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Jul 31
2012
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Easy time around..Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Jul 31, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 31.7.2012
The arrival of the wildbeest is well received by all the predators in the Mara game reserve.The big cats change the meal preference to the easy kill (Gnus). The long grass provide good hide outs for the cats in the biginning and when the long grass is trampled by the ungulates they get back to the stalking techniques.
This lioness was spotted stalking in the long grass and within a short while the wildbeest was wrestled down and took its time before embarking to feeding.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand |
Alex |
Martin |
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| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 50 | 30 | 60 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 30 | 10 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 4 |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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3 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 170 | 10 | 350,000 |
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300,000 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 180 | 200 | 6000 |
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3000 |
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| Bushbuck | 8 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 14 | 500 | 600 |
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200 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah | 5 |
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5 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 16 | 20 | 20 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck |
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| Dwarf Mongoose | 29 |
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| Eland | 49 | 50 | 60 |
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100 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 6 | 4 | 5 |
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70 |
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| Hippopotamus | 40 |
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30 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 230 | 200 | 400 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 35 | 2 | 4 |
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| Klipspringer |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard | 1 |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 1 | 15 |
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20 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 14 | 12 | 20 |
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15 |
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| Olive Baboon | 40 | 30 |
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10 |
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| Oribi |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie |
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| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 8 | 2 |
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2 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 12 | 2 |
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3 |
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| Squirrel |
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| Steenbok |
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| Striped Hyena |
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| Striped Pole Cat/Zorilla |
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| Thick-tailed Bushbaby |
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| Thompson’s Gazelle | 60 | 100 | 200 |
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600 |
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| Topi | 20 | 80 | 50 |
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200 |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog | 6 | 10 |
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20 |
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| Water Mongoose |
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| White-tailed Mongoose |
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| Wild Dog |
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NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers
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