> On 17 June 2018 at 13:12 Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Subash. > > I wanted to show the "acrobatics", hence the tight crop. Scroll R for > two uncropped shots & again right for another at Sable Dam. It was very > hot (32ºC) for "winter" yesterday with terrible glare. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/42852462501/ > > Sable Dam is about 5km S of Masorini. There are three resident herds of > about 50. They probably roam up to 20km in search of food (plentiful at > the moment). We were "trapped" at Sable Dam for about half-an-hour. The > large Bull & two Askaris have been roaming the area for years. There are > several reservoirs within 20 km but the wind pumps have now all been > replaced by solar so the yield is much less & the reservoirs never get > full. The reservoirs trickle feed drinking troughs. In the old days the > Ellies could simply slip their trunks over the top but the water level > is now too low. In fact, the overflow often led to the formation of > artificial waterholes. The decision to remove the Wind pumps was taken > because species needing a lot of water & predators were being attracted > into more arid parts of the park where they threatened the survival of > slow breeding species such as Roan & Reedbuck. The two latter species > can make do with much less water that say, Impalas, Zebras, Wildebees & > Lions. Lions (unlike all other cats) live in prides to defend their > water sources. The Roan population became critically low so captive > breeding programmes were set up in large protected Bomas. It has been > very successful & the herds have now been released. A herd of 30 was > recently spotted at Tsednze about 100km N. Some Roan males have been > imported from Zambia to boost the depleted gene pool. > > Thanks for listening! I hope some others enjoyed this discourse. So > different to N. America although the Bison rescue programme must have > been quite similar. . > > Alan C
Exceptionally interesting discourse. > > > On 06/17/2018 8:41 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > nice but i feel it is too closely cropped. i personally would like a > > bit of breathing space around the elephant but you may have your > > reasons for doing so. > > > > > > On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:40:50 +0200 > > Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> A thirsty Bull Elephant using his neck muscles to lift his massive > >> body so he can reach the water in a concrete reservoir near the > >> Masorini Archaeological site in the Kruger Park. Sorry about the > >> harsh midday light. > >> > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/27968918137/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
