The rest of the Sunday was mainly spend walking and driving on nearly all the roads and various game foot paths where we expected to find predator tracks.
Busy looking for predator tracks... →
Tracks are usually the first indications of the predators are actually in the habitat and this is what we found during the day:
• Various red (black backed) jackal tracks in 4 different location on the reserve.
• Caracal tracks – a female with a cub.
• Civet tracks at three different locations.
• Genet tracks at two different locations.
• Brown Hyena tracks at two different locations.
We recorded the exact GPS locations where we came across these tracks.
← Picture of a Genet
By now we know how Floppy Ear's (the female Brown Hyena’s) tracks look, therefore we were able to identify that at least two different brown hyenas that roamed the reserve and that they are very active every night.
Sunsets are special moments, and what a way to end an amazing day in the bushveld.
It was already late Sunday afternoon when we returned back to the chalet and relaxed with around a log fire.
Obviously we were speculating and hoping that hyenas and the leopards would pass the camera traps during the night, so that we can build more accurate identikits from these special predators on this special reserve.
2 comments:
Hi Ben,
Ons het op 15 Mei die jakals gesien aan die onderkant van die sementpaadjie wat opgaan na Chalet 23. Toe ons naderkom het hy opebweeg met die pad. Is die black backed jackal ook die silverrug jakals?
Groete
Philip
Dankie vir jou opmerking Philip.
Volgende keer probeer asseblief fotos neem en aanstuur, dit sal ons help om identikits saam te stel van die roofdiere.
Die swartrug jakkels word ook die rooi jakkals genoem of red jackal.
Silverrug jakals is eintlik 'n ander spesie. Dis meer 'n vos as wat dit 'n jakkals is, so dis eintlik 'n silwer vos, of soms noem hulle dit ook 'n silver jakkals of silversy jakkals. Hulle is heelwat kleiner as die swartrug en die gesig is skerper en smaller. Die sye het 'n silver skynsel en daar is geen swart hare op die rug en stert nie.
Hoop dit help 'n bietjie.
Groetnis
Ben
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