Sightings Discussion, Nkorho and Elephant Plains, Wednesday 13 February 2008

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2:57 AM NK  Distant whooooop.....hyaena

Sure wish that hyena would come closer !

*SIGH*  Almost sunrise....and except fot the grass waving in the wind.....nothing moving.  Hope daylight brings changes....

Sunrise at NK and the old Buff's skull becomes more visible.

5:29am at NK jackal taking a quick drink.

Silver-backed Jackal at Nkhoro @ 6:20am

Super work on the birds zoomie,  really well done!

Thanks

buff is back @ EP

10 buffs at EP

NK   2 giraffes. It looks like they are picking up marula from the ground

3 Raffies at NK.  Looks to be a family with one juvenile?  And the juvenile Raffie is again checking out the ground.  Perhaps, after all, the youngster is eating the parent's droppings?

Landies at EP

I keep forgetting ...Giraffes, is it the male or female that has the hair tufts on horns ?

Is a male Giraffe called a Bull or stallion ?

The females have the hair on the horns....it's a girlie thing. 

Did anyone see the big mark on the giraffes neck that the zoomie caught? Any ideas as to what the cause may be?

Wow that is two things I have learned today about giraffes.  I never thought of all the grazers as being fighters. Very interesting.

Here is a link I just found that has some pretty strange facts about Giraffe and same sex relationships between the males.  It is Wikipedia tho, and I usualy dig a little deeper to check their facts LOL

Was that Francolins or Hornbills Zoomie just passed ?

Missed it.  The birds can be most difficult to spot.

Edited to add:  What birds are we hearing at this moment? (at NK)

Sorry SD, I have no idea .  I was uploading photos and it took forever ..not really paying attention

There's no mistaking the Hadeda Ibis (sp?) right now at NK.  And the Cape Turtle Dove (for me that one always sounds like Good Mor-ning, Good Mor-ning).

We will have to study the Sounds of Nkorho (click here) to prepare for the next annual Birding Walk with Karin and Gerda and Katja (they're working on it).

3 young Wildbeest at NK spotted safe and sound this afternoon at 6:50 CAT

The Wildies at NK were moving so fast just now.  Walked to the WH for a drink, were startled, and moved on quickly.  At one point however I think I saw a new baby Wildie.  One in the mix looked much smaller than the ones we've been seeing all along.

I did get a snap of the 3 out in the field ..I did not see the young ones come to the WH

Right, the youngsters didn't approach the water.  Looking at that snap, it's the calf on the far left with its mom that I think is new and not one of the four we've been watching.  I could be wrong, of course, but, that one is quite a bit smaller than the two calves that are in the background.  And, being in the background, those two would appear smaller if they were the same size, no?

hippo at ep