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Sighting Report

26 October - 01 November 2009

Monday, 26 October 2009
(28 °C)

  • Nyeleti and Salayexe had a standoff while Nyeleti’s one cub sat in the tree close by.
  • Twenty buffalo bulls feeding at the junction between Knob thorn Pan and MMM North
  • The Jordaan male leopard resting just west of Baboon Pan
  • Two buffalo bulls feeding on Saseka Road


Tuesday, 27 October 2009
(29 °C)

  • A breeding herd of about 20 elephants feeding on Track South
  • One elephant bull feeding at Knob thorn Pan
  • Safari resting just off of MMM South
  • Mafufunyana and Thandi resting on Zebra Drive
  • Four rhinos moving east, away from Big Dam

  Warthog family. Picture by Morne Fouche
  Warthog family. Picture by Morne Fouche


Wednesday, 28 October 2009
(29 °C)

  • Two buffalo bulls resting in the water on EP open area
  • Salayexe’s two cubs resting just east of Rampan in the riverbed
  • The Sandy Patch female and her cub on a buffalo kill on Road 7
  • Four rhinos feeding on Tamboti open area
  • Four buffalo bulls resting at Konkoni/Seep line junction


Thursday, 29 October 2009
(25 °C, 3 mm rain)

  • Salayexe and her two cubs were chased around by a waterbuck male
  • Four rhinos feeding on MMM North, south of A-main
  • One elephant bull feeding on Grasscut Road
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on Ellie Ally
  • Twenty four wild dogs feeding on an impala kill between Ellie Ally and Parallel.
  • Thandi and Safari chased up a tree just off of Airport Link
  • Seven buffalo bulls resting on Rhino Ring North


Friday, 30 October 2009
(19 °C, 7 mm rain)

  • The Sandy Patch female lion chased 24 wild dogs off of an impala kill on Buffalo Skull Road
  • Seven buffaloes feeding on Madashi Road
  • Four rhinos moving south from Seep line open
  • The Stix pride playing around Treehouse Pan
  • Two elephant bulls feeding east of Seef’s Pan
  • Six buffalo bulls feeding on EP open area


Saturday, 31 October 2009
(21 °C, 3 mm rain)

  • A breeding herd of elephants feeding on MMM South
  • Salayexe and her cubs moving north from 16th Crossing
  • Four elephant bulls feeding on Wetpatch open area
  • Six buffalo bulls feeding at Serengeti
  • Two rhinos moving south along Grasscut


Sunday, 1 November 2009
(31 °C)

  • Salayexe and herd cub feeding on a duiker kill in Pungwe Crossing
  • Nyeleti and three cubs feeding on an impala kill close to Kuala Bear Road
  • Four rhinos feeding on Safari airstrip
  • Three elephant bulls feeding on Safari driveway
  • Four buffalo bulls feeding on Bushcamp open area
   
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