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Mär 28
2011
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Its green & lush againPosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Mär 28, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 27.03.2011
Over a week ago, it was very dry and the vegetation were drying up forcing most of the herbivores to migrate to other places outside the conservancy where they could get anough food. Nevertheless, the dry spell is over. Its been raining in the area for the past week and now the vegetation has become green and lush again. Many herbivores are seen streaming back into the conservancy. This afternoon, during our afternoon Gamedrive, we saw many Thompson gazelles, Imnpalas, Topis, Zebras, Masai giraffes, buffalos, wildebeests grazing in the conservancy. As it was getting cooler in the afternoon, Philip and his 2 guests watched a herd of common or plains zebra moving into the conservancy core area where there is more greenery.
Common Zebras live is small herds of 7 - 10 headed by a stallion with several mares and foals. They feed mainly on grasses but also eat shrubs, twigs, leaves and bark. They are quite dependent on water and need to drink daily.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty | |
| Shuel, Tompoi, Lenkiroro, Yenko | Siito | Benson |
Daniel, Sala Njapit | |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1& Bravo 2 Main gate, Chemichemi, Safaricom, Milimani, Oyerata, Olgenchemi, BT, Saltlick, Orgillai, | |||
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion | |||
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Condition of wild animals |
Good | |||
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Condition of cattle |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good | |||
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Weather condition |
Hot and dry | |||
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Water Supply |
Plenty | |||
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen | |||
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
20 | |||
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
25 | |||
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
6 | |||
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
50 | |||
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
5 | |||
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 | |||
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
7 | |||
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
27 | |||
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
5 | |||
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
4 | |||
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
400 | |||
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
15 | |||
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
8 | |||
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
40 | |||
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
7 | |||
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
2 | |||
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
4 | |||
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
18 | |||
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
42 | |||
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
14 | |||
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
10 | |||
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