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Dec 30
2011
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SUNDOWNER ON THE KOPJEPosted by: ranger in SBT - Daily Game Reports on Dec 30, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 30.12.2011
Sundowner on the Kopje.
On a late afternoon game drive, we came upon some four lionesses having a sundowner on a huge rocky outcrop. One of them descended onto the plains below and walked casually into the nearby bushes while the other three remained. The setting sun was casting a golden yellow color on them while they relaxed as we slowly drove around. To them it was like we were not around as they were not at all bothered by our presence. These lions are part of the pride that resides the area near our camp.
| 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 | 31 | 54 |
25 |
38 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 18 | 25 |
16 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 2 |
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| Black Rhinoceros | 2 | 2 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest |
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| Bohor Reedbuck | 4 | 6 |
4 |
8 |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 45 | 60 | 50 |
43 |
60 |
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| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo | 35 | 29 | 40 |
32 |
15 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2 |
2 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 4 | 6 | 4 |
3 |
6 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 6 | 6 | 8 |
4 |
2 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland | 20 | 23 | 16 |
23 |
13 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle |
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| Hippopotamus | 150 | 70 | 87 |
160 |
200 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 45 | 54 | 35 |
55 |
58 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 2 | 4 | 2 |
4 |
2 |
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| Klipspringer | 6 | 4 | 2 |
4 |
2 |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1 |
1 |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 8 | 10 | 16 |
9 |
8 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 45 | 25 | 54 |
45 |
32 |
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| Olive Baboon | 46 | 35 | 25 |
46 |
38 |
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| Oribi | 5 | 4 | 8 |
4 |
2 |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie | 6 | 8 | 5 |
4 |
2 |
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| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 2 | 4 | 2 |
4 |
2 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 18 | 18 | 13 |
18 |
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 | 55 | 56 | 70 |
80 |
50 |
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| Topi | 45 | 56 | 70 |
80 |
95 |
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| Vervet Monkey | 15 | 12 | 20 |
14 |
6 |
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| Warthog | 4 | 6 | 8 |
4 |
2 |
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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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