Thematic Wildlife

**WPRESTO** · 08-14-2018, 10:24 AM

Originally posted by noelcmn

More singing Giraffe

I'll bet they're good at holding those long notes.

**WPRESTO** · 08-14-2018, 10:25 AM

Grant's gazelle. (his tail up = I'm excited; her tail down = not today)

**noelcmn** · 08-14-2018, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

I'll bet they're good at holding those long notes.

LOL! Really strange behavior on their part. Almost like they were swallowing pills!

Nice to have seen quite a few Rhino at Pilansberg

**WPRESTO** · 08-14-2018, 11:26 AM

Let us hope no poachers get wind of them. One invasion would do unthinkable harm.

southern tchagra - hope I spelled that correctly

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**noelcmn** · 08-14-2018, 11:48 AM - **1 Like**

I have, over the years, kept my ears open for reports of poaching in Pilansberg, and thankfully there has been none, probably in large measure due to the Special Anti-poaching unit they have there, that patrol regularly. And both last year and this year's visit I was confronted with road blocks by rangers, checking entry permit and occasionally, the boot of some cars.

Here's another two, and we had all hoped there would be a duel, but nothing in the offering.

**WPRESTO** · 08-14-2018, 12:00 PM - **1 Like**

Superb starlings. Thank goodness that officials have realized the animals are far more valuable alive and healthy than sacrificed to get dagger handles or aphrodisiac powder.

**noelcmn** · 08-14-2018, 12:12 PM

Agree, except when it comes to a place as vast as Kruger Park, it's another matter altogether. Just not possible to cover the whole place, so it has suffered quite a bit!
Hippopopamus

h4yn0nnym0u5e · 08-14-2018, 01:35 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

I'll bet they're good at holding those long notes.

Low notes - not so much...

**noelcmn** · 08-14-2018, 01:41 PM

Hammerkop- the bird of ill-omen, according to some African beliefs

**WPRESTO** · 08-14-2018, 03:00 PM

Palm warbler, a bird that gives no offense - - - SFAIK

**dadipentak** · 08-14-2018, 06:20 PM

From the porch with the DA*300 & HD 1.4x

**WPRESTO** · 08-14-2018, 06:26 PM

Crow, swaggering across the grass as crows will do.

**noelcmn** · 08-15-2018, 01:15 AM

The stare

**WPRESTO** · 08-15-2018, 03:35 AM

Foraging baboon, always eating off the floor.

**WPRESTO** · 08-15-2018, 10:23 AM

Rose-breasted grosbeak from this past Spring.

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08-14-2018, 10:24 AM	#7681
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,103	Originally posted by noelcmn More singing Giraffe I'll bet they're good at holding those long notes.

08-14-2018, 10:31 AM	#7683
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,166	Originally posted by WPRESTO I'll bet they're good at holding those long notes. LOL! Really strange behavior on their part. Almost like they were swallowing pills! Nice to have seen quite a few Rhino at Pilansberg

08-14-2018, 11:48 AM - 1 Like	#7685
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,166	I have, over the years, kept my ears open for reports of poaching in Pilansberg, and thankfully there has been none, probably in large measure due to the Special Anti-poaching unit they have there, that patrol regularly. And both last year and this year's visit I was confronted with road blocks by rangers, checking entry permit and occasionally, the boot of some cars. Here