** Africam - Book (3)

AUG 04  NK

Bennett's Woodpecker ~ Campethera bennettii

Feeds mainly on ants, their their eggs and pupae, foraging for them by excavating underground ant nests, scooping them up with its sticky tongue. It also eats beetles and termite alates

Campethera bennettii (Bennett's woodpecker)

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JULY 31

African Green Pigeon ~ Treron calva ~\

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Bafana with tags on

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Eagles, like all raptors, cough up or regurgitate the indigestible parts of their prey. The regurgitated food is coughed up in the form of a pellet. The pellet contains anything that is not digestible, such as fins, scales, fur, bones, feathers and teeth.

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july 23

Banded mongoose have a close relationship with baboons and are often found in their company. They forage together and probably enjoy greater security as a large group because of more eyes on the lookout for predators. The mongoose are handled by baboons of all ages and show no fear of such contact.

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description:
Banded mongooses are small carnivores, no more than 12 to 16 inches long and weighing three to five pounds. Similar in look to a weasel or cat, mongooses have brown and gray fur. Unlike other mongoose species, banded mongooses have dark bands across their backs, for which they are named. They have five digits on their front paws but only four on their back feet. Also, they have non-retractable claws used for digging.

Food Source:
As carnivores, banded mongooses eat small vertebrates like birds, snakes and rats. Their diet also includes invertebrates like beetles or millipedes. They also are known to steal reptile or bird eggs and eat fallen fruit.

Behavior:
Banded mongooses are social animals that live in large packs with as many as 50 individuals, although smaller packs of 10 to 20 are more common. Diurnal animals, mongooses can be heard chattering to each other for most of the day. Banded mongooses work together in a group to fend off predators, first and foremost protecting their young and elderly. These mongooses will not stay in one habitat for more than a week, and when traveling they move together as would birds in flight.

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NKORHO   STAFF FIX THE WATER PIPE THAT IS FED

FROM THE LISTER PUMP -WHEN  WATER LEVELS ARE LOW

AN ELEPHANT RIPPED THE  PIPE OUT -

FIRE AT  NK PAN- dont know if it was a control burn

or a natrual fire- will check

barry --hello- is their any news on the brush fire that was at nkorho
was it a controlled (prescribed burn) or a natural fire- thanks

Karin van der Merwe Yes Barry, it was a controlled fire by our neighbours up north.

Torchwood

Whitecloth

sept-1993- july 05  2010

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Name: White Cloth

Age: Est. to be born September 1993 - 15 yrs. 6 mos. as of 3/09

Name Means: Named after area she held territory in

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Kapen Female of Mala Mala

Distinguishing Features: coat is yellowish in color and she is quite stocky for a female

Litters reported to have had: 5

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JULY 01

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Elephant ( Loxodonta africana )

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MYSTERY  RAPTOR  ??  IF IT IS

june 25

then its also a new bird

Melierax gabar (Gabar goshawk)  juvenile

THE  GABAR  TREE