Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:11 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Jayanand, > > These pictures are fantastic, I love the ones chasing the Rabbit and the > Impala > > Cheers > Lluis > > > > El 30 set 2018, a les 6:51, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: > > > > Leopards in the Masai Mara. We got plenty of sightings on the trip, but > it > > was basically two of them, Kaboso and Mahala, and the former's two > juvenile > > cubs. > > > > *Kaboso* > > > > We first saw Kaboso and her two cubs briefly on a walkabout: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-816.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-781.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-788.jpg.html > > > > Later during the trip we saw the female cub catch and disable a hare, but > > without a clue on how to kill it. It practiced all its hunting moves on > the > > traumatized and hapless hare, bouncing, leaping, jumping, etc., and > finally > > trotted away into the trees with it, no doubt, to mummy for the swift > > execution: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1592.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1629.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1676.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1677.jpg.html > > > > Our final sighting of Kaboso was when she emerged from tree cover, and > > warily made her way across open grassland to a spot where vultures were > > beginning to circle. She was going to the carcass of a male impala she > had > > killed earlier, in order to move it into tree cover, nervous about the > > vultures. It took her around 90 minutes to move the carcass, which > weighed > > more than she did, a distance of 1.5-2 kilometres, in the hot sun. A feat > > that bears ample testimony to the strength and stamina of a leopard in > her > > prime! > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-5882.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-5745.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-6145.jpg.html > > > > We saw Mahala only once, when she was on a territorial marking walkabout. > > She had small cubs, but she did not bring them out with her. She did > climb > > a tree, from which I have a few photographs: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-6961.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-7018.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-7102.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-4201.jpg.html > > > > For those who have url problems, here is a link to the first photograph > in > > the series - and on to the end: > > > > https://tinyurl.com/ya6tbtca > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome! > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >