... we continue with Saturday 19 June, the afternoon.
We scouted the reserve until about 14h30 and by that time we identified the most appropriate locations where the camera traps have to be set.
The camera traps are devices that consist mainly of:
a) a digital camera,
b) a flash (incandescent/infrared), c) a movement detector
d) battery pack
e) a memory card slot with a SD
f) in a compact box cover. 
There a various makes and models, but all basically consist of these components.
← One the camera traps mounted on a trap pole, after it was setup.
Andrew, Victoria and Sarah, busy setting a camera trap next to a road. →
The camera traps can be set at any location, but it is important to consider daytime traffic and human activities that will and can occur in the vicinity of traps.
We decided to setup the nine camera traps at 5 locations. At each of four trap locations had one camera trap with an incandescent flash camera trap and an infrared camera trap to ensure we get the maximum coverage at the locations.
At one location only a single camera trap was set next to a stream where we also located leopard track where it crossed the stream.
Some of the traps were set against the tree trunks, but others had be set on iron brackets and then camouflaged to that it does not an extraordinary shape that will deter the animals when they pass along the route.
Anton busy setting the camera trap and adding a few branches and leaves to camouflage the lines so that is less visible to animals that often use this path. →
We just managed to setup all the camera traps before the sun set on a very interesting and exciting first day.
To Summarise...
Besides the two sets of leopard tracks which we discovered at three different location on the reserve, we also find various instances of the following carnivores at various locations:
- Brown Hyena at 4 different location- Red Jackal (black backed jackal) at 5 different locations
- Civet cat at 1 location.
Can life be better than this?
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