Bye bye Bisa! |
Saying goodbyes.... |
My present at Kids Club - a colouring of Sierra <3 |
My last photo of LE3 |
Dambwa was good fun this week, partly because I was there a lot, and partly because we had some really great sightings! I kept thinking it was the last time I was going to see them, then being able to go up and see them again! I did my last feed and clean session, and did 3 sessions of Dambwa Research. The first one was supposed to be my last, but due to the wet roads being impassable in places and the lions not being close to the dry ones, we couldn't find them. I was rescheduled to go again on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons, and were successful on both of those. The lions found us! We would know roughly where they were based on the telemetry signals from the adults' radio collars, but actually spotting them was impossible until they came out to say hello! Saturday they just walked around us and then continued on their way to Main Gate and their favourite place. Tuesday however they got rather too close! We were parked right up next to the electric fence so couldn't move easily, when they appeared out of the bush next to us and stared us down from only 2-3 m away! I still, even after 6 months, haven't managed to get over how stunning RS2's eyes are! So pale and menacing... Having him look you straight in the face when you're sat at his level is both terrifying and amazing! I was in the front seat of the car so lower down than usual putting me right at their level. As soon as they had checked us out and laid back down a few metres away, we quickly repositioned the car so we were no longer trapped! A pretty awesome way to finish my 6 months of research!
I had my last Snare Sweep this week, and again the park was looking particularly beautiful. We saw a big herd (or big for Mosi-Oa-Tunya anyway!) of Wildebeest on the way, and then once out the light was stunning coming through the grass again. We also saw giraffes, baboons and puku which was nice. My last time in the park... It was beautiful <3
Snare sweep getting quite overgrown! |
The end of my last Zambian Snare Sweep |
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