Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

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16 There were 500 black rhinos in the Serengeti-Mara in decades past, now all are gone except for 30 or so. 12 eland, with yellow-billed oxpecker (pix) 40-50 zebras helmeted guinea fowl There was not too much moving around in the middle of the day. Kenya has the richest avifauna in Africa and the third richest in the world. Return to camp. Long-crested eagle. Seen perched over the river from the tent site, before lunch. The most common grass is Red Oat Grass, Themeda trianda. The most common tree is Acacia gerrardii. Afternoon game drive: secretary birds (pix of these) 30 crowned cranes (pix of these) little egret lilac breasted roller 5 lions 1 male with 2 females 1 male with 1 female Pretty steady rain developed; we had to put the top on, then watched the lion and lioness in a hard rain. wildebeest - couple hundred Thomson's gazelle impala (I changed film here, in the midst of trying to photography a sleeping hyena, and left the back open by accident. Re-loaded and went forward 5-6 frames. I was confused by the fact that my cable release was broken and at first I did not realize what was the matter.) Hyena (pix) Cheetah. Mother and 3 cubs. Watched them in the rain (pix). Apparently not the same as the one with four cubs seen yesterday. Hyena (pix) Augur buzzard, perched in tree. Face pattern like a falcon. Return to camp. Slides of the Maasai shown that night. July 28. Wednesday. Drizzling rain at first. Early morning ride. 10 lions.
17 2 males, old males 3 females, with cubs. The darker the mane, the older the lion. Another pride, with 11 lions, young males (pix). elephants zebras Thomson's gazelles Cheetah and 3 cubs, presumably the same one seen before. Hundreds of Thomson's gazelles. Topi. Many antelope like the short grass areas, where they are safer. Tall grass hides lions and predators. 3 hyena 1 hyena asleep wildebeest, several hundred. 500 Thomson's gazelles. Male and female lion. 2 black backed jackals (pix) 2 secretary birds. Then we went back to camp and checked out; and were taken to the airstrip about midday. We waited some time at the airstrip for the plane. The plane is a Twin-Otter, made by De Haviland in Canada, a subsidiary owned by Boeing. On the flight back in some areas two-thirds of the landscape was planted in maize. We flew back and returned to Norfolk hotel. We toured downtown with two women from Texas. I tried to buy a cable release, which had broken; none available. We had a tour of the National Museum. I made a tour of the snake pit; Jane did not. Shonny phoned. Henrietta phoned, from CSU. July 29, Thursday. Trip to Tanzania begins, trip to Arusha and Lake Manyara. We had a fine breakfast served early in the room, because we had to leave too early to get the ordinary breakfast. Left 7.15 to drive south. There is more industry on the south side of Nairobi. The first part of the drive is the same as the
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Page 3 and 4: 1995 January 4, 1995. Wednesday. Ad
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Page 7 and 8: Worker's Directory. He gave me a co
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Page 13 and 14: 11 Gerenuk - a very long necked ant
Page 15 and 16: 13 I took a bird walk on my own, as
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Page 26 and 27: 21 mahogany trees wild fig trees ga
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Page 30 and 31: 25 50 zebras 1,000 zebras on one si
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Page 39 and 40: 31 We drove back around in the lake
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Page 43 and 44: 35 July 6. Thursday, continued. Met
Page 45 and 46: 37 July 10. Monday. Drove to Kruger
Page 47 and 48: 39 The guides go first, Jan up fron
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57 distance away to the four winds.
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59 We were visited that evening by
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61 the township with an enrollment
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63 University of Cape Town. Lovely
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65 the trashiest of all. Afternoon.
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67 August 16. Wednesday. Day of mee
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69 momentary. Went in to the Shelte
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71 on the limousine down. December
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73 birds than we thought we might r
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lawn). A near relative is Araucaria
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water supplies are put in a couple
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track in the snow. We left about 11
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4 coyotes in snow. 1 immature bald
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Two coyotes came down the road in f
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Spain, surprisingly, as there are i
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Australia July 1 - August 19, 1996
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July 10, Wednesday. Drove to Laming
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We drove through the rainforest and
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QUT. Elizabeth Saxon, sat beside me
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Eucalyptus trees here are often dea
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and barely survived. Antechinus stu
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floods and drought, much compacted.
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it later deteriorated. Wombat kille
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Seminar at 2.15 p.m Chris Mortenson
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Then to Murdoch University, lecture
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This cave is the pouch of the femal
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Huge streams pour off the rock in a
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ut not all that messed up. Turned a
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Trail Log 1997 February 22, 1997, S
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much better in the lower, protected
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To Tower Junction, then to Tower, l
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Back to the ranch. The coyote was a
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crows are unusual inside Yellowston
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as a bell in contrast to yesterday.
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I went up on a higher hill to try t
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Siberia and Lake Baikal June 15-29,
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Russia has an 80-year old system of
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In the dining car, there never seem
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Reached Zilovo, about 10.15, about
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City tour on a nice day. Population
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second oldest 2,000,000 years. It h
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Communism unraveled, and that, we t
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Thalictrum foetidum Grimmia calcare
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Walk to Shaman Rock. From the rock,
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Viola rupestris Euphorbia alpina Pl
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Lychnis sibirica Schizonepetala mul
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wapiti, elk (American term), red de
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July 16-18, 1997, Tuesday through F
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Events in Ft. Collins area: July 28
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Camped at Sarto Creek, in flats nea
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Shuttle back to Missoula, arriving
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Polygonum viviparum, Alpine Bistort
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