Wildcast

Back behind the wheel.

With lots of speedy footwork the guys had my vehicle back on the road this afternoon.
I headed straight out to look for Stitch and Whisky but ran out of light without covering their range and had no sign of them.
So tomorrow I really do have a mission to accomplish.

And just before making it back to camp it rained. Now what’s it doing raining at this time of year. That really is a little unusual. Although with global warming, nothing is normal anymore.
With no wheels this morning I left camp early and went walking around Malilangwe dam and then in to the hills. Oh it is just so cool to walk out here!

I didn’t see much in the way of animals, just hippos, crocs in the water and a young Nyala bull. But the water birds were all there - White-breasted Cormorants, Fish Eagles, Marabou Storks, Yellow-billed Storks, Spoonbills, Grey Heron, Goliath Heron, Hadeda Ibis, White-crowned Plover, Wattled Plover, Blacksmith Plover, Pied Wagtail, Egyptian Geese, and African Jacana.

For some reason today on my walk I was concerned about being had by a python and what would I do? Usually I carry a knife with me, but today I didn’t and this was now my concern. Anyway none of them dared attack me.

But while driving looking for the dogs later in the afternoon, I saw a snake track cross the road. No big deal ‘cos they’ve always passed by there ages ago. But something made me stop about 20m further and I was alerted to birds chattering and squirrels alarm calling. I strolled over there to find and 8ft python slowly making his way. Of course when I approached he went into his defensive/attack mode. But I was luckily too big for him.