The pack of dogs spent most of the month running up and down between Lebala and Lagoon areas. Hunting was good on all sides, and the dogs appeared healthy and active. They even came into camp, and were hunting around the staff village. We’ve also have visits from the other large pack of 24 dogs, coming in from the Selinda territory.
The Kwando pack spent several days hunting between Park road and Twin pools. They have to keep active to feed this many members of the team!
Male and female lions were mating at Halfway Pan, and were seen there for three or four days, not moving far, and resting up between ‘bouts’. A lioness and her three cubs were found just north of Twin Pools, feeding on a kudu carcass.
And five hyeanas were introducing their two cubs to the delights of slightly smelly food – feeding on a dead hippo carcass that was on the edge of the pool. Yummy!
A leopard was found feeding on an impala, and the very next day, hunting again. We also saw a mother leopard and her sub-adult cub, moving along together, hunting.
Once the rains fall this month or next (though we are becoming a little concerned as to whether they will actually fall!) , we will have a glut of young babies frolicking around, with many baby impalas, and other antelope. A tsessebe mother opted not to wait for the rains, and a tiny young new born was seen bouncing alongside her mother in the Park Road area.
As you can tell, Twin Pools area at the moment seems to be a highly productive area – with the waterways decreasing, this is the edge of the Selinda spillway, and draws large amounts of game to the grasses and fresh water. Add to that, around a 1000 pelicans and other birds fishing along the waterways, catching up the fish that are caught in the lower water.
