A lucky day

Today was a really lucky day here in Buffalo.
As I am writing this, I am listening to several
hippopotamuses making grunting sounds in the river.
It is the ultimate moment before darkness arrives
and the park's nocturnal animal world springs
to life.
During the day it was lucky occurrences of
animal sightings. We sat near a large path close
to the Kavango river and was treated by the
appearances of Kudu (in photo),water bucks,
bush bucks, wart hog family, water buffalo, puff
adder and impala.
We also took a walk and saw recent elephant
tracks and leopard droppings.
Last evening we saw hippos in the river and
heard them walking right outside the guest hut.
In another month as the dry season matures the
river will recede and there will be elephants
migrating in from the bush and become more one
of the regulars. The water buffalo will cross and
the predators will come out, lions and hyenas
and maybe others.
Hopefully I will be able to return at that
time and see the river and it's wildlife during
the '09' dry season.
But as of now it has been a great day and it
was non-stop sightings.
They were along the ridge across the way and
crossing the fire break on the left and the
hippos in the river on the right.
Definitely a very lucky day.