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avril 25
2011
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Lets go Muddy!Posted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Avr 25, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 25.04.2011
Although it has been raining heavily in many other parts of the Masai Mara game reserve, the areas bordering the reserve to the east are very dry due to lack of rain. The situation is the same in our conservancy. The few water points and pools are almost dead dry forcing the animals to share the remaining pools. Moreover, it was interesting watching the parchyderms making good use of such pools in the conservancy. The conservancy game scouts sighted a herd of 14 elepants having a mud bath at one of the pools. Owing to the dry weather and heat of the day, no one could blame the elephants for using their spare time to cool off and have fun as well.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty | |
| Daniel, Benson, Shuel, John | Siito | Setek |
Lenkiroro, Yenko | |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Oloirien, Chemichemi, Safaricom, Oyerata, BT, Kirok Loirien.
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Bravo 2: Sundowner, Oloropa, Kirok Loirien, Ntulele, Saltlick, Olgenchemi, BT, Oyerata, Milimami.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion into the conservancy | |||
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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 |
Sunny and Hot | |||
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Water Supply |
Below normal supply | |||
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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 |
14 | |||
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
27 | |||
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 | |||
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
110 | |||
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
4 | |||
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 | |||
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
10 | |||
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
5 | |||
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
25 | |||
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
5 | |||
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
6 | |||
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
2 | |||
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
580 | |||
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
24 | |||
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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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 |
12 | |||
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
26 | |||
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
2 | |||
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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 |
4 | |||
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
2 | |||
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
25 | |||
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
60 | |||
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
10 | |||
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
40 | |||
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