Earlier last week, Nokya made her way to our side of the Gomoti, so Shavaughn and I went out to get population dynamics data from her herd. We found her close to Black Pools in a herd of around 200-250. This herd was on the move, so we kept trying to outflank them to be in a position that they would walk past us. We were able to count the last quarter and some of the first ones. However, they spent a good deal of their time running, even when we were several hundred metres away. We followed them at a distance to try and get them to relax, but had to give up when they crossed water and just kept heading north into really wet areas.
We headed back down the Gomoti to the usual game drive areas and spotted another herd close to the crossing point, but on the other side. That herd was very relaxed and we were able to age and sex most of them (around 150-200). We started to head back but had to wait for a large breeding herd of elephant (at least 100) to cross the road and let us through.
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