all the
water-hole to itself thereafter.Here it goes (Right-click image to enlarge).
Magnificence animals and birds.
ReplyDeleteThanx Bob
DeleteVery nice post, great siting and good pics
ReplyDeleteHi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteAnother comment that came through my mail from Mike Dyer:
Hi Mpho -
All those waterholes in the Kgalagadi TFP can be VERY interesting. On my first visit in mid-winter MANY years ago, my son and I were watching literally thousands of doves come in for their early morning drink at one of the waterholes ( I think a little to the north of Cubetjie Quap ). It seemed that this would go on for as long as we were prepared to watch. All of a sudden there was a mad scramble as all the doves dispersed very quickly. We could not work out why, but then we picked up that a Lanner Falcon had flown right through them all and settled in a tree.
I have had a few other interesesting sightings - one of which I believe may have been shown on Veld Focus ( 50/50 ) but many years ago as well.
My regards - Mike ( Dyer - Randburg )
Thanx Mike,
DeleteI could not wait to post this on the blog. Good story