Sightings Discussion Nkorho & Elephant Plains Tuesday 11 March 2008

I made a Boo Boo on the new day ..could a Mod please fix it :-)   I forgot to change Monday to Tuesday.

Thanks Bunches ..thats why I hate making new days ;-) 

I didn't see a tuesday and tried to start one, mod could take it out yours is better.

 

edited to say, I was refering to the chat...oh well maybe we are ok.

I'm glued to the screen hearing the roars and they seem to be getting closer, you watch them sneaky lions will quietly wander in. 

That was a hyena just now, wasn't it? Edit: At NK

KeeKee, I hope you are right!

Hi ..made it back ..Boma kicked me out LOL . Are the Roars at EP or NK ? 

Thanks for fixing the Day ..was not sure my post made it thru

I am hearing Hyeana at EP

Hyeana at NK  sounds like more than one

Hyena softly calling at NK. Come on out and show yourself!

Does anyone know what bird it is at EP that is making the "peep peep peep peep peep" call?   I'm assuming it's a bird, anyway.

Robin, sorry I don't hear it at EP. I do hear a squeak squeak squeaking at NK, in a long series. I think it could be the olive toad that we hear there. They sound like a bed squeaking

Of course, it stopped right after I asked the question.  Doesn't it figure? 

I hear a Hyeana at NK now ( 2:21 ) and what sounded like a cat ( leopard ) spitting / hissing

 

trouble with Boma ..so hope this goes thru

Lots of Hyeana activity at NK ...and something else ???

from the sound of the birds ...I think the Hyeana have awakened  the Bush LOL ...  something is disturbing them and I can hear the Hyeanas making that "lowing" sound. No Baboons or Vervets yet, so may be wrong about the Leopard

I think the Hyenas arent thirsty

I think they may be more interested in what that Lion or maybe Leopard has LOL

Was that the Gucks I heard flapping wings ?  Something sure has the ground nesters unpset now

Are there other prides of lions in the area besides the Mapogos?

OK what was that at NK?

Sorry ..my 'puter keeps freezing :-(   I thought it sounded like a cat at NK ..but more like a Leopard.

There are several prides in and out of NK  and the surrounding area.  I think there may have been a post from the Rangers in the Nkorho Q & A thread.  A lot of members keep up with the movement of the Lions, I am sure they can answer that better than me

I dont think I ever heard a Leopard, The reason I asked about the lions is I know that 5 of the Mapogo males are visiting the neighbors right now. thanks for the info

Those Boys sure get around, that is for sure LOL.  A Leopard "Roar"  will sound like sawing wood ..but what you hear most from them is the spitting, hissing, low gutteral growls, like you would hear from a domestic cat finght ..just bigger and louder  LOL

hey everybody! hows everyone doin' so far this evening? any interesting sights while i was gone?

Is that a Mongoose drinking at NK ...??  at the finger

Oh it came back LOL  white tailed Mongoose ..right at the finger NK

  Lots of really cool sounds ..but only a Hyeana and the Mongoose spotted so far

Is that 2 of them there now ..Mongoose at NK ? 

Here is a clip of a leopard calling at NK last Nov.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LHbgisWDk

Yes, two of them

yes it was 2 of them ..a pair ..or mother with young ?? 

they are moseying around out to the right of WH now

  That was a great sound clip !!!   Thanks. 

 Is that the little Mongeese coming back ??

Probably a mother with her youngster.  The young ones stay with their mother until  they are almost as big as she is.