Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Barney. Douglas B Thanks for looking. We were only two jeeps out of that bunch! That sort of traffic jam is an everyday occurrence, so I do not think it perturbed the cheetah too much. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 12:46 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Well done Jayanand, they have to be seen large. I love the traffic jam > following them. Were they all your group? > Douglas > > > On 29/09/2018 05:01, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > > Sorry about that, but these are exactly the same length as on all my > posts, > > because they link to photographs photos in the LUG Gallery. > > > > Anyway, for the Cheetah set start with the link below and the five > > photographs that follow. > > > > *https://tinyurl.com/ybgogzuo <https://tinyurl.com/ybgogzuo>* > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 7:31 PM Bernard Quinn via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> I am getting an item not found error message when I try to open these. > >> > >> Barney > >> > >> Make America Gaga Again! > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Sep 28, 2018, at 6:33 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >>> There were not too many Cheetah sightings, surprisingly, on this trip > to > >>> the Masai Mara. Usually they are easily seen as they hunt during the > day > >> to > >>> avoid the lions and hyenas, who would otherwise steal their kill. > There > >>> was a deadly alliance of 5 males though, who hinted at a hunt (5 of > them > >>> could go after a wildebeest or a juvenile zebra, so it would be worth > >>> watching!), and then sat down and did nothing on two days! It is > believed > >>> that they were two sets of unrelated brothers, who got together and > >> formed > >>> an alliance: > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180909-194.jpg.html > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180909-220.jpg.html > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180909-344.jpg.html > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180909-2226.jpg.html > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180909-2275.jpg.html > >>> > >>> The only other Cheetah we saw was a graceful female. > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180912-5093.jpg.html > >>> > >>> When we first saw her she had been chased and cornered by Topi: > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180912-3621b.jpg.html > >>> > >>> When we finished with her an hour or two later, she was cornered by > >>> something not quite as natural: > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara- > >>> 20180912-3686B.jpg.html > >>> > >>> 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >