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Welcome to the Kamonande Leopard Project's blog.
On this blog you will find regular updates on the research project in general and information and findings that the field research team discovers.

You are more than welcome to post questions and to report tracks and sightings of any predators on or near Kamonande.
More information will ensure better results.

14 July 2010

Pilot Study: Day 2 - Sunday 20 June 2010 (rest of the day)

I have been away for a bit more than a week and that is the reason for the silence on the blog. But, I did not forget about the rest of the blog or where we left the study, so here we continue with the pilot study on Kamonande.

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.