Sightings Discussion Nkorho & Elephant Plains Sunday 16 March 2008

Sounds as if it is a blustery afternoon with the wind at EP and NK. Hard to believe there haven't been any sightings since Midnight.

At 3:18pm there is a single Impala ram in the field, who was first laying down with a lapwing close by, then he got up to feed at NK. The picture at NK is quite blurry, but recognizable. There are the dogs running in the background just now. The picture at EP is having some kind of problems again, with lots of buffering.

We almost have a carpet of Impala at NK now. Looks like some baboons in the background?

@NK Thank you zoomie, yes indeed they were baboons. That one baboon was bigger than the impala standing next to him. Wow!

Haven't seen a critter at EP since I got signed on today

hi lyn,

we had an elephant and a lioness earlier at EP.

looks very windy on both cams !

just heard fish-eagle call again at EP too, i'm always too late to get a recording of it, wish it would warn me when it will be calling lol

Gerda, do you have a link to what the call sounds like? or a verbal description? I am not familiar with that bird call I don't think

I am headed over to check out the pictures posted and see if there is any new video.

Just now I heard a very clear haunting vrooooooooo, going down in volume at EP. don't know what bird is making that sound?

there is one recording on sounds of nkorho page, but you can hardly hear the fish eagle call there lol, soI did a quick search and found this page that has a good fish eagle sound file

fish eagle

I heard it calling several times already at EP the last few days.

Oooh Gerda, that is the sound I heard then. To me it sounds like a very clear haunting verooooooo, vroo vroo vroo vro descending in scale. It reminds me of a bird that I hear when I go to the ocean in Maine. It could be that I was hearing some sort of eagle there?

Thanks for the link. I will try to catch a recording of it if able. Poor EP is buffering so bad this afternoon, it's making it hard to hear anything.

Morning everyone.   NK  those baby babs sure are having fun in that bush/tree

EP   babs arriving - freeze frames.

They sure are Reminds me of my great nieces and nephews playing at the monkey bars at my sisters house! There is always a daredevil who thinks he can jump off the furtherest!

Gerda, found this video of the African Fish Eagle, thought you might be interested.

African Fish Eagle

and this one of their cry

African Fish Eagle Cry 

Thanks Lyn ! those are great ! the cry of the African Fish Eagle is so lovely.

sounds like the baboons will be in or near the cam tree again tonight at EP. I think they like it there

started raining at NK I think ?

was that a lioness I just saw at NK ?  ran up right and then under the marula tree ..behind mound ?

see 2 more coming up right side at tree line ..maybe it is Impala ? another under tree and lights about at NK

edit ...caught a prifile and it appears to be Impala ..but they are acting strange LOL

Looks like at least two lions at NK

Are you sure those are lions? they look like bokkies..?

I think the 2 at the right are Impala ..the 1st one I caught a glimpse of ran up under the tree and off behind the mound ..it sure looked like a cat moving to me ..but now not so sure

It's hard to tell but they seemed too stocky

Oh WD I even thought the first one that walked over to the marula was a bokkie just by the way it walked...lol

Yhe Baboons at EP ..sure are upset ..did they just yell Leopard LOL

Howdy everyone

Auntie Lyn... I think the bird you might be hearing up in Maine is the cry of the Loon. I am pretty sure it sounds somewhat simalar. The Bald eagle has more of a shrill screechy cry for lack of a better description. I tried looking for link of the call but haven't found one yet.

http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/images.html

Lynn ... here is a page that has some loon calls on it... check it out when you get a chance.

And heres a vid and cry of the bald eagle...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t14zqCKWCyA&feature=related

is it just me or is the EP cam messing about tonight?

Whats zoomie lookin for at EP?

I just get black screen for EP anyone else?

i have a picture but its really pixelated 

I'm getting a picture (stop and go but still a picture). I'm using Africam's pop-up player on the left orange bar.