18.9.11

Shy or hungry? 7/9/2011

First thing in the morning we went to look for kipunji pride. We know
they have eaten because yesterday evening they were at breakfast point
with bloated bellies but we think they are still on a carcass because
thay are without cubs and may have let them there with some of the
adults.
We drove to Breakfast point and looked for them but all we could find
was Grumpy's brother walking around, we left him as he decided to
sleep under a shady bush and we went on in our quest for the pride.
Eventually we saw vultures and found the lions... all there but
without a carrion around.... we could not see it but for sure it was
somewhere around there.
Today was a lion's day, as we left them we found two lioness in the
road close to w10, khumi pride on a fresh buffalo kill the other side
of the river in the first forest and bushbuck few kilometers further
in the same forest... not bad.
On the way back we were called into a cheetah sigthing in Mbagi.. as
we arrived the cat tried to hunt impala but they easily run away. Next
thing to do was to look for some shade and the cheetah went to rest
under a sycamore fig. As soon as we approached it started moving
again... shy or hungry we do not know but the cat trotted slowly
parallel to us for the joy of my english and alaskan supernice guests.
we watched it for a while before it disappeared in thick bush.
Another good look at kipunji in the afternoon.

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