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Sep 30
2011
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Three Leopards in the rain...Posted by: scout in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Sep 30, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 30.09.2011
While on an afternoon patrol within the conservancy, our Game Scouts spotted two Leopards: a mother and her one cub of about four months. It was drizzling and the two leopards took cover under the croton bushes waiting for the rain to stop. The scouts then informed Japhet who was on an Afternoon Game Drive with his two guests. When Japhet arrived at the scene, the two leopards had left but instead a male leopard was walking in the same area. It is probable that the three were together but the scouts managed to see only the two and Japhet was lucky to find the third. Powerful, graceful and arguably one of the most beautiful of all the large cats, the elusive leopard is a master of stealth and survival.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| Tompoi, Lenkiroro, Shuel, Siito, Salau | Yenko |
Lomokunyo, Benson |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Chemchem, Ngosso, Safaricom, Milimani, BT, Oriatu.
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Bravo 2: Sundowner, Oloropa, Ntulele, Salt lick, BT, Olgenchemi.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion |
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Condition of wild animals |
Good |
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Condition of cattle |
- |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good |
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Weather condition |
Sunny day, Rainfall in the evening |
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Water Supply |
Sufficient |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
24 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
5 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
130 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
15 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
13 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
10 |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
7 |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
39 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
17 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
3 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
2 |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
700 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
28 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
2 |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
13 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
40 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
1 |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
4 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
2 |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
13 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
45 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
70 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
19 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
130 |
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