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Oct 04
2011
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What a nice view!!!Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Oct 4, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 04/10/2011.
It seems over the last one month the lions of Mara have been developing a new character trait of climbing trees. Maybe one of the reasons could be an increase in population of buffalo and elephants in the reserve.
Peter and his two guests were watching a herd of buffalo that were grazing along a lugga when suddenly a lioness was flushed out by some of the buffalo. The lioness walked towards one of the nearby trees and to his guests suprise she started climbing the tree. As she climbed up she kept on moving from branch to branch as though looking for the best view. After enjoying the aerial view the tree offered she decided to take a rest on one of the thick branches.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth | Daniel | Peter | Ferdinand | Philip |
Alex |
Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 50 |
15 |
40 |
46 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose |
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25 |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Black Rhinoceros | 2 |
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2 |
2 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 5,000 |
500 |
1,000 |
1,500 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 1,000 |
150 |
100 |
800 |
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| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo | 200 |
2 |
400 |
200 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah | 2 |
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4 |
2 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 40 |
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8 |
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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 |
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6 |
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| Eland | 20 |
18 |
50 |
10 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 40 |
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28 |
14 |
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| Hippopotamus |
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60 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 150 |
170 |
120 |
190 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 4 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
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| Klipspringer |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard | 1 |
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1 |
1 |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 6 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 8 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
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| Olive Baboon | 40 |
30 |
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15 |
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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 | 2 |
2 |
2 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 3 |
10 |
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13 |
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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 | 100 |
20 |
140 |
80 |
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| Topi | 60 |
25 |
150 |
50 |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog | 6 |
4 |
16 |
8 |
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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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