Khayeni is now more accepting of us.
At dusk there were 2 leopards calling in the area of Nhoro pan. We never got to see the other leopard.
From Nhoro pan Khayeni headed north and then back west onto Khayeni open area. She was active for a lot longer than usual last night and the great thing is, she now accepts us following her in the open, down vehicle tracks and even when she climbs trees.
It definitely seems as if she’s moved into a new gear of acceptance of us. And the only way that this is accomplished is spending time with her. We’ve still got a ways to go where she totally ignores us and goes about her behaviours totally naturally. And that’s where I want to be ‘cos then I can be sure that everything I document with her is natural and not affected by my presence.
Khayeni hunted mice, several herds of impala and even trailed a baby giraffe, walking on its heels for ages but she just couldn’t pluck up the courage to pounce on it.
But with all her activity she had no success, which I think is a lot to do with the moon.
Once the moon was down and the night really dark she very quickly caught a Scrub Hare, which she took off into the thickets to feed on peacefully and rested up there for the rest of the night.
Earlier in the evening she was pestered by a young hyaena cub and took refuge in a tree until the little fellow had got bored of waiting and moved off.
We still did our fair share of bashing through bush last night after Khayeni which took its toll on my vehicle. I managed to bend my exhaust at 90 degrees! Also have a major oil leak, which needed to be sorted back at camp, and so it was early back to base.
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