Daily Archive for November 29th, 2007

African Storm: Video

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I was out as usual in the late afternoon looking for them lions, but was caught short when this huge storm came rolling in from the south.

Stormy Baobab
I gave up on the lions and went in search of the storm not that I had to search far. The storm was coming in from the south. Lightening was striking everywhere.
The rains moved northwards and then east moving all around me dropping loads of rain on the low lying areas making sure we wouldn’t be working with the lions again tonight.
I rushed to the Malilangwe dam to see the storm passing to the east and around to the north.

Stormy skies
But the most amazing thing of all, once the storm had passed, was the most awesome awesome sunset I think I’ve ever seen. The stormy clouds turning reds, pinks, golds, greys, blues and whites. WOW!

Puzzle
Early this morning I was out with the impala again spending my morning with binoculars staring at the backside of each and every female impala I could find. Sounds rather perverted what! But still no luck with a birth.

Onlookers

Tololo 28th November 2000

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The Tjololo Diaries

28th November 2000
Tjololo was on the move when we found him, heading north with the Newington female following a way behind him. Whenever she got close he’d snarl her back to her place. It sure looked like the passionate days were over.
After dark we lost Tjololo careering away in the bush and finding him found he’d killed a subadult female impala. He treed it immediately and fed.


Having fed he rested up in the tree. His mistress eventually arrived having been tracking him, and climbed the tree to feed.
When both leopards had fed they left the tree. His mistress made her usual advances, which Tjololo didn’t take kindly to this time and gave her a serious hiding. There was little she could do but be submissive lying on her back. He left her and she moved off a short distance.
At daybreak both leopards were still at the carcass and still Tjololo rebuffed her.
We spent the rest of the night at the hyaena den but we never saw any activity there all night.