I was with the vultures at dawn, all still perched in their trees.
I sat around a while but they weren’t budging, obviously waiting for the morning thermals to get going.
Then I heard a growl to the south of me. Following up I didn’t find any lions but I did find the carcass. An already well cleaned carcass of a buffalo cow. The vultures had already made short work of it.
It was then I heard impala alarm calls further south on the airstrip. Still nothing, until I moved further south down the track and picked up lion tracks. Not much further Manyari and the 2 males were resting.
I didn’t have to wait long to find out what was happening. Manyari was mating again or was it STILL mating.
It was only 2 weeks ago I had her mating for 6 days, then 2 days later mating again although not with much enthusiasm. And now a week later she’s full on mating again. This has to be too much for any girl. Let alone the dude!
The lions stayed just south of the airstrip for the day with the brother occasionally trying to sneak in only to be sorted by the mating dude.
The Marabou Storks were back on Banyini pan taking advantage of the drying up pan with it’s aquatic life now concentrated in little pools and an easy catch for the predatory birds.
A lone Spurwing goose also made an appearance at the pan. I’ve seen them here before but only on one or two occasions.
No doubt with full bellies and still mating the lions will still be in the area tomorrow.
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