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Dec 15
2011
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ROARS FROM THE KOPJESPosted by: ranger in SBT - Daily Game Reports on Dec 15, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 15TH DECEMBER 2011
Almost every night, there occurs some roaring from the nearby kopjes (rocky outcrops) from some resident pride which consist of two males in their prime and four lionesses with two cubs of about one year of age. This pride would patrol the areas around the camp in the evenings and early hours of the day, thereafter retreat into the nearby kopjes to relax and sleep during the strong heat of the day where it is not easy to see them as they would be in the shady spots enjoying a good view.On this particular day, nearly all the camp rangers with their guests had a good view of one of the pride male as he looked down from the top of the Kopjes.
| Animals sighted | Rangers | Kokan | Deus | Gordon | Jaffery | Birdi | Other | Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 40 | 20 |
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20 |
80 | |||
| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 1000 |
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200 |
1200 | ||||
| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra |
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| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo | 200 | 100 |
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400 |
700 | |||
| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 100 | 20 |
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50 |
170 | |||
| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck |
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| Dwarf Mongoose | 5 | 6 |
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2 |
13 | |||
| Eland | 200 | 100 |
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500 |
800 | |||
| Grant’s Gazelle |
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| Hippopotamus | 20 | 40 |
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20 |
80 | |||
| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik |
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| Klipspringer |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 5 | 6 |
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10 |
21 | |||
| Maasai Giraffe | 40 |
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30 |
70 | ||||
| Olive Baboon | 100 | 50 |
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20 |
170 | |||
| Oribi |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie | 10 | 6 |
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10 |
26 | |||
| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal |
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| Slender Mongoose | 2 |
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4 |
6 | ||||
| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena |
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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 | 500 | 200 |
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500 |
1200 | |||
| Topi | 500 | 50 |
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100 |
650 | |||
| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog | 10 |
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15 |
25 | ||||
| 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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