Rain,rain and rains!!!!!

It seems that the November and December short rains are not falling anymore and instead we getting them in Jan and Feb for yhe last couple of years,which means that the rains start in Jan all the way to the end of may. The wildrbeest calving went on as well in the crater floor with lots of females droping their young in late Jan and all Feb which meant a lot of predators had cubs as well to take advantage of this food influx. With so few cheetahs in the crater floor it was a blessing to see 3 new cubs.We hope they will survive all the hyenas and jackals to reach maturity.There are lots of lion cubs too,adding to the already big populatipon of sub adult lions.Last but not least is the arrival of two baby rhinos late last year,one in September and the other in November.They have survived the hyenas so far and lets keep our fingers crossed for these endangered species!!!!!

Posted: Ngorongoro Crater by timothy muthama, Date: 25 March 2008