Elephant at Chimbiya spring Bar: Video

The rains stayed away but the overcast weather prevailed.

I spent some time filming Quelea chicks being fed. They’re all about the leave the nest in the next 3 to 4 days. Their breeding is highly synchronised and when the chicks fledge the Quelea numbers will swell but at least another 6 million on Malilangwe alone. (That’s apparently a very conservative estimate)

At Bandama I encountered this white rhino bull. The wind was in my favour as I approached him on foot. Then waiting behind a small bush he kept grazing towards me. Marked and sprayed the bush next to me, then moved on past. Only then did he get my scent and bolt. Away, luckily.

A big herd of buffalo were on Banyini grazing in the savannah and this bull was feeling rather amorous but was quickly sorted by another bull when he saw what was going on.

I wasn’t able to pick up the elephant herds today, expecting them to be in the sandveld, which they tend to like after the rains. There was just this lone bull on Banyini.

As usual the giraffe were on the airstrip at sunset. For some reason they like to come out in the open here at this time of day. And it’s just bulls. Often they’ll be play fighting.