Two perfectly formed horns ornamented with intricate spiral patterns and highlighted by a translucent glow from the suns rays creeping over the tree tops. At the powerful claws of a lion pride, eventually this is all that will remain as a remnant that a waterbuck once walked across this African lowveld.
These weren’t the only lions to leave a trail of destruction upon the land, another lioness had taken down a lichtenstein’s hartebeest at Bandama Pan and had eaten herself to a standstill, well lions barely do anything more than stand still at the best of times, but you know what I mean. She could barely keep her eyes open, even as the sun was setting and the vultures circled low in the red sky, she moved only to reposition her over-stretched belly. The lioness was all on her own and I was not sure what pride she was from, she eventually made her way to the pan to get a drink of water – what an action packed evening…she took a drink.
When a lion eats so much they even battle to breathe, you can pretty much be guaranteed that they won’t be going very far for a while, I left her so I could find some more interesting happenings. I wanted to spend a little more time with Tanga, I really am itching to get some decent footage of the young leopard.
I went across to Sosigi area but couldn’t get signal, Alan was probably on the leopard already, but I couldn’t get him on the radio. Either way, it’s good to get out at night once in a while to just enjoy the night sounds and the odd interesting spot.
Another month is on its back kicking and screaming, the dogs have downloaded, the hyena cubs are growing and healthy, full bellies all round, and it seems we’re caught up in the middle of it all – fortunately!
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