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Aug 13
2012
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migration pushes pachyderm..Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Aug 13, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 13.8.2012
The arrival of the great migration into the mara brings alot of changes into pachyderm habitats. The noise made by the rutting ungulate and the young ones separated from the cows creates disturbance to the thick skinned mammals. This rhino was moving away from a herd of wildbeest that was pushing its way towards Talek junction from the main road. The rhino moved towards the hills an area not preffered by the wildbeest as there is less water.
Daniel told the guests that the rhino population of late was increase as security measures have been put in place to protect not only the rhino but all wildlife in the country.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand |
Alex |
Martin |
Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 10 | 40 |
35 |
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20 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 10 |
15 |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Black Rhinoceros | 1 |
1 |
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1 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 400000 | 300000 |
100000 |
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180000 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck | 1 |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 89000 | 100000 |
80000 |
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100000 |
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| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo | 250 | 400 |
200 |
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200 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 40 | 15 |
30 |
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10 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 10 | 4 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland | 100 | 40 |
15 |
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20 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle |
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| Hippopotamus |
25 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 250 | 200 |
180 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 6 | 4 |
8 |
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4 |
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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 | 1 |
2 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 16 | 10 |
25 |
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20 |
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| Olive Baboon | 25 |
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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 |
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2 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena |
1 |
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2 |
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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 | 140 |
60 |
120 |
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| Topi | 180 | 22 |
70 |
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40 |
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| Vervet Monkey | 6 |
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| Warthog | 20 | 14 |
30 |
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4 |
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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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