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- Nairobi June 22/67 [1967]
Arrived at 8AM by East African Airlines. Good trip.
Most impressed with the green ness of the country after the heavy
rains they had here in May. Mean rainfall is 34 (20-60).
Coldest record 42, hottest 90. Rains are concentrated.
On way in from airport we detoured into
Nairobi National Park. The grass is tall 18" [inches] + extremely lush for
this area. In the course of an hour or more we saw many
crested larks, several white-winged plover, one spur fowl
(yellow necked francolin) a pair of crowned cranes with 2 new
hatched young. All four swam across a small pond (lake)
Several Egyptian gess [geese] landed on the same pond.
Big game fascinated me abundant species were
Thompson + Grant gazelle, Congoni [Kongoni], wildebeest, zebra, giraffe
Bristol is studying the giraffe + can recognize each individual
by neck pattern
Numbers in park Eland 50, Thompson gazelle 500, Grants [gazelle] 50
Zebra vary from 200-2000, Wildebeest 250 (was 6000 in 1960-61)
Congoni [Kongoni] 1100, Giraffe 50, Cheeta [Cheetah] 20, Lion 20, Leopard 5-10
Bat-eared fox 10 [+/-], silver backed jackall [jackal] 20 [+/-], Hippo [Hippopotamus] 6 [+/-]
a few buffalo (17) black rhino 18, 6 spotted hyena,
baboons vary 200 [+/-] verve's [monkeys] 24 [+/-], Impala 700, reed bucks
bohor and mountain 6 each. Until a month ago there were
500 cattle + some sheep. Before the park was gazetted
[illegible word] cattle grazers. Top concentration of herbivores
was 72000 lbs [pounds]/sq [square] mile. of this 9000 lbs [pounds] were cattle
normal stocking of wildlife + cattle is about 6000 lbs [pounds]/sq [square] mile
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