As if overnight the bush has suddenly dried out and the grass is turning brown.
There is chance we might get rain this weekend but that will probably be the end of it for this season. Then the long dry season until the rains start up again in November December.
But generally we’ve had a good rainy season and the bush is in good shape to see it and the animals through this dry period.
And the Quelea? Well they just keep coming. I was at the pan again this afternoon and every time I see it I marvel that there can be so many birds in one location. And how don’t they kill each other in midair collisions when in such numbers? Each fends for itself and watches those next to it reacting to their movements and it seems to work.
They don’t need control towers and all the massive technology we do at our airports.
Just seeing a flock of tens of thousands of Quelea flushing as one from the pan when a falcon descends on them is quite is an engineering marvel when one thinks of them all having to take off in unison.
I was also at Chekwa pan earlier and there’s much the same density of birds drinking there too.
Hey farmers! Hold on to your crops the Quelea are coming! And coming!
Thank you for keeping my family and I updated. We love to watch your vidios, and read about your adventures!
Thank you!