Then a Red-eyed Dove gives its cooing call (10.25).
In the background the baboons are particularly noisy as they feed. A family of Helmeted Guineafowl can be heard as the lion stops calling (9.47). Suddenly a Lion roars loudly from the dense vegetation on the opposite bank (9.06) the sound echoing up and down the river. An Emerald-spotted Wood Dove gives its mournful call (8.46) competing softly with the Ring-necked Doves. The baboons are shaking, and often breaking, branches as they search for food. A Natal Spurfowl gives its harsh crowning call (2.27) while the hippos splash in the river. Something has upset the lapwings and they scream incessantly. A Rock Hyrax gives a shrill whistle (2.08) while the baboons grunt noisily. A Ring-necked Dove gives its repetitive ‘work harder’ song (1.56).Īfter 2 minutes a family of huge Southern Ground Hornbills start their deep booming dawn chorus from the opposite back. There are still sand banks where a variety of birds including Egyptian Geese and White-crowned Lapwings are noisily interacting and a Hadeda Ibis joins in on the chorus.Ī Hippo calls loudly from the river below and Chacma Baboons are busy feeding on fruits hanging from various trees growing on the cliff face, grunting as they communicate with each other. It is dawn and an early rainstorm has increased the river flow so it can now be head from the deck. The magnificent Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge perches high up on a cliff overlooking the Save River and Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe (see Well known for the huge numbers of Elephant, the park is home to a spectacular array of wildlife, much of which can be viewed and recorded from the deck on the edge of the cliff face.
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