Wildcast

I checked up on the dogs today. I can only presume they’re all fine as they didn’t venture out the den but I could see them right down in there. Also the parents weren’t around to bark at my arrival. No doubt off hunting in the late afternoon.
A slight cause for concern were the 7 members of the Nduna pride hanging out at Manyuchi pan. This is not too far from the wild dog den. The pups will be fine so long as they don’t venture too far from the den as they were prone to do from the previous den.
Also I haven’t seen lion up in this area for a couple of years, which explained my ease at walking to the den in the dark. Now I’m going to have to rethink that strategy!

I haven’t seen these lions for ages and presume these are the youngsters that I last saw when they were 3 months old.
Their quiet time was disturbed when a troop of baboons came sauntering down to drink at Manyuchi pan. Until they saw the lions. Their barks became incessant and no doubt irritating to the lions. But they were far too lazy to do anything about it.

In the morning I was again on my travels around the property looking for the elephant herds. There was quite a lot of activity south of Nduna but no sign of the huge beasts. I think I’ll fly in the morning and see where these huge grey monsters are hiding out.

There was a fair amount of activity at Bandama pan. A young elephant bull arrived to drink. He was joined by a herd of zebra and a lone wildebeest, which proceeded to roll in the dust. And when the impala came to join in the elephant saw them off.

And so the cooler weather continues and the winds that are characteristic of August have already started their big blow during the days, but calm at night.