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Sighting Report

29 June - 05 July 2009

Monday, 29 June 2009
(23º)
  • A breeding herd of about 60 elephants in the area of Leeukuil to Franklin Road
  • A breeding herd of about 10 buffaloes drinking water at Serengeti Dam
  • Safari resting at Tamboti open area
  • Two Mapogo males resting at Treehouse Pan
  • Shorthorn, the rhino bull, resting at Tsekoti Pan
 
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
(24º)
  • An elephant bull feeding on the Safari airstrip
  • A small breeding herd of about 40 buffaloes resting on Horseshoe open area
  • A lioness and 2 of her cubs resting at Sausage Tree Crossing
  • A breeding herd of about 40 elephants feeding close to EP airstrip
  • Thandi on the Little Gowrie/Wessels cutline with a kill
  Red-billed Oxpecker on Londoz. Picture by Morne Fouche
  Red-billed Oxpecker on Londoz. Picture by Morne Fouche

 
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
(20º)
  • 3 Wild dogs heading in a southerly direction across the EP/Arathusa cutline
  • A breeding herd of about 40 elephants drinking water at Leeukuil
  • Shorthorn feeding south of Safari dronga
  • A Mapogo male moving southward from Big Dam
  • A breeding herd of about 60 elephants feeding on Safari driveway
  • Mafufunyana moving in an easterly direction on Safari driveway 
 
Thursday, 2 July 2009
(25º)
  • One of the Mapogo males resting on EP airstrip
  • One Mapogo male, two Stix females and their cubs resting on the A-main/Ncombi junction
  • Salayexe moving eastward from Puffadder Road
  • Two buffalo bulls resting in the water at Simbambili Dam
 
Friday, 3 July 2009
(23º)
  • Salayexe and her two cubs playing on EP open area
  • Three buffalo bulls feeding on Josie’s Road
  • One female rhino and her calf feeding on Horseshoe East
  • Three rhino’s resting on Madash Road
  • Two Mapogo males and three Tsalala females resting on Rocky Road
  • A breeding herd of about 40 elephants feeding at Zimba Bridge
  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants at the Puffadder/A-main junction
  • Two lionesses resting at Tamboti open area 
 
Saturday, 4 July 2009
(23º)
 
  • A breeding herd of about 400 buffaloes drinking water at Treehouse Pan
  • The Stix pride resting north of Treehouse Pan
  • Salayexe and her two cubs playing at the Kuala Bear view point
  • Three rhino’s drinking water at Seef’s Pan
  • Mafufunyana and Ntima mating on Zebra Drive
  • Shadow, with an impala kill, on MMM North
  • Safari walking in an easterly direction on the Safari driveway
 
Sunday, 5 July 2009
(21º, 6mm rain)
  • Whitecloth and her cub moving southward over the Chitwa Dam wall
  • A breeding herd of about 100 buffaloes resting on Chitwa airstrip
  • Two Mapogo males resting at Serengeti Pan
  • A rhino female and her calf feeding on Marula Bult North
   
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