We took advantage of Tjololo doing nothing, and sleeping at his kill, to shoot some more material of me working in different situations and different areas.
When we did eventually get back to Tjololo around 23h00 his situation hadn’t changed.
Shortly after our arrival he suddenly took off. 3 lions arrived at his tree with the carcass. It wasn’t long and all 3 were in the tree falling over each other to get to the carcass and then trying to fight over the carcass at the same time as trying to stay in the tree. A truly comical situation. Eventually they all tumbled out the tree and scattered with their separate bits.
Tjololo didn’t hang around and headed west all the way to the Sand river where he chose an inaccessible route for us.
A bonus to this time of year is the dramatic skies and sunsets that occur. Most of my photos today have dark and moody skies as a backround. This giraffe bent his head down to eat from a low Chinese Lantern Tree. It is called a Chinese Lantern after its small delicate flowers, shaped like a chinese lantern. It is also the cause of most of our punctures.
This Swainson’s Francolin (or Spurfowl as they are now known) was on this branch about a metre high. He was calling to advertise his territory. After calling twice, he fluttered off to find a roost. It was amazing to have a close view of this well known bush sound being produced.
A little gap in the clouds shone sun on this family of zebra out on the Banyin. I know the grass looks too green to be real but it is like that. Such a rich vibrant green. It did not rain today but the wind has picked up this evening and we may get rain again tonight. I may have to swim out tommorrow.
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