Leopard on the Move - 07:18 pm
15 Jan 2010
The clouds have cleared and the animals and birds are more active.
The Xakanaxa pride’s roars could be heard far off to the west during the night. It seems like they are off on another excursion to Marula island.
Vervet monkeys alarm barking in the distance changed the planned route for the day. One can never ignore these alarm calls as they generally result in a predator being sighted.
There was a male leopard moving north up one of the many dry channels. He was fringing the open channel, sticking to the thickly vegetated sand islands.
There was no hunting success as the already alerted impala spotted the leopard instantly.
The leopard watched them closely for a couple of minutes and then walked straight passed the bachelor herd into the next thicket.
There was one more brief glimpse and the leopard dissappeared. The rest of the day was spent working the area, unfortunatley without seeing him again.
This appears to be another new sighting. Back at camp, no whisker patterns or markings could be matched to any of the leopards already sighted in the Xakanaxa area.
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