18.9.11

The sweetest of the leopards 20/8/2011

We saw her crossing the road close to the mwagusi river. She was soooo
relaxed, she kept walking around without a precise destination.
Definitely looking for food.
We stayed with her for one hour, enough time for the other car to come
and enjoy the cat with us... by the way its the 5th leopard for Mika
in three days...
The leopard was pure sweetness for the eyes...
She climbed a mountain mahogany, relaxed there for a while, then she
stood up and checked the other side, she climbed down and started
walking again. She would go farther from us and then coming closer and
then farther again and then closer again.
A small leopard but soo elegant and beautiful... it was a great
experience... she went on in her food pursuit... stalked and tried to
grab some ring necked doves but with no luck.
Then she walked close to us again, spotted a buff crested bustard and
started stalking also this bird... she aproached slowly and froze when
the bustard turned its head. After few seconds the cat realised it had
been spotted and gave up.
She walked towards us for the last time, crossed again in front of us
but so close that from my position she was hidden by the bonnet... she
walked off, glanced at us for the last time and vanished into the grass.
Happyness!

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