I was watching the sunset at Banyini pan expecting it to pick up against the cotton-wool clouds but it never materialised.
It was then I heard the faint roaring of a lion way to the south. Nearly 5kms away we found the Nduna male roaring his heart out. He spent the whole night here giving it a full tonk, roaring about every half hour. No response was forthcoming.
So is this how they find each other? One roars and waits. Somewhere else far away another roars and waits. Doesn’t look too hopeful to me that they can find each other in this way each expecting the other to come to them.
At dawn Nduna took to the road heading east. (he finally realised it wasn’t working) The bush was thick and I soon lost the dude. Hwata pan seemed like a good place to wait, but I never heard or saw him again.
While waiting I heard more lion roars, this time it was several lions a very long way to the north east. Off I went again in search of lions. Again!
This time I got lucky. Actually very lucky. I found Manyari and 6 youngsters resting up in the shade near Chivi. They all look well but not well fed.
With the temperatures sure to hit a high today they eased themselves into whatever shade they could find and so hopefully waiting for me in the area when I return this evening.
Hunting tonight with the lions? Lets hope so.
Not far from camp I came across this humour. Here were all these guineafowl sitting in the shade, seeming to be keeping these nyala from sharing it with them. It’s unlikely this was truly the case but sure spiked my bent sense of humour.
And the nyala bull was so frustrated at all these antics he was ploughing up the mud with his horns. Just his little dominance display. I’m not sure anyone was watching.
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