SERVAL (Felis serval)

Serval Kitten, link to Still images of Servals (mother and kitten)

 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

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Roll No.
Description
Camera field log
Serval, mid-afternoon: resting; sitting in long grass
Serval, late afternoon: resting; sitting in long grass, gets up, stretches and walks out
Serval, late afternoon: hunting/ catching a mouse
Serval, dusk
Serval, moving and portrait shots (300/600 mm)
Mostly after sunset, Serval, moving and portrait shots (includes one very long continuous take)
Mother serval, to go with footage at end of Roll AW16 ,(300mm)
Midday: Serval hunting and carrying a mouse- mostly overcast weather (600 mm)
Early afternoon: Serval hunting, catches a mouse and feeds, mostly overcast and windy (600/300 mm)
Early afternoon: Serval moving through grass, mostly overcast and windy (mostly 300 mm)
Serval moving and hunting
First glimpse of single Serval kitten, late afternoon
Early am: Serval mother and glimpse of kittens (there are four), overcast and cool)
Mother serval brings back mouse, drops it by den entrance and calls kittens. They do not come so she takes mouse inside.
More, various shots of mother and kittens
More, various shots of Mother Serval and kittens, cont'd from Roll AW13
Early am: Serval with kittens at den, overcast, dull and cool
Various shots: Kittens at play, and mother around midday. (600 mm
Serval and Kittens outside den, some on Zoom lens for wider shots of mother with kittens and kittens at play.
Continuation of shots of kittens - not always good because much obscured by tall grass and other foliage.
Mother Serval hunting mice: Stalking through long grass, pouncing (NVG), catching a mouse and feeds. Hunts again, catches a mouse and carries it.
Continuation of Serval activity from Roll AW15
Kitten playing with Mother's tail (600 mm)
BCU Mother serval asleep in grass (600 mm)
Early am: Kittens playing
Mother Serval falling asleep sitting up in grass
Serval Action cont'd from Roll AW16
Serval kittens, mid morning, some heat haze
Late afternoon: Mother and kittens (600 mm/300 mm)
Early am: Kittens playing (Zoom / 600 mm/300 mm)
Early am: Wide shots of Serval den and kittens' activity
Mother and kittens (600 mm/300 mm)
More activity as morning progresses (600 mm/300 mm)- some nice faces and action from kittens
Mother Serval sets off to hunt
Continuation of Serval action from Roll AW18
Mother Serval hunting (300 mm)
Mother Serval Attempt at pounce (75 fps) - I failed
Mother carries back mouse and the kittens play with it. Kitten action on 300 mm/600 mm
Continuation of serval action from Roll AW19
Mother SErval hunting (75 fps) -
Continuation of Serval action from Roll AW20
Continuation of Serval action from Roll AW21
Includes late afternoon back lit shots of Mother carrying mouse, and backlit shots of kittens with one stalk through grass (600 mm)
Dull and overcast: Kittens playing, climbing on small shrub - some am/some pm (Zoom)
Early am: dull and overcast, kittens playing (Zoom/300 mm)
BCU Mother Serval (600 mm)
Kitten jumps up on to her back (NVG - 600 mm)
Kittens' first excursion with Mummy, to another thicket bush, 30 metres from den: look for calling shot(s), and Mother bending down to pick up kitten in her mouth (all on Zoom)
Mother Serval walking away through grass (600 mm)
Mother Serval and Kittens - movement - Zoom lens
BCUs Kittens and Mother - 600 mm
Mother serval patrolling range, and hunting. Includes some scent marking and wide angle shots to place her in the Crater environment, showing the rim or Lake Magadi in the background. One (60 fps) slow motion pounce ruined by premature camera switch off
Whip pans among grass stems for serval/mouse hunt sequences
Time Lapse, looking west to Crater rim from near Serval den no. 2; long take interrupted by a filter collapse, car moving through shot R to L, and battery failure. Finished shot after sunset. 1 frame/6 seconds; f16; ND6, 7 mm.
Dull, overcast early morning. Serval kittens watching zebras walk past their new den. More shots of zebras and links to den in varying light (zoom)
