Sightings Discussion Nkorho and Elephant Plains Sunday, March 2, 2008

Hyeana calling at EP and NK  LOL  one at NK sounded distant , but EP was pretty strong.

Hyeanas at NK.

Spotted Hyeana coming in for a drink ..Whooping and giggleing

I would love to "see" them giggle. NK.

What kind of bird was that at NK?

This is all just my imaginative conjecture ...but for a few weeks now I have heard what I call "my lonely Hyeana" it would call with a very distintive whoop, sounding so lonely. I never heard an answering call and I have not heard that call for several days.Twice now I have seen the Hyeana picking on another Hyeana.  A few nights ago the sounds were so horrible.  I think that maybe my lonely Hyeana is maybe now somewhat accepted on the fringes of that den of Hyeanas and is way way down on the totem pole. Like I say, just conjecture on my part ..I have a very active imagination LOL

Hyeana are now whooping at EP again ..this is great LOL

The Gucks ( Egyptian Geese )  just came in for a landing LOL

And I think the Hyeana are right behind them LOL

Oh ..I hear my Lonely one again

I have seen the Lapwings before, but never heard them call.  I will have to check this out.  Do you know what birds have been swooping the top of the water at NK?

I am not sure about the birds over the water ..I have seen them before but I am not sure what the are ..

Noisey Hyeanas at EP and NK tonight ..sounds strange LOL

Thanks!  I will just have to keep watching and figure it out.

2 Hyeana at NK now ..but I am buffering really bad and no sound

3:15 am CAT NK

I saw them.  Are those the Geese on the other side of the waterhole to the right?

I have sound but did not here the hyenas just the frogs.

yes the geese are on the far right ...and now it looks like 5 or more Hyeana ..a couple look like small pups ??

Looked like one had a stick or something in its mouth.

3:32 am CAT NK

Looks as if the geese decided to leave the hyena seemd to be going around where they were.

This looks like the same bunch of Hyeana that made such a racket a couple of nights ago

Whole bunches of Hyena at NK and what did that one on the left just go over to?  Is it a small Hyena or some ead duck?

The IR lighting plays havoc on their coloring. Once they get wet, they're darker.

Hi SD. I think they are pups. They were here the other night making a real racket!

This is a fairly large clan (NK). Hi Donna.  How many pups all together, can you tell?  I'm not getting the best image here.  The grass seems tall too.

That was the best time to turn on Nkorho lol. I must have had a sixth sense. It that a mother Hyena and her pups? I just looked Googled Hyena and apparently a group of Hyenas is called a clan,smalldog I didn't know that.

That grass is pretty tall.  They keep disappearing in it on the right side of the water hole (NK)

Maaaan I wish we could zoom in and move the cameras ourselves lol....

The little ones are almost impossible to see unless they are close enough to the waterhole to see the reflction.  I wish they would all get wet so we could see them all LOL

Sorry, had a phone call. SD, I'm not sure. It appears to be 3 pups and a couple of older ones. I can't see well either. I'm checking back/forth at Campfire.

Baboons are hollering at NK ..may mean Leopard nearby