In the aftermath of a somewhat traumatic morning yesterday,
the afternoon drive and this morning were on the sedate side.Something of particular importance worth mentioning is the sighting of a hyaena running northward over Gowrie main with the remains of a leopard in its maw. This could only be Wabayiza and truth be told, a small comfort. Rather a fast death at the hands of predators than a gruesome, slow death.
The sighting of the hyaena just goes to show that while brutal, nature can also be efficient with nothing going to waste.
As mentioned before, sightings were far and few between the
past twenty four hours with a lone buffalo and various herds of elephants being
the only large sightings available.
The bush however has become a chorus of grunting and
snorting as male impalas everywhere stake claims on the land in preparation for
the rutting (breeding) season which is fast approaching.
A rather risky time for impala rams, their rutting does not go unnoticed with many predators taking advantage of the distracted herbivores, evident in the increase of kills of late and all of which have been large impala rams!
A rather risky time for impala rams, their rutting does not go unnoticed with many predators taking advantage of the distracted herbivores, evident in the increase of kills of late and all of which have been large impala rams!
Hyaenas and elephants were on our open area last night and
as far as birds are concerned the most exciting sighting was of a pair of Cape
vultures flying overhead this morning! We also had sightings of Chinspot batis,
Levaillant’s cuckoo, Little bee-eaters, Spotted eagle-owl and a breeding pair
of Black-chested snake eagles.
We didn’t do much in the way of photos, as such,
and considering how big a fan many of you are of Karula, I have attached
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