It was a long night of waiting.
Khayeni was on the move soon after dusk through her favourite thickets, but it wasn’t long and she rested up. It was around 2 in the morning that she was on the move again hunting north across Khayeni open area. She made an attempt on some impala but was without luck.
So she resorted to mouse hunting, but only one success there. Why did she appear to be so hungry after having fed so well last night?
She approached a Knob-thorn tree staring into the upper branches. I couldn’t see anything up there. But as she scaled the tree a Francolin flew away. Khayeni didn’t give up and went charging after the flying bird. Just as it landed Khayeni was onto it.
She ate her feathered prize in the thickets before moving deeper into them to spend the rest of the night. Such is the life of a well fed cat.
We left her before dawn and headed south.
A big herd of buffalo were approaching Banyini but stayed in the mopanie woodland grazing. They weren’t too keen to have me following and when I realised they weren’t about to move on to Banyini to drink I left them alone.
Near Hwata pan several giraffe were browsing when this white rhino cow and calf approached. The cow was keen to drink but approached the waterhole cautiously. Why would she be so nervous? Is she just being protective of her calf? Surely with her bulk nothing should scare her.
Unfortunately their instinctive fear of man, and rightfully so, is still very strong and they will always be cautious should anything alarm them to his presence. Yes I was there!
The cow did eventually drink, but her calf is still too young to be drinking.
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