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What a nice view!!!

Tuesday, 04 October 2011 14:54 Written by

Reporting Date: 04/10/2011.

It seems over the last one month the lions of Mara have been developing a new character trait of climbing trees. Maybe one of the reasons could be an increase in population of buffalo and elephants in the reserve.

Peter and his two guests were watching a herd of buffalo that were grazing along a lugga when suddenly a lioness was flushed out by some of the buffalo. The lioness walked towards one of the nearby trees and to his guests suprise she started climbing the tree. As she climbed up she kept on moving from branch to branch as though looking for the best view. After enjoying the aerial view the tree offered she decided to take a rest on one of the thick branches.

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Tree-climbing lioness of the Mara

Saturday, 01 October 2011 18:31 Written by

Reporting Date: 1/10/2011

About a fortnight ago, Daniel and his guests watched a lioness 'playing hide and seek' with her two cubs. The lioness climbed a tree while her three cubs seatchded for her under the tree. Ferdinand and his guests, while on a Full Day excursionn in the reserve observed the same mother lioness resting up a 'sausage tree' (Kigelia africana), only this time the cubs were not in sight. Tree-climbing lions are not very common. While cubs climb trees for fun, adult lions rarely do in nature. It is believed that lions climb trees to get away from tsetse flies or to enjoy a cool breeze.

Tree-climbing lions are more often seen in Lake Manyara National Park than in any other National Park in africa. Uganda is also known for its tree-climbing lions.

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Animals sighted	Scouts	Charles	Japeth	Daniel	Peter	Ferdinand	Philip	Alex	Total
Aardvark
Aardwolf
African Civet
African Elephant			100			120
African Wild cat
Banded mongoose			70			60
Bat-eared Fox
Black Rhinoceros			3
Blue Wilderbeest			1,000			2,000
Bohor Reedbuck			6
Burchell’s Zebra			1,000			200
Bushbuck			2
Cape Buffalo			200			600
Cape Clawless Otter
Caracal
Cheetah			4			4
Coke’s Hartebeest			40			40
Common Genet
Common/Golden Jackal
Defassa Waterbuck
Dwarf Mongoose
Eland			200			100
Grant’s Gazelle			40			14
Hippopotamus			30
Honey Bager/Ratel
Impala			150			600
Kirk’s Dik Dik			6			8
Klipspringer
Large-spotted Genet
Leopard			2
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Kudu
Lion			28			30
Maasai Giraffe			40			2
Olive Baboon			150
Oribi
Pangolin
Patas Monkey
Porcupine
Rock Hyrax/Dassie
Serval
Side-striped Jackal			1
Silver-backed Jackal			2
Slender Mongoose
Small-spotted Genet
Spotted Hyena			10
Squirrel
Steenbok			1
Striped Hyena
Striped Pole Cat/Zorilla
Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Thompson’s Gazelle			160			140
Topi			120			70
Vervet Monkey			6
Warthog			10			9
Water Mongoose
White-tailed Mongoose
Wild Dog

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers

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Early dinner....

Friday, 30 September 2011 17:40 Written by

Reporting Date: 30.09.2011.

Cheetah's are mostly active at dawn and dusk and prefer spending most of their day resting. They like hunting gazelles and smaller antelopes which forage in open grassy plains.

Alex and his four guests were having a very successfull day game viewing in the Masai mara game reserve. As they were driving back towards the camp they saw a cheetah running as fast as its long legs could carry it on a distant plain. On arrival they were very anxious to see what the chase was all about and to everyone's suprise it was a baby Thompson gazelle. It took a while before the cheetah could finally enjoy its early dinner because the young tommy was full of life!!

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