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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Red-billed woodhoopoe, with calls like a fussy woman.<br />
2 zebra silhouetted on skyline<br />
gray lourie<br />
3 kudu<br />
3 w<strong>at</strong>er buck<br />
2 w<strong>at</strong>erbuck<br />
2 kudu<br />
impala<br />
giraffe in bush<br />
zebra tracks look as though the zebra has horseshoes on it<br />
1 zebra<br />
20 zebra<br />
giraffe<br />
6-8 wildebeest<br />
3 wildebeest in distance<br />
kudu<br />
Dung balls formed from dung beetle.<br />
Return to camp.<br />
Near the e<strong>at</strong>ing area, there is a small pool of w<strong>at</strong>er, like a bird feeder, and birds come in. During<br />
and after lunch:<br />
golden breasted bunting<br />
N<strong>at</strong>al francolin<br />
black collared barbet, bright red face and thro<strong>at</strong>. There were five drinking from the w<strong>at</strong>er all <strong>at</strong> one<br />
time.<br />
blue waxbill. With sky blue face and breast, small, a striking bird.<br />
At the big w<strong>at</strong>ering hole, beyond the hide:<br />
baboons<br />
20-30 impala<br />
Afternoon game drive<br />
We drove to the point from which we would walk. En route<br />
12 wildebeest<br />
50 impala<br />
tree squirrel<br />
wart hog<br />
Cleve sees aardvarks rarely, only one or two in 18 years. One was killed by a lion, and he once<br />
saw one from a helicopter. They are nocturnal and only active in the l<strong>at</strong>e night, perhaps from<br />
midnight to 4.00 a.m. Nobody sees them.<br />
steenbok<br />
There are no antlers in Africa, i.e. which grow from bone as in deer and elk. All the animals have<br />
horns, i.e. which grow from modified skin.<br />
zebra<br />
another zebra
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