We are into a new month and time is holding back for nobody. We headed out with our morning fix of tea in a flask, our direction – the leopard at Sosigi. He was a little further North than usual, but Alan was already on the guy and he guided us into the dense vegetation. He is not used to two vehicles yet, so after a the first spot he didn’t stick around and doubled back on us a few times. The leopard seemed to relax, but we didn’t want to stress him out.
We left Alan to carry on his day tracking the leopard. Hopefully soon he will be relaxed enough to stay in the open so we can sneak a bit of footage, these are exciting times – the suspense is killing me!
The sun is beginning to burn the long grass, there are so many different kinds of seeds that stand tall and burst into the air as you drive over them. This is not good for me, because I’m suffering with Hay Fever at the moment. Puffy-eyed and all, I continued the morning drive admiring some interesting wild flowers, which I have no idea what the names could be.
I drove down past Sosigi Dam to find a group of Egyptian Geese, the usual resident Hammerkop and four White-faced Ducks. I then went a round about way home, past Nyari Pan, Banyini Pan and Chibi Pan.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find the Elephant herd I’ve been filming, but there were many Wildebeest and Giraffe to keep me entertained. I also stopped to have a look at a Zebra foal that was close to the road, they are quite on edge with this dense bush and don’t normally stay for the show.
sweet