Again it rained last night but really just a drizzle, which continued for some time after dawn.
I was out their getting a little wet but not unpleasantly so.
And again I was on the trail of popping impala without success. I then spent some time with a herd of Wildebeest. There were 2 new calves in the herd and all the other moms are heavily pregnant. Again I was hoping to get lucky with one of them, but it was only hope.
When they moved on a single hyaena came drifting through the area as only they can. Its interest was suddenly peaked when it saw the calves but the herd bull was quick to see off the spotted dude.
Moving on the elephants were typically in the Albizia woodland again casually stuffing their faces with the flush of everything green.
Tuchem came over again for his little greeting, pulled some grass tufts from under my car and moved on.
I was in a small clearing and the elephants had been all around me, but when I awoke from oopsy, dozing off, they had all moved away. Then suddenly there was panic and the herds all stampeded south. I followed at a distance and they kept going onto the wet clay soils, totally out of bounds for me.
I never know what it is that gets the herds to stampede, but I think what happens is, one elephant gets a fright and takes off. This scares those surrounding it and they too take off. Which scares others they run passed and they take off and soon the whole herd stampedes. They probably only stop when someone starts wondering what all the running is about and one by one they come to stop.
It was only late in the afternoon that the elephants had moved back north again and as the clouds were building in the south and east a few bulls ventured out into the open to take full advantage of the fresh green flush around Chivi pan.
As the clouds built up with the sun setting the colours changed from blues, greys and whites, to reds, orange and gold.
Good Day Kim,
Stunning!
All the scenes looked as if they were a painting.
Gorgeous and peaceful. Thank you