Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University
Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University
Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University
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We drove back around in the lake area, there are 2,000-3,000 wildebeest in the vicinity of the lake,<br />
perhaps 500 zebra.<br />
20 helmeted guinea fowl<br />
1 elephant, seen in bush along the river. There are only old male elephants down on the cr<strong>at</strong>er<br />
floor.<br />
Hildebrandt's starling, r<strong>at</strong>her like a superb starling, but without the white on the breast.<br />
ring-necked dove<br />
another elephant<br />
30 baboons<br />
150 Thomson's gazelles, some Grant's<br />
About 6 buffalo (pix), close enough in to see them well, and mixed in with some 200 wildebeest.<br />
The last pix is of a buffalo with an oxpecker on its nose. I saw buffalo here closer and <strong>at</strong> more<br />
length than anywhere else ont the trip.<br />
Egyptian geese<br />
6-8 hippos<br />
300 Thomson's gazelles<br />
2,000 to 3,000 wildebeest, mixed in with 200 - 300 zebras<br />
2 hyenas<br />
Then we came to a rhinoceros with a calf, both lying down in the distance. There were crowned<br />
cranes further behind. We w<strong>at</strong>ched a while in the hopes she might get up but she never moved.<br />
I had asked especially to see a wild rhinoceros as this would make the big five for Jane in the wild<br />
(though we had seen several semi-tamed rhinos, once <strong>at</strong> Sweetw<strong>at</strong>er, once <strong>at</strong> Masa Mara). Then<br />
we went on.<br />
4 hyenas, lying in dirt<br />
1 common jackal<br />
2 common jackals<br />
Then, splendidly, we found another rhino (black rhino) with a baby calf walking behind her. First<br />
in the distance, and then we drove up closer and w<strong>at</strong>ched 10-15 minutes. She was headed toward<br />
a w<strong>at</strong>erhole l<strong>at</strong>e in the day, but e<strong>at</strong>ing as she went along, the calf variously falling behind and<br />
c<strong>at</strong>ching up. (pix)<br />
2 black backed jackals.<br />
6 ostrich<br />
Thomson's gazelles, and Grant's sc<strong>at</strong>tered on return<br />
We returned to the lodge about dark.<br />
Mercer, Graham, The Beauty of Ngorongoro, Nairobi: Camerapix Publishers Intern<strong>at</strong>ional, 1993.<br />
ISBN 1 874041 46 6. The cr<strong>at</strong>er is more or less circular, about 14 km in diameter. Normally the<br />
only elephants there are bulls. Cows and calves stay further up in the forest thickets. Elephants<br />
really have no enemies in the wild; c<strong>at</strong>s can't take them. Lake Magadi is alkaline, or "soda" which
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