Much better day. I was able to stay with the dogs most of the time today.
At dawn they were hunting around the base of Sosigi hill and after only one chase that was them done for the day as they rested up at a pan in the mopanie.
That allowed me a bunch of time to catch up with stuff in the office.
Back with the dogs at the pan in the afternoon and they were still resting. The Emerald-spotted Doves in the surrounding woodland called their mournful cries going on and on. “My mother is dead, my father is dead, all my relations are dead, and my heart goes koo-koo-koo-koo”. And trying to out compete them were the Cape-turtle Doves “work harder, work harder.”
The dogs made up for their lazy start this morning with an early start this afternoon they circled Sosigi hill and then headed north. The terrain was pretty easy going initially but then they hit those impenetrable thickets.
When I caught up with the pups they were milling around looking for the folks. And it turned out they weren’t even a hundred metres away feeding on a young impala they’d caught. When the pups eventually did hear a bone being crunched they screamed with delight while in full flight to get there first for the scraps, of which there weren’t many.
You are in a rare mood today, Kim. But, you do make me laugh with your interpretation of dove calls.
Is there a “Wilddog documentary” expected to be on air in near future?
I love bird call interpretations; they help me remember the bird itself. Our white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) says “poor sam peabody peabody peabody”, the rufous-sided towee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) says “drink your teeee, drink your teeee”, and so on. Once you hear it, after you get done chuckling, you never forget it.
Going in to post-production on a wild dog film about the pack that all died of rabies. And then by the end of this year will be finishing the film on these current dogs. Also got a film on lions and elephants coming out this year.
Any chance these will show up in the United States? And the ones you have already produced, are there ways to access them in the states? I came to Wildcast after you’d already produced some and before any others. How would I find out where the previous films are?
Kim, i’m also interested in Nancy’s question, How would I find out where the previous films are, in the USA?
most of my previous films have been for National Geographic. you’ll see them all there on the Nat Geo Channel. Or you can find them on
or you can find them on….
Looks like you didn’t finish your sentence?
I check the NG channel frequently but haven’t run into any. I’ll try to be more vigilant!
well I can tell you where I got mine,
“www” kalahari.net/dvd/National-Geographic-Box-Set/2/30681859.aspxfrom
Its a triple video edition by Kim, including Hyena queen (Hyena at war) , Stalking Leopards, and Predators at war.
All in a bundle discount price.
Took a while to get them from S Africa to Ireland , but was worth the wait !!
p.s :I put a few spaces between the “www” and “kalahari” because I dont think you can post links on this board anymore due to some spam lately !!