It was elephants all day today.
There was a good cover of dew at dawn today, as this butterfly eagerly awaited the sun to dry him up so he could fly away before he became breakfast.
Mandlovu and her family were all together again after her little sojourn with the bulls. They were taking it easy for an hour early this morning doing their sand thing. Later they moved north into the hills following a seep, which totally snookered me and I couldn’t follow anymore.
One-tusk was also around with her family. They found this little wallow and got all spaced out in it. One-tusk, then standing there quite innocently, sucked up a load of mud and the deliberately flung it at me. Just in time I managed to get my hand in front of the lens to protect it. But the rest of my body got a good pasting. She carried on standing there as if nothing had happened. Like a naughty boy trying to cover up his bad deed.
Then they too moved into the hills.
But I got lucky again at Nduna dam where a bunch of bulls were having the most awesome swim. They were playing and climbing all over each other. The resident hippos weren’t too happy snorting their displeasure every now and then.
Having run of elephant shortly before sunset I sauntered down to Bandama pan. There was a white rhino cow and calf feeding close by but were unaware of my arrival. They had a flock of cattle egrets following them catching insects that are flushed by the rhino.
I was keen to get photos, so walked in after them knowing that the egrets would be the ones to blow my cover. And they did. The rhino’s spun around startled not knowing where the trouble was coming from. Now that’s a potential problem for me, ‘cos they might just charge unknowingly in my direction. Before they could even think of it, I coughed and they took off the other way.
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