Kruger National Park Challenges - New Entries

[Flutterby]

You will still get points Kilppies, but yes, please can you give locations for your pics.

[Klipspringer]

You must say where they were taken, Klippies! So no points for you, unfortunately!

You gents are very demanding How about a deal: You say what tree your birds are perched on or feeding at or hawking from and I will figure out the exact locations of my birdies.
I am not particularly obsessed with roads and don't take note of sightings, it's a useless task for me, more important to know which kind of vegetation type you are in to learn where to find what birds or insects.

[Klipspringer]

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S112; Goshawk mobbed and closely watched by a single Fork-tailed Drongo

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along the H3

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H3

[Flutterby]

If you can't remember the exact location, an area is fine.

[Klipspringer]

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Berg-en-Dal

[Richprins]

You must say where they were taken, Klippies! So no points for you, unfortunately!

You gents are very demanding How about a deal: You say what tree your birds are perched on or feeding at or hawking from and I will figure out the exact locations of my birdies.
I am not particularly obsessed with roads and don't take note of sightings, it's a useless task for me, more important to know which kind of vegetation type you are in to learn where to find what birds or insects.

Rules are rules...

[Lisbeth]

And you, don't make up rules that do not exist

[Klipspringer]

Now let's work on the ladies performance for the reptiles


Giant Legless Skink Acontias plumbeus

The Giant Legless Skink is usually uniform dark brown or black although yellow/brown specimens have been found. It is the largest Legless Skink reaching around 50 cm in extreme cases, but averaging around 30 – 40 cm. Head broad with elongate, steel-grey snout. Eyes small. Like many members of the genus, it retains eyelids.
It burrows in moist leaf litter and eats worms and insect larvae. It occurs from about East London up to northern KwaZulu Natal and then north to Swaziland and the Kruger National Park.

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S83

[Klipspringer]

another reptile for the ladies

Acanthocercus a. atricollis are large (120–150 mm snout–vent length), diurnal, arboreal lizards that are sexually dimorphic in size and colouration. Mature breeding males are larger than females and have a bright blue head and throat and a broad yellow-green vertebral stripe, while females remain olive-coloured with black marbling. Their grey-brown skin that provides cryptic camouflage against the bark of trees.
Tree agamas are classic ambush foragers. They waste only 4% of their time moving. When stationary, they sit on tree trunks, on lateral branches and occasionally, on the ground. Their diet is dominated by ants and beetles.

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around Olifants lookout

[Richprins]

Kori Bustard - H1-8