First thing in the morning I headed to Sosigi dam to see if I could pick up anything on the weaver colony nesting in Leadwood tree in the middle of the dam.
There was some activity there but not that easy to film. Some building was going on but most of the nests seemed to have chicks, which the adults were coming and going feeding.
Several hippo have taken up residence in the dam and were keen to see this new attraction, me. They spent ages peering along the water surface but that’s where they stayed.
The Pied Kingfishers were really active fishing and catching mainly tadpoles.
And in the same tree that the weavers were nesting the Woodland Kingfisher fledgling was perched and being fed by the parents.
Later on in the day I ventured south onto Banyini where the quelea were again flocking in their thousands.
As usual there were giraffe scattered on the open area browsing on the very thorny Acacias. That stuff must be good eating when you see the thorns they have to contend with.
I was down at the Chimize pans filming the sunset when these rhino arrived. They came to drink and then circled the pan and came up behind me. They had obviously seen me and kept pushing each other closer towards the vehicle until about 10m away when they suddenly bolted – the other way!
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The giraffe in this display have been drawn with such delicate detail that I’d be surprised if this ‘hunter’ was done at the same time. Or was he maybe supposed to look like this to portray someone seen in a trance.
And any ideas what those sketches to the right of the hunter are?
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1st February 2000
The flood level was down enough again for us to cross at Rocky crossing but by morning was up again and so the long drive round. Must have had rain higher up in the catchment.
With the leopards on their kills we went hunting with lions near the Mala Mala airstrip, but their attempts were rather non-descript. They were all very well satiated anyway.
Later found Tjololo had left his kill and gone on a walkabout. There was no mission on his mind. He took a casual stroll not hunting, not patrolling and not going anywhere specific. Stopping periodically for half an hour and then on again, he eventually did a loop back to his kudu carcass. Not much behaviour going on here. Needs to read the script again.
Tjololo’s friendly hyaena had taken up residence at Tjellers’ kill waiting for falling scraps. Tjellers finished her kill early evening and moved on.
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