Africa Wild

Toko wrote:Very intersting Amethyst sunbird

Usually the adult male has a purple throat, the juvenile may have a darker blackish throat, but you found one with yellowish throat Amazing how they change colours and appear in different shades

OK, the book I used to ID the sunbird was an old one . The colour changes are due to thin film interference which is what makes a Glossy Starling glow iridescent blue. Their feathers are actually brown but they have a coating that refracts the light as it passes through it, then refracts the light again as it reflects off the feather underneath and passes back through the coating again. A similar effect can be seen with a thin film of oil or soap floating on water.

stunning images blutuna....



show us your trailer .....................................

leachy wrote:

stunning images blutuna....



show us your trailer .....................................

Thanks Leachy

Keep watching, the trailer will be revealed at the end of the TT.

Back at camp after some much needed food and a siesta I tracked down one of our noisy neighbours; a Cicada of some sort which is known locally as a Christmas Bee.





By the time we went for our afternoon drive, the clouds had rolled in and there wasn't much to photograph.

At the Mankwe Dam hide, a White Breasted Cormorant.




And there was something on the far side of the dam. What could it be????




By this time it was starting to get late so we hot-footed it back to camp.

Bugs again!

Richprins wrote:Bugs again!

You should expect that by now

Ja...but there was a merciful break for a few weeks!

Richprins wrote:Ja...but there was a merciful break for a few weeks!

That was the only bug from this trip but I have a whole load more to post from our weekend in Kruger last month

Sounds like "Do you want to hear the good or bad news first!"

Go for it, BT!

Richprins wrote: Go for it, BT!