Some of the black-backed jackals in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier park have developed a technique for hunting birds.
At some of the waterholes large flocks of doves congregate both in early morning and in late afternoon to drink. Usually they congregate in bushes and trees around the waterhole. They will fly down for a drink in large numbers at one time. Sandgrouses also congregate at some of waterholes early in the morning to drink and to soak their breast feathers with water.
These birds are very skittish for birds of prey and other predators. And very often they escape threats, but sometimes one is too slow to get away...