Sometimes I wake up in the morning not knowing where I’m actually going to go. I have to ask myself, “should I head all the way past Nduna to the east of the reserve in the freezing icy cold wind for the chance of rhino spot?” This morning was one of those mornings, I opted out and headed for Sosigi Dam. There was a chance of me passing Kim along the way, because the dogs are once again back on this side of the property near the Khayeni area! I will leave it to Kim to fill you in on his happenings tomorrow.
It was at Sosigi that I spent a little time watching a family of Egyptian Geese with their hatchlings. The bird life has done its turn around again, with the Woodland Kingfishers moving on to warmer parts of the planet, and the same with the Red-billed Quelea moving further north. With the turning of the season, there are so many different sounds we hear every day and trees turning different colours.
A familiar sound though was the roar of the lions, they sounded quite far south. I drove past Nyari and missed Alan collaring a new leopard, talking to him about it he said, “it is a big male and is fierce.” This is nothing like Tanga, who was relaxed form the start.
I reached Banyini area hoping to find our lions spread out in the golden grass. I seemed to miss them, but a guide vehicle spotted them so I will be sure to head back there this afternoon and try pick them up. It feels like a long time since we spent some time with those lazy guys (I really do like them). I counted over sixty zebra in the area, with plenty of wildebeest and giraffe making use of the open expanse of grassland – they obviously didn’t know that there were lions in the vicinity.
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