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Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:51 am
by Lisbeth
Great to see vultures! I was quite worried because I only saw a couple when I stayed at Phala, but I did not see any carcasses either
Looks like a big leopard, but difficult to be sure.
I cannot see any Jackals in the pic
The giraffe has quite an abscess or whatever it is
Lovely white stork
Ant army on the move
To tail or not to tail
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:54 am
by Richprins
The giraffe is "chewing the cud", Lis!
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:00 am
by Lisbeth
Better
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:30 pm
by RogerFraser
Alf wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:12 am
Rather you than me in that traffic jam
Interesting tail you have told
Yes must have been quite a battle to bring it down .
Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:51 am
Great to see vultures! I was quite worried because I only saw a couple when I stayed at Phala, but I did not see any carcasses either
Looks like a big leopard, but difficult to be sure.
I cannot see any Jackals in the pic
The giraffe has quite an abscess or whatever it is
Lovely white stork
Ant army on the move
To tail or not to tail
The Jackals are in the middle of the pic far back .
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:36 pm
by RogerFraser
On the way back to camp these beauties were foraging for bugs
A herd of bufs was down in the riverbed
The birds were enjoyinh the berries
Back in camp we enjoyed the bushbuck
and a kingfisher
That evening while baaing we watched some owls on the opposite bank of the river -pic is not too clear
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 7:41 am
by Richprins
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 9:56 am
by Lisbeth
So many wattled starlings in one tree
The berries must have been very good
Buffalos in the green
Great pics of the bushbuck and the Kingfisher. I don't think that I have ever seen a Bushbuck male
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:43 pm
by Peter Betts
The Bushbuck is a Nyala...Wattled Starlings are highly nomadic and gather before moving onto the next destination ..Lovely pics especially the Kingfisher
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:03 pm
by Richprins
Is that a striped Kingfisher?
Re: Memories of Marloth and Tamboti Trip Jan 2018
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 8:22 pm
by Lisbeth
I considered it this morning, but forgot to control
The bill should be black above, but I cannot exclude it as it looks as if it has a white collar and no buff on the underparts. The head should be darker though
Roger, do you have other pics of the Kingfisher?
