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Aug 31
2012
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Too steep....Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Aug 31, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 30.08.2012
The wildebeest migration has been grazing the vast mara plains for over one and a half months. There still seems to be plenty of grass around to keep them busy for the next two months.
On a full-day game drive Peter and his guests went down to mara river where alot of gnus have been congregating for the last 10 days. After patiently waiting for a crossing it finally paid off and a few gnus crossed. After making it through to the other side of the river it proved difficult for them to climb because it was too steep. Alot of gnus get washed down stream due to strong current in the river and end up drowning.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand |
Alex |
John |
Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 40 | 80 |
40 |
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48 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 35 | 28 |
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36 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 4 |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 120 | 10,000 |
80,000 |
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150,000 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 135 | 5,000 |
6,000 |
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2500 |
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| Bushbuck | 8 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 14 | 200 |
250 |
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280 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal | 2 |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 18 | 13 |
25 |
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16 |
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| Common Genet |
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1 |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 16 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland | 40 | 42 |
12 |
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25 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 6 | 16 |
15 |
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14 |
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| Hippopotamus |
70 |
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50 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 160 | 120 |
90 |
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150 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 38 | 4 |
4 |
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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 | 2 |
3 |
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5 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 34 | 18 |
8 |
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26 |
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| Olive Baboon | 40 |
30 |
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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 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 12 | 10 |
3 |
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1 |
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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 | 60 | 20 |
90 |
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80 |
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| Topi | 16 | 41 |
120 |
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170 |
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| Vervet Monkey | 16 |
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2 |
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| Warthog | 6 | 22 |
12 |
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15 |
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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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