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Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:59 pm
by Dindingwe
The baby Meerkats are so cute, hardly able to stand on their rear legs
The small Honey Badger is adorable as well. I would never have thought that I would find this ferocious animal so touching !
Great snakes pics too

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:46 pm
by Mel
What a day!!! First you got that really nice encounter with Hanri and her cub, then those cute little squirrels and a "tame" steenbok that doesn't run of straight away and then… drumroll… the most flabbertastic sighting one can have of a honey badger, in my opinion! Although I got to see something similar by now as well, the quality of your sighting makes me go drooling all over my keyboard

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:37 pm
by ExFmem
Alf, Flutts, RP, Dindingwe, and Mel - thanks to each of you for sharing in my excitement over the HB encounter - it really was special to us. I'm surprised it's not seen more often since it appears they move the cubs quite regularly??? Anyway - moving along…

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:44 pm
by ExFmem
A couple more "families" -
Blue-eyed Blonde - this male lost one of its eyes somehow, but appears he's not having trouble finding companionship.
A couple of rats with a pet lizard
A new mommy -
Misc. birds -
The Harsh Reality of Animal Life - Finding food is difficult enough. Killing it without being injured is yet another challenge. Keeping it from other predators and scavengers - not so easy. Here's what one Tawny Eagle had to endure just to get a bite to eat:
After successfully beheading the snake, another bird of prey swoops in…
…no meal to be had for now.
Eating will have to wait until the eagle can find a spot where it can partake in peace.
Peace at last??
Nope…
What next? …locusts, alien sinister forces?
None of the above:
Forced to move yet again, the Tawny flew over the dune, so we didn't see how this example of the daily struggles of wild animals ended.
Whenever I'm having a rough day, I think back to how incredibly harsh the lives of the Kalahari animals are, and that really gives me perspective on how good I have it.
Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:15 pm
by Lisbeth
Well done with two whistling rats. It is hard enough to find one
I saw the blind lion a couple of times in Nov. 2017. Once with TWO ladies
Fantastic sequence of the tawny

Yes, sometimes both raptors and predators have a tough life

Not to talk about snakes, springboks and similar
Great photo of the mousebird

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:22 pm
by Lisbeth
I lost another chapter while I was in Singwedzi
A short glimpse of a cape cobra is all that I have seen of snakes, not only in KTP, but in all the parks I have been too
A remarkable, unique, marvellous Honey badger sighting
Mel had a pic of a honey badger with offspring; I wonder if it was the same one

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:12 pm
by harrys
Wow what can I say just awesome sightings and photos

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:22 am
by Flutterby
Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:32 pm
by Richprins
Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:39 pm
by Alf
Stunning pictures of the tawny eagle and snake
