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Sighting Report

05 - 11 January 2009

Monday, 5 January 2009
(33 °C, 3 mm rain)
 
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on the fence line
  • One rhino bull, moving south on Kudu Drift
  • Thandi still with her steenbuck on Little Gowrie
 
 
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
(37 °C)
 
  • A breeding herd of elephants moving west from Big Dam
  • One bull elephant swimming in Big Dam
  • Tyson killed a warthog on Seep line
  • Two rhinos feeding on Simbambili / Arathusa cut line
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Kudu Drift
  • Seven buffalos resting at Serengeti Pan

  Woodlands Kingfisher with Buffalo. Picture by Morne Fouche.
 

Woodlands Kingfisher with Buffalo. Picture by Morne Fouche.

 
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
(41 °C)
 
  • Tyson still with his warthog kill
  • Three buffalo bulls resting in Boundary Pan
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Zebra Drive
  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on Bushcamp open area
  • Three buffalo resting at Serengeti Pan
  • Thandi sleeping at Baboon Pan
 
 
Thursday, 8 January 2009
(34 °C)
 
  • A breeding herd of about 25 elephants playing in the water at Serengeti Pan
  • Nyeleti and her cub staling impalas on Saseka Road
  • Mafufunyana resting on Marikeng Drive
  • Two elephant bulls in musth, fighting on Big Dam link South
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants rolling in the mud on Parallel Road
  • One rhino bull feeding on the southern side of Safari airstrip
 
 
Friday, 9 January 2009
(33 °C)
 
  • One rhino bull, Londoz, feeding on Serengeti open area
  • Mvula resting on Xinzele Road
  • A breeding herd of about 10 elephants resting on Londoz boundary
  • Safari scent marking on Safari driveway
  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffaloes resting in the water at Buffalo Pan
 
 
Saturday, 10 January 2009
(33 °C)
 
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding at Ngala open area
  • Two rhinos resting on southern side of Safari airstrip
  • Four buffalo bulls resting in the mud wallow on Pungwe open area
  • A breeding herd of about 25 elephants feeding on Serengeti open area
  • Two buffalo bulls resting at 2nd Windmill
 
 
 
Sunday, 11 January 2009
(25 °C)
 
  • Safari moving west along Seep line
  • A breeding herd of about 15 elephants on Madashi Road
  • Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at 2nd Windmill
  • A breeding herd of about 28 elephants feeding inside Our Father’s Crossing
   
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