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Dec 20
2012
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Martial eagle feeds on rock HyraxPosted by: ranger in SBT - Daily Game Reports on Dec 20, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 20th December2012
Martial eagle feeds on Rock Hyrax.
A few minutes from the Airstrip at Kogatende while doing an en-route game-drive to the camp, we came across a martial eagle (the largest in Africa) that was enjoying a meal of a rock hyrax. He had pinned down the hyrax with both legs and tearing open the carcass with his razor sharp beak. At first he was plucking hairs off the animal before tearing little bits of flesh to swallow.
| 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 | 300 |
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300 | ||||
| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 100 |
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100 | ||||
| Bat-eared Fox | 2 |
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2 | ||||
| Black Rhinoceros |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 500 |
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500 | ||||
| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 6000 |
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6000 | ||||
| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo | 200 |
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200 | ||||
| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 25 |
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25 | ||||
| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 2 |
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2 | ||||
| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland | 600 |
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600 | ||||
| Grant’s Gazelle |
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| Hippopotamus | 200 |
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200 | ||||
| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 500 |
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500 | ||||
| Kirk’s Dik Dik |
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| Klipspringer | 50 |
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50 | ||||
| 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 | 4 |
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4 | ||||
| Maasai Giraffe | 150 |
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150 | ||||
| Olive Baboon | 200 |
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200 | ||||
| Oribi | 40 |
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40 | ||||
| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie | 100 |
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100 | ||||
| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 4 |
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4 | ||||
| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 50 |
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50 | ||||
| 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 | 1000 |
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1000 | ||||
| Topi | 2000 |
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2000 | ||||
| Vervet Monkey | 70 |
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70 | ||||
| Warthog | 100 |
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100 | ||||
| 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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