Wateringhole Chat - Monday March 3, 2008

hi all

just catching up, i missed the lioness that strolled through. thanks for the pics all!

she looked pretty thin

Thanks Karen      hmmm...so I guess we can quit looking for them if they moved off.  Maybe they will circle back around...hopefully.

Thanks for the new day, Karen.

I am forwarding the message from Ernst a few moments ago from yesterday's thread:

Hi good evening all

There were 5 Lionesses in total and they were trying to hunt. Unfortunately the wind wasn't in their favour and the Impala's and Wildies got away.

I left them and they were heading in a north westerly direction away from the camp. I will be trying to find them in the morning if they are still in our area.

It looked like the Styx females and they are very hungry.

Hope everyone enjoyed them.

Good night

Ernst

Thanks for bringing in Ernst's message he shared with us MH, was just getting ready to add it also after seeing it... lol

cool bananas then, I had just asked about the status of them during wee hours of the morning in Q & A thread.

HOPEFULLY they will come back around after eating.

Hello all, thank you for the pictures and info about the lions, I missed them.

You're welcome, Theva.  

And, dang, Ernst wasn't kidding when he said the Styxx girls were "very hungry".  Look how thin she looks :

Thank you so much again, Ernst.  We are grateful that you took the time to update us.   

something at the finger drinking

did anyone else see those two smallish critters walk right under the cam? dark with bushy tails

I think they are white tail mongoose.  There were 2 and they were right in front of us and they went to the finger.

I say white tail mongoose because they have white on their tails!!

wow. ooops! can a mod delete those for me?

Oh wow, she's really thin... starting to look like a cheetah almost :( I hope they eat tonight.

I missed them.  Running back and forth here trying to fix dinner.

ok

impala alarms at EP.

Thanks Sabine!

I just read that some of the Styx gals have new babies, I really hope they eat so they can feed their babies.

babs just had a little something to say at ep couple minutes ago.

I missed it.  My wife has company over and I was greeting them.  I hope babs saw something fun for us to see!

It's still rainy season.   Shouldn't there be a lot to eat around right now?   Why are the lionesses so thin I wonder? 

One would think.

Maybe they aren't from a big pride and so catching the food would be a little more difficult with only two.  "Garbo," one of the lone lioness' we've seen around the watering hole in the past was kind of thin too. 

impalas and others just alarming at EP!

Bob - yup, hopefully we'll be surprised with anothe leopard at ep, BIG OLE Lions will be good too.

Zasu - that one lioness we saw might not have been on their recent buff kill or possibly didn't get a good eating. Also other possibilities with 2 of the Styx Girls have been seen with cubs and a 3rd one thought to have but no visual confirmation on them yet from what MalaMala is reporting. Cubs can take a lot of nourishment from moms, so they need for to keep themselves up too.

WAHOOOOOOOO SAYS BABS!!!

Babs sounds upset at ep...

Evening All.... My poor dog decided she had to go out when babs decided to start calling. Her eyes were rolling : )

OK, I now know why I haven't heard babs.  The sound at EP is going in and out on me (more out than in).  Thanks for posting the babs alarms!  I wouldn't have known otherwise.

I see landie lights coming in at NK, its it alil late for a landie to be out...

vehicle lights in back tree line at nk, maybe some one coming to work. hmmmmm

It does seem a little late for landie lights.  Maybe one of the babs are taking one for a ride? lol

just like them critters, get us all wound up and then they go back to sleep while we sit here and stare at cam... lol

You got that right Karen!  I cranked up the volume and planted myself watching for kitty to come into view.

I missed the other kitty :(