It was another misty morning after a few hot days creeping up to thirty degrees - damn I sound like the weather man. Anyway, this has brought the chill back to the point of me breaking out my balaclava.
I spent a little time at Nyari Pan, basically because I didn’t feel like driving miles and because I‘ve seen some action there of late. Even though there wasn’t a lot going on this morning I had a good time out listening to sounds and birding.
I spent some time at a new project about to be launched on the reserve, it is a buffalo breeding program aimed at breeding various wildlife TB free. It will be exciting to see it adding to the various wildlife populations over the years. I took the winding road home past the hyena den, down past Manuchi Pan and into the Sosigi area. On the way there was a leopard sitting on top of an ant hill as if he was king of the jungle, which he is just about, definitely more so than the lion in our opinion anyway. It is great to stumble upon leopard like that, without the help of tracking deviices.
Another interesting thing happening is the nine camera traps up around the reserve at the moment, which is intended to get a count of the number of leopard in the area. Since Saturday we have had three hits on the baits that have been placed in various positions. After I passed Sosigi Dam I was ready to head home and I spotted two honey badgers moving through a ravine. Those guys are resilient creatures, always a great to watch, even if it is only for a moment. Old George the elephant was back on one of the main roads today, I hope he behaves himself, but I think he will test a few more peoples nerves.
What a beautiful video showing the jaw power and in contrast those same jaws being so gentle with the young. Those jaws can crush hard antler like we would a piece of celery, and then those same powerful jaws are so gentle with the young one’s leg and paw. Great job!!
It’s good to see video showing hyenas just living from day to day. This is a nice one.