Day 2 : 15 January
0730h.-0800h. Bird
species point count.results : Mostly small canopy species recorded.Hornbills
and squirrel species seen. .
0800h. Leave camp
and enter trail to Camp Durian. TNKS paint mark made at entry point
to forest.
0810h. Bucheros
rhinoceros heard calling.
0820h. Bucheros
vigil x 2 heard. One group of agile gibbon, Hylobates agilis
heard to southwest.
0825h. A recent
tree fall has blocked the path and we note that nobody had attempted
to pass it yet.
0910h. Tiger, Panthera
tigris sumatrae scrape seen along Pematang trail. ( Pematang means
ridge ) Over the next kilometer seven scrapes are seen, two fresh (one
day old ). Estimate that tiger had passed along this trait twice in
the last week, Team members are shown how best to distinguish scrapes
made by tiger and tapir. Tiger,pugs found on muddy area of trail.The
team is shown the two basic measure Ments used in recording the size
of the tiger footprints.One clear pug on a fresh scrape is measured.
Total length from heel to tip of longest toe 10 cm.Widest point of plant
8 cm. Four more scrapes and six more prints found before Pematang Bakar.
0945h. Two groups
of siamang Hylobates syndactylus heard from this point, one group
to the west, one the northwest. Between Pematang Bakar and Bukit Kaca
more tiger scrapes seen, in total twenty , five of which were from last
night. One old pondok along trail used by manao collector.
0915h. Argus heard
at Bukit Kaca.Prints of sambar Cervus unicolor and muntjac,
Muntiacus muntjac.Trees heavily scarred wuth graffiti. Petiole of
Amorphophallus gigas along Sungai Dingin trail. Distinguishing
features of the petiole are noted.
1200h. Lunch at
pondok Pacat. This camp also showed no signs of recent use.
1400h. Bucheros
rhinoceros heard along Sungai Dingin trail . Muntjac, Muntiacus
muntjac prints found and first tapir,Tapirus indicus tracks.
1430h. Tapir tracks
seen again at Muara Air Hangat / Sungai Dingin where animal crossed
the river.GPS reading made at Muara from Muara enter important muddy
trail to Camp Durian.
1500h. Tapir and
sambar tracks are found along this trail. Meet Malay sunbear, Helarctos
malyanus prints.Tapir track seen until Sungai Durian. Arrive at
Camp Durian. Camp frame had been destroyed by hunters / fishermen. Forest
around camp cleared of low vegetation by bearded pig, Sus barbatus oi.
GPS reading from above Camp Durian.
1530h. Heard A.galeritas.
1600h. Two Rizanthes
zappeli flowers seen and photographed 200 m from Camp Durian.
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