Archive for September, 2006

The wild dogs haven’t had a good run of meals lately and the little guys are all looking rather lean.

Hunting at dawn and again in the evening, although they were successful, only a few adults got to feed each time. Both kills must have been small as the adults returning from them didn’t take the […]


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2 Wild dogs killed at dawn, fed and went off to call the rest of the pack. The adults settled in for a long wait while the pups chewed away relentlessly on the carcass. Eventually they headed back to Sosigi hill for the day.

At Banyini there were swarms of Red-billed Quelea coming in to drink. […]


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What happened to the alpha pups?
I was surprised to find the pack nearly in the same place this morning. They were on the move already but only the adults and BB’s pups. I was sure the alpha pups were close by in the thicker bush, but no joy.

The adults hunted down near the Chiredzi river […]


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What a marathon.

The wild dogs headed a long way south with the pups and then all the way back up north to Sosigi again. This was quite a trek for the little pups. They got half lucky when the adults caught a Grysbok but this antelope is so small it doesn’t feed many mouths.

With them […]


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