Almost every night while watching the camera at Nkorho Pan, a mongoose will slip into view, scurry around and sneak back out. He very rarely sits still long enough for us to get a good look, much less indentify which kind he is unless its the white tailed mongoose, as his obvious white tail gives him away.  But  this week we got to see a mongoose over on Elephant Plains, and the camera operator was able to catch up with him so we could not only identify him, but watch a few of his behaviors.

As the summer begins to fade away in Africa, the rains will also diminish. Grass will dry up, trees will lose their leaves, and water holes will dry up. The critters will begin to visit the Elephant Plains and Nkorho Pan water holes more frequently. The giraffes will return, the lions will stop by more frequently, and the mongoose will even sneak in for a drink now and again.