Kaingo - Morning

Off a bit later as we called into Kaingo Lodge after our night in the Elephant Hide, which was sadly uneventful, for a late breakfast before setting off

Nothing specific planned but to keep our eyes and ears open for ‘signs’, and believe me there are many…. As it happens we get a radio message of a kill so off we go and soon come to the right area and see the Vultures. Edging forward we come across we come across two Lions and a Lioness with their kill of a Zebra, this pride we recognise from a previous encounter.

Surrounding them are Vultures mostly in the trees but one or two on the ground but all biding their time. One of the Lionesses then moved away to do her ‘business’ which immediately brought down a ‘wake’ (collective for feeding Vultures) of the Vultures to partake, the faeces of predators is an important supplementary source of food for White Backed Vultures

All this time there is a Hyena loitering in the background but he is unlikely to do anything with two Lions being involved

It will be a day or two before they will consume the kill and they will remain with it throughout but we heard later the Lions were preventing the Lioness from returning to the kill, keeping it for themselves

An uneventful return for lunch, after an incredible morningRead more