Daily Archive for April 16th, 2009

Impala prepare to rut: Video


Knowing the wild dogs to still be across the river, I didn’t fly today, but will be up at dawn checking on them and then I have to fly to locate several sable herds. We have to collar 3 or 4 animals for a research project that will commence with this.

Move it up
I spent most of today watching impala. As the season of the rut is picking up, so the male will be displaying and soon real fights will break out.

He's coming
I’m needing a fair amount of footage of impala for the films I’m finishing this year, and now’s the best time to be doing it as I can’t get to the dogs.

Them 2
So it was I ended up spending most of my day on Banyini open area and the airstrip where I was treated to the goings on of impala, zebra, giraffe and wildebeest. Not a hugely exciting day BUT, a day in the bush! Yes I know just how LUCKY I am.

The big one