Yesterday afternoon I wanted to see if the dogs would come out the hills for some action, but I found Lindy and Penny in the same spot waiting for their dad to come down from the hills. Talking about down hills, the 21 June was the shortest day and the longest night, which means it is midway through winter and the year is basically all down hill from here on.
Moving on from the dogs, I thought Nduna was on the cards, but Kylie was with me and she spotted a black rhino on route. This is a rare find out of the blue; we parked watching until it got itself in a tiff and snorted off into the dense bush. We then thought we’d head back to the dogs the long way round past Hlamba Mlonga and found a dagga boy herd of buffalo. Amazingly on the road back Kim was back in his vehicle with the dogs leading the way again. They moved into a nice open area where they proceeded to give a small herd of wildebeest a hard time. It was now dark and I continued to get a little footage using the lights. It is a pity they don’t do these things while the sun is up, the way the dust puffs up in the setting sun gives it such a dramatic look.
Not to be concerned, this morning I was driving to Chikwete Cliffs and found a large hear of buffalo, around three to four hundred of the dudes. The sun was only beginning to show itself so I patiently waited for its beams to pierce through the woodland branches. This was just what I was hoping for, a red sunrise light reflecting off the smoking dust created from the shuffling buffalo.
They proceeded towards the Chiredzi River and I hit Chikwete to see if I had a view of the buffalo crossing the river – it was as I thought, I had the bird’s eye view; and, just to confirm this a fish eagle called from a above and then perched itself in the tree next to me. An hour later the buff were still filtering through, I took a few last minute stills and headed for home feeling rather satisfied.
Recent Comments