Tight shots of Serval kittens on 600 mm as morning progresses, but action very brief. Mother serval sitting up, on guard duty, 600 mm
Serval action continued from roll AW29. Changed over to roll AW31 early on due to noisy magazine
Mother Serval and kittens
Serval action continued from early shots on roll AW30
Dull, overcast morning. Mother serval arrives and calls kittens. Shots of kittens on zoom and 600 mm to inter cut. Zebras walk through (!) and around den.
Following slate, more on Mother serval and kittens. Mother walks through grass towards camera and exits left, late afternoon. Zoom. (This is the last time we saw her before the leopards attacked).
Early morning. Continuation of action from roll AW33: Leopard POVs closing in on den. Hand held rush through grass (zoom on 10.5 mm, several takes from different angles). Serval fur sticking to plant where it had been spat out by leopard after the kill
a Kitten'dead body  
Serval kitten (the only survivor of the four kittens), to go with material on rolls AW44, AW45 and AW46
Mummy Serval and the one surviving kitten, to go with material on rolls AW41, AW45 and AW46. Start low angle then change camera position to roof hatch.
Mummy Serval and the one surviving kitten, to go with material on rolls AW41, AW44 and AW46. Action continued and includes: suckling, washing, playing, arriving, leaving, and kitten waiting for Mummy to come home.
Mummy Serval and the one surviving kitten, to go with material on rolls AW41, AW44 and AW45. Action continued and includes: suckling, washing, playing, arriving, leaving, and kitten waiting for Mummy to come home.
Early afternoon. Mummy Serval hunting mice. Zoom lens/70 fps.
Early afternoon. Mummy Serval hunting mice. Zoom lens. Includes some wide angle views to place her in Crater environment.
Serval male(?), with very short tail; movement and hunting, includes WAs with Crater rim in background and at least one shot with Munge Stream in distance. Zoom and 600mm
Serval (male?) action continued from roll AW 62
Serval (male?) action continued from rolls AW 62 and AW 63
Serval, female, with a den in long grass. Was spotted by Rangers with one kitten. Different female to original Mummy but quite similar. Movement across range, including some WA studies, all on zoom
Serval, female, Action continued from roll AW 64 - then at 1600 hrs after emerging from grass den, a short hunting sortie close to car. Returned to den with mouse (at start of roll AW 66) All on zoom, includes WA studies
Serval, female, action continued from roll AW 65. Some BCUs on 600mm.
Serval, female, action continued from roll AW 66, includes WAs
Serval, female number two, 400 metres E of grass den, with kitten, both moving through open grassland
Serval, female number two, 400 metres E of grass den, with kitten, both moving through open grassland, action continued from roll AW 67, mostly after sunset
Serval, female number two, 400 metres E of grass den, with kitten, both moving through open grassland, action continued from roll AW 68, after sunset, 600mm, underexposed
Serval, female number two, close to grass den
Serval female: movement in front of Cape Buffalo (1st shot ruined by truck in background)
Serval female resting in grass; "nodding off"; yawning; stretching (start of action often missed)
Mother Serval no. 2 and kitten in open grassland - walking. Last position only 0.18 mile from position on 12 November
Mother Serval no. 2 in grass (300/600 mm)
Mother Serval no. 2 in grass (300/600 mm, and 20:1 Zoom after sunset)
Continuation of Serval female no. 2 action from roll AW 136
Female Serval no. 2, various shots, including one pounce at 75 fps on 300 mm lens
Continuation of Serval action from rolls AW 136 and AW 135
Serval, young (female?), of recent litter, patrolling range, and hunting (300 mm; 20:1 Zoom)
Serval, young (female?), of recent litter, action continued from roll AW 150, including some shots on 600 mm: patrolling range, and hunting; Two shots Cape Buffalo herd (300 mm; 20:1 Zoom)
Afternoon: More on Serval, much on 600 mm, hunting, but no catches
Serval, young (female?), of recent litter, action continued from roll AW 150 and AW 151, mostly on 600 mm: patrolling range, and hunting

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