African wildlife adventures live from the bush
You can usually count on Bandama waterhole (:map:) as a hotbed of game activity.
Most animals usually stay downwind of the pan (on the Southern side) to avoid the unwanted attentions of the predators that may be lying in wait. The problem of course is that the Southern side is where the mus is thickest. Check out the clip to see how the warthgs, eland, zebra, etc deal with this muddy mess.
We searched and searched for the wild dogs today. Searching for 3 hours this morning and again 2 hours this afternoon, turned up no sign of the wild dogs. Except for a few tracks close to Formadhunga pan (:map:) there was no sign of them. With the moon full it looks like they probably travelled last night leaving Malilangwe Reserve into a neighbouring area.
I’ve been expecting them to move for the last 2 months, and so having them around for this extra time has been a real bargain. But it’s also meant I’ve grown that much more attached to them and just not seeing them today leaves that little emptiness inside, as I wonder how they’re doing.
The cold front (if you could call it that) has now past and temperatures are marching on to three figures in the shade. And that is what our October will be about. This is a really hot and dry month for us. But even so some trees manage to pull on their reserves sprinkle the bush with new flowers and a flush of green leaf - SPRING!
The green flush is most welcome to all the animals but still too insignificant to the elephant who require such huge quantities of plant matter each day. They seem to make up for it though with their daily swim/wallow.
Kim’s film, Predators at War, has just been honoured with two prestigous awards at the 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards held in New York last week.
Filmed on location at Mala Mala, the National Geographic film tells the story of how five of Africa’s leading predators compete for territory and food during the brutal drought that affected the area in 2002/03.
Predators at War won two awards:
Outstanding Science, Technology And Nature Programming
Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Graphic And Artistic Design
You can buy Predators at War on DVD from National Geographic or Amazon
Well done Kim!
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A few of you guys, including Chick, have asked for more information about where we are so here we go.
Use the plus and minus signs to zoom in and out. Click and drag the map around to view the area. We’ll keep adding note to this map as we go along so you can get a better sense of the area.
Kim and his photos have been featured on Flickr’s Animal Kingdom group in an interview with Noah Bulgaria, the curator of the group. Some interesting questions and a nice selection of images from the photostream.
An extract from the interview:
What was the most extreme thing you did to get a photograph or film clip?
I have been out of the car with all the Big 5* to get low angle shots in various different situations. But I suppose the most extreme thing was flying an ultralight aircraft with a camera strapped to the wing, through Bogenfels. This is a rock arch that extends out over the sea on the desert coast of Namibia. I only had about 2 m clearance on each side and a rocky ocean below. Won’t being doing that one again. Will use a radio controlled plane next time.
Its all happening in this segment, the dogs have mad a kill, a black rhino comes to investigate and lions are on the prowl
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