Cheetah suckling her very young cubs. As the sun was setting over the Kitirua Conservancy in Kenya’s Amboseli region, we came across this cheetah with her four, four month old cubs. They were hiding in bushes and difficult to see. We stayed with them hoping they wold...
Very young Cheetah cubs playing with mum. As the sun was setting over the Kitirua Conservancy in Kenya’s Amboseli region, we came across this cheetah with her four, four month old cubs. They were hiding in bushes and difficult to see. We stayed with them hoping they...
A very rare sighting: a melanistic (black) Serval cat hunting. We had three sightings of very rare melanistic (or black) Serval cats in Amboseli/Kitirua, Kenya. Two of them were very fleeting. On this occasion, this remarkable cat was visible for quite sometime as it...
Bobcat on a Mule Deer kill. A Bobcat had a Mule Deer kill in Firehole Canyon, Yellowstone National Park. Over three days we were to spend more than eight hours watching this cat. When we first arrived we spotted the Bobcat on the far bank of the Firehole River. It was...
Male Jaguar. The Southern Pantanal in Brazil had been intensely hot. It was hard work as we drove around looking for the elusive Jaguar. We drove over a culvert and to our surprise, a very handsome male jaguar shot out. It had obviously been sheltering from the heat....
Jaguar cub takes a refreshing dip. It had been another seriously hot day in Brazil’s Southern Pantanal. The mosquitoes were giving us and this Jaguar cub a torrid time. The cub began to head to a small waterhole and we followed. The Jaguar cub had a long drink and...
Jaguar on the sand bank. As the sun was setting on a ferociously hot day in Brazil’s Northern Pantanal, we came across this beautiful male Jaguar walking slowly along the river bank. As he reached an exposed sand bank he settled down to a bit of grooming. Like us, he...
Jaguar cubs. It was intensely hot (55oC, in the full sun) as we sped along the Corixo Negro River in Brazil’s northern Pantanal. On the river bank in the shade of a tree we found two Jaguar cubs: brother and sister, both about two years old. The exposed root system of...
Jaguar along the river bank. It was a very hot and sultry day as we made our way along the river in Brazil’s northern Pantanal. A female Jaguar emerged from the undergrowth. She swam and walked through the water before heading back into the undergrowth and vanished...
Male Jaguar by the river. Cruising along the river in Brazil’s Northern Pantanal, the first warming rays of the sun made the light particularly beautiful and warmed us up. As we turned a bend in the river, there, lying on a sandy beach was a magnificent male Jaguar...
Magnificent male Jaguar. It was early in the morning as our boat cruised slowly along the river in Brazil’s Northern Pantanal when we saw this magnificent male jaguar swimming amongst the water hyacinths. It appeared in open water for a short time and we could see...
Walking with Cheetahs. One of the most memorable wildlife encounters during our stay at Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa was this one with a family of Cheetahs. The mother and three cubs had been habituated and would mostly ignore people on foot near them....
Lions on an elephant carcass. Laikipia Wilderness Camp is located in one of the most remote and truly wild areas of Laikipia, Kenya. As we drove around we thought we could hear faint growling. As we searched for the orin of the growls we found a group of five sub...
Amorous Leopards. Amorous leopards or should it be just an amorous female Leopard? As the sun was setting in Laikipia, Kenya we came across this Leopard couple up on a rock. The female was very keen to get on and mate but her male partner was less than interested. Try...
An amazing Black Leopard (or Black Panther). We had spent many hours trying to find a Black Leopard in Laikipia, Kenya. A 14 month old female cub was in the area but very hard to find. She was still close to her mother but was in the process of being forced from the...
A very playful Leopard cub. It was early in the morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. A leopard and her 8 month old cub were relaxing beneath a tree where the mother had secured a Wildebeest calf kill. The cub was keen to play but a Hyena appeared on the scene. The mother...
Cheetah and her cub on a kill. A nine month old Cheetah cub had been presented with a huge meal by its mother. Recently, she had killed this female Impala. This Cheetah had had six cubs but five of them had been killed by Hyenas. This was her first litter and her...
Cheetah and her three cubs on a kill. This Cheetah had taken down a Thompson’s Gazelle and dragged into the shade of an Acacia bush. She had three hungry mouths to feed. So her three very young cubs could feed, she had opened up the rump of the gazelle. The youngsters...
A Leopard in trees. It was early morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara when we found this lovely female leopard relaxing in a tree. Our dreams came true when she decided to climb down the tree and move off. We tracked her for some time as she crossed some open ground taking...
Cheetah family. In the early morning light of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we found this cheetah family sitting on a termite mound. This cheetah has three cubs but only two were visible to us. The mother was clearly in hunting mode as she constantly scanned around. There were...