Leopard sighting

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For @Yezdi - I do not have so many leopards as lion, but here is the one I promised.
This is a typical leopard sighting, when (s)he does not vanish within a heartbeat!
We were at Lake Panic Bird Hide for some time and then left about noon. Just before you get to the hide, there is a dry steam bed. in the road.
For years we always slow down when driving through these dry streams, hoping to see some cat!
This was our lucky day!
#1 The moving tail was all we saw, and that because the tail was up at the time.;) Check his nose - already upset that he was seen!
#2 He was aware of us and already had enough of the paparazzi.😁
# 3 is the get-up and walk away without bothering to look back!:mad:
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#3 looks like a bad day at the office, you must have got #2 just in time. Lions are so much more tolerant. I thought you had cooperative leopards down there.
Incidentally I like your white borders. Reminds of when we had to print first.
 
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Very beautiful Callie! This awesome predator seems very uncommon; is it the case in the part of the country (South Africa, I believe) where you live?
 
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Cristobal said:
Very beautiful Callie! This awesome predator seems very uncommon; is it the case in the part of the country (South Africa, I believe) where you live?
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We do not have wildlife like in the USA or Canada where the critters are in the backyard. All the larges animals are basically killed-off many years ago. Only in wildlife reserves, if they have a particular animal, will you encounter them.
Some smaller game are on farms and may be in suburban areas, but never the big game.
That said, leopards are one of the most adaptable animals and they may actually live on the perifery of urban areas in suitable habitat. With the Corona lock down, leopards have been captured on cams in areas where they were never seen for many years.
So, the answer is, you have to visit spesific game reserves if you would like to see one, and then you have no guarantee that you will see one. For that, some top $ lodges will accommodate you.
Thus, every sighting is treasured and wonderful, even if most are fleeting.
 
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Callie said:
Christobal
We do not have wildlife like in the USA or Canada where the critters are in the backyard. All the larges animals are basically killed-off many years ago. Only in wildlife reserves, if they have a particular animal, will you encounter them.
Some smaller game are on farms and may be in suburban areas, but never the big game.
That said, leopards are one of the most adaptable animals and they may actually live on the perifery of urban areas in suitable habitat. With the Corona lock down, leopards have been captured on cams in areas where they were never seen for many years.
So, the answer is, you have to visit spesific game reserves if you would like to see one, and then you have no guarantee that you will see one. For that, some top $ lodges will accommodate you.
Thus, every sighting is treasured and wonderful, even if most are fleeting.
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Thank you Callie for your explanations; I am very glad to see that nature comes back in many of your inhabited places, for the better I hope! I send you this photo taken by a neighbor not far from my home which is located at 20 minutes from Quebec city downtown; even if it's not a high-quality photo, you will certainly recognize a lynx, with the St-Lawrence river in background. Personally, I never saw yet a lynx in the wild!

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Cristobal said:
Thank you Callie for your explanations; I am very glad to see that nature comes back in many of your inhabited places, for the better I hope! I send you this photo taken by a neighbor not far from my home which is located at 20 minutes from Quebec city downtown; even if it's not a high-quality photo, you will certainly recognize a lynx, with the St-Lawrence river in background. Personally, I never saw yet a lynx in the wild!

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😍 We won't see a leopard like that...

Nice sighting
 
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Squawk said:
#3 looks like a bad day at the office, you must have got #2 just in time. Lions are so much more tolerant. I thought you had cooperative leopards down there.
Incidentally I like your white borders. Reminds of when we had to print first.
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Peter, thanks. Ja, like the drop shadow so I do I.
No ways will a cat ever accommodate us; too shy to be captured on camera, most of them. 📷😁📸
 
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gordon_g said:
Maybe next time you could get out of the vehicle and give him a little show... he might not walk away then... :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO::oops:o_O:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

beautiful Callie! They are beautiful cats!
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Normally would ask the wife to show him a leg... 🤣
Last trip, as we walked out of Lake Panic, just as I was putting the cameras in the car, she said: There's a leopard crossing the road. With my head in the car, I miised it!
So, all things can be possible
 
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WoooW....Superb shots Callie....👌👌👌 Love the tail shot...😍Thank you for the dedication.....🙏Sorry am late to the party as have been very busy these last 2 days with work.
 
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Callie said:
For @Yezdi - I do not have so many leopards as lion, but here is the one I promised.
This is a typical leopard sighting, when (s)he does not vanish within a heartbeat!
We were at Lake Panic Bird Hide for some time and then left about noon. Just before you get to the hide, there is a dry steam bed. in the road.
For years we always slow down when driving through these dry streams, hoping to see some cat!
This was our lucky day!
#1 The moving tail was all we saw, and that because the tail was up at the time.;) Check his nose - already upset that he was seen!
#2 He was aware of us and already had enough of the paparazzi.😁
# 3 is the get-up and walk away without bothering to look back!:mad:
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