Hungry and lean the lions were off to an early start, before sunset. Again it was giraffe first thing in the evening. It was a slow long stalk but it just didn’t materialise.
Of course after all that exercise they just had to rest.
An hour later it was slowly on the move again. A poor little Scrub Hare suddenly had 8 huge cats charging down on it. Crash and they were in a pile on top of it! While they fought with each other, all believing the other to have caught the bunny, the hare popped out from under their legs and took off into the darkness. The lions were none the wiser their food had taken off and mulled around baffled that the little fellow could have given them the slip.
After several more rests and casual strolls across country the Nduna pride got into serious hunting mode. They fanned out and surrounded a lone wildebeest bull. The tactics were good but the bull found a gap and didn’t look back as he got away safely.
Why is it at dawn when the hunting is all over that suddenly the lions have piles of energy? All night they’re totally lethargic and at dawn go playfully wild.
After 2 days hunting in the clays, the lions headed north at dawn resting south of Chitindigova. So hopefully tonight they’ll be out the clays and back in animal country and more chance of a successful hunt. They’re looking a little lean at the moment.
I went back to my impala around Banyini still hopeful to catch even just one magical moment of an impala birth.
While waiting in the shade with them, I heard chicks being fed and in a mopanie tree close by found a Lilac-breasted Roller feeding it’s chicks. They are such stunning birds. The nest is a hole in the tree and the chicks look pretty big already.
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