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Spot
Rover
The orphan
Limey Jack
(CLJ)
Adult male
foraging in
floodplain

Adolecent
male
Lion spoor
Carol and
friend
Muddy
youngster

Somewhere
East of
Maun
Adult male
in pursuit of
another male
Random
giraffe near
airstrip
Adult male
yawning
(a threat)

Baboon Camp
garden
(see Note 1)
Remains of
baboon killed
by leopard
(see Note 2)
Mark Owens
on the Baboon
Camp hog
Adult male
Jethro (CJT)

Flood waters
entering
White Island
Frame of
new kitchen
Fish eagle
along bank of
Boro River
Rocky (CRK)
eating root
nodules

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Note 1. Soon after we set up camp in mid-1977, Steve and Barbara made this garden, complete with irrigation system. With the addition of bird netting, the garden flourished, producing tomatoes, zucchinis, jalapenos, pumpkin squash, and more. The garden eventually perished once the Camp troop baboons became accustomed to us and started using the camp area as one of their principle roosts.

Note 2. One night I heard alarm calls from Z Troop on the Airstrip Island about 1 km from camp. I drove out and, with the help of a spolight, found a leopard in the trees hunting the baboons. I watched for a while, but the leopard appeared to be disturbed by my presence. The next morning I returned to the site and found this carcass of an adult female baboon stashed high up in the crotch of a tree. This was one of several kills that we detected between 1977 and 1980.