BORIS MOVES ON
In our 17 years on the farm, baboons have never come down to the werf -
even though there arequite a few troupes on the mountain. We were
therefore surprised last week to find a very large male baboon hanging about in
the garden and on the buildings and helping himself to our guavas. We
quickly phoned Tali and Bentley our friends full of baboon wisdom (and university degrees on the subject). They decided he was a male
ousted from one of the troupes in search of another group, and they
advised us not to panic and to move him along before he got too comfortable. "Get a big
man to run at him shouting aggressively" they suggested "or get Johan to shoot in his
direction" (missing of course) This we did, and after a few days of
repeat shoutings and shootings, Boris, as we named him, moved on - hopefully to
baboon friendlier pastures.
MAMA DUCK MOVES IN
After the owl saga last year where the baby owl fell out of the oak hollow, Idecided to plug up the lip of hollow with a stone or two. A few weeks later when I went to check on whether the owl mom had arrived yet, I was met by a very fierce pair of wild duck eyes and a lot of loud squawking. So much for interference and not even a `thank you for making my nest so safe '. Now we wait to see where the owls will go. W'ell keep you posted.
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