Site Report: Engikaret Lark Plains, Tanzania

Visits

• 2025-01-31: We arrived on the plains, and we were in the process of looking for larks when we first heard the mewing sound. It sounded like a cat inside the car. We dismissed the sound, however, and continued down the road. When we stopped again, we heard additional mewing. Eventually, we found a very tiny and angry kitten curled up inside the car's engine compartment. With some difficulty, we were able to move the kitten to the back of the car. After this, we spent a couple of hours walking around in the plains area and the dry forest that was next to it. The big surprise was when we flushed a Spotted Eagle Owl. We arrived back at the hotel, and since we thought we had picked up the kitten at that place, we released him back into the parking lot (with some more difficulty, this was a very scratchy and bitey cat). The hotel people knew nothing about the cat, however.

Species Seen

Lifelists

• Africa
• World

Trips

• Tanzania