I wouldn’t say it was back to an exciting start. 2 carcasses in a couple of kilometres of each other. The buffalo cow looked like she’d died of old age. He teeth were really badly worn and she was extremely thing. The carcass was already a couple of days old and the vultures had moved on. They had found new pickings. The giraffe cow seemed to be in the prime of her life and died of natural causes. And the vultures were really tucking in to this one. Both carcasses had hardly been touched by other predators. There had been some chewing on bones but probably only by jackal. We had both carcasses tested for anthrax and thankfully both were negative. On my way out this morning, 4 of my friends came strolling down the road all bloodied and well fed. So no guessing what they’d been up to. The hyaenas carried on up into the hills. The one female is full of milk and obviously nursing. If only I could find their den. No doubt when I’m airborne in the next few days I hope to pick up on these sorts of things. It was another day at the hangar and all nearly done! Only at sunset did I get out to Bandama pan with little going on except for the Egyptian geese, Blacksmith plover and Booted Eagle all trying to get along.
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