We start off this morning with Byron who has Dave.
He knows James from Londolozi and when James did guide training. Byron's dad is actually the director of FGASA (the guide certification organization)
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Female Lion tracks but they are not fresh because you can see Bird tracks on top of the Lion tracks.
James got out of the vehicle to start a bush fire or to show how difficult it is to start a fire in this area.
Lost signal
Over to Byron
Impala are abundant within this area because they are mixed browsers. They will eat grass and leaves. They are still out in the open and can keep an eye out for predators.
Impala Herd Out In The Open
Back over to James. He is on the Eastern Boundary and he is heading towards Cheetah Plains.
James is talking about the ongoing drought and how normally at this time of year there would be grasses 8-10 inches tall but there is none of that now.
We stop at a Thorn Tree with Vervet Monkeys. Amazing that they can move about the thorny branches without hurting themselves.
Vervet Monkeys Nimbly Moving About A Thorn Tree
Let's go across to Byron as James continues to track these Lion tracks.
Byron sees no sign of Karula yet.
Byron discusses his guiding background
Byron Discusses His Guiding Background
Byron spots something!
Its a JAMES!
Over to James. We have reports of Mvula on the Western Boundary and the Wild Dogs.
Byron will head off to possibly find Mvula while James tries to locate the Wild Dogs.
James discusses the naming of Leopards and how it all began in Mala Mala and Londolozi.
James Discusses The Naming Of Leopards
Elephants need to eat about 360 pounds of vegetation per day and with the drought it is becoming more and more difficult.
James is still seeing fresh Leopard tracks on the road which could be Karula.
Impala will not alarm call if they see Wild Dogs. They will just start running.
Over to Byron who is sitting with Mvula.
First Glimpse This Morning with Mvula
Mvula appears to have a full belly so he must have had a kill recently but there is no signs of a carcass nearby.
Intelligence of Leopards
Lions can be twice the size of Leopards.
Mvula has not budged an inch. Still lying in the same position and is fast asleep.
With James now. He acknowledges that it was Karula at the Djuma pan last night as she was most likely on her patrol.
There have been no pings from Sindile's collar in the last while.
This all began with Africa cam about 9 years ago. It uploaded 1 jpg image from the Djuma cam every 30 seconds as a still pic.
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Termites will eat grass as well as wood. The Terminalia is somewhat impervious to Termites but they tunnel inside the bark and consume the bark but not the wood.
No sign of the Wild Dogs as they can move great distances quickly and are very difficult to keep up with.
Zebra with James
Back over to Byron who is still with Mvula and Mvula is still sleeping.
Mvula is sleeping in the middle of Elephant Dung which is usually done by Leopards as it assists in masking their scent.
Over to James who is at the Hyena Den
Hyena's with James
The little Cub peeks his nose out.
Baby Hyenas 1 week old Make An Appearance
Baby Hyena is suckling now.
Over to Byron with some Elephants playing
Young Elephant Bulls learning to Push And Play Fight
Over to James.
There is a young Male Lion who just chased a giraffe. James spots him and we get a short sighting. James has no idea who this young Male Lion is.
Young Male Lion Interested In A Giraffe
Back to Byron who is still with the Elephants. They are busy breaking branches from the bushes.
About 8-10 Elephants in this group.
Over to James who has spotted some White Backed Vultures
Vultures with Full Crops
Vultures are not used for a food source here. Guinea Fowl is served regularly but James prefers Grouse. He says the Guinea Fowl are quite stringy.
Over to Byron who has a Male Bushbuck
Byron explains very well the differences between a Bushbuk, Nyala and a Kudu
Excellent Video Explaining Difference between Bushbuk, Nyala and Kudo's
2 Young Bull Elephants play fighting and learning.
Going for a drink.
Young Bull Elephants Jousting And Having A Drink
Over to James who is with A Male Leopard and it is NOT Mvula.
Can you guess? Sitting on top of a Termite Mound?
It is Sindile!
Sindile Appears To Have A Hairball
Another vehicle moved in very close to Sindile and now Sindile is up and moving into the more dense block so while James attempts to perhaps get another glimpse of him, we hop over to Byron.
Beautiful reflection of an Elephant in the water.
The 2 Young bulls are still play fighting.
Young Bull Elephants Learn From It's Elder
Back over to James
He has caught up to Sindile
(Information on Sindile (Male Leopard) is on my Leopard page in my blog here.)
Sindile Wants To Catch A Scrub Hare
This concludes our Sunrise Drive for this morning. It has been an amazing Drive with James and Byron and Dave and Wiam and Final Control always doing their magic.
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