Life in a camp such as Nossob soon settles into a routine and today was no different. Out early in magnificent cool and overcast conditions. Enough of a gap in the clouds to once again witness the sun rises that are hard to put into words. The unit I have is east facing so the early morning cup of tea is enjoyed with the most agreeable of views.
I headed north with the idea of trying to pick up the lions I saw yesterday. Game viewing is difficult as there is still a lot of standing water. At the waterholes it is difficult to see which is the waterhole and what is standing water. The game viewing started before I had even left the camp. The resident jackals were on their way to their daily hide after a night of foraging anything that anyone had left out. They are skilled at even opening cool boxes and containers in their quest to get food. So be warned.
Outside game was sporadic. A nice group of kudu and the usual plains game were on the early agenda. A few more jackal in the road alerted me to a lone hyena on a mission parallel to the road I was travelling. These two meant lions were about. After about 25km I spotted the male lion next to the road. Magnificent black mained Kalahari Lion. He was really close to the road and one could not have wished for a better view. At the turnaround point I had breakfast and began the return journey. The humidity and heat had cranked a few notches up. About 15km from camp the usual parked car alerted me to a sighting and it was the five lionesses that I had been seeking. So overnight from where they had last been spotted by me they had come down south by about 10km. Hopefully in the next day or two they will be at Nossob. My experience, not borne out by scientific fact, just observation, is that the lions move continually over their area and keep circulating unless there is a compelling reason to keep them in one spot. We shall see.
At the moment the thunderclouds have gathered into a typical storm formation and there is some thunder about. The wind is blowing, not strongly, so hopefully it blows the storm away a bit.
The pool is too crowded for my liking, so I am not swimming. Even in the bush Covid is ever lurking.
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