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Oct 07
2011
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Mother cheetah & six cubs in the conservancyPosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Oct 7, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 07.10.2011
Under a Desert Date (Balanites aegyptiaca) tree lay the seven cheetahs - a mother and her six cubs. It was at about noon when Peter and Charles on their way from Siana airstrip came sighted them about a kilometre from the camp. They were surprised to see the family of seven away from the Mara Reserve where the cubs were born and were seen for the last year.
The cheetahs ventured further into the conservancy and were seen right infront of the camp during an afternoon game drive. Japhet and Ferdinand with their 11 guests watched the cheetahs hunting impalas. They were not successful but it was just very exciting having them within our conservancy. Whether they will stay in the conservancy for the next days is difficult to predict although we wished they could make it their home.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| Daniel, Siito, Shuel, Lenkiroro, Salau | Yenko |
Benson |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Chemchem, Safaricom, Milimani, Oyerata, Oldonyo wuas, Saltlick, BT.
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Bravo 2: Osinoni, Ntulele, Olgenchemi, BT, Oriatu, Ntulele, Osinoni, Oloropa
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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 |
Sunny anf hot |
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Water Supply |
Sufficient |
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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 |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
36 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
2 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
58 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
4 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
15 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
46 |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
7 |
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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 |
26 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
10 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
6 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
750 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
38 |
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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 |
9 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
65 |
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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 |
5 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
1 |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
12 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
48 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
60 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
21 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
600 |
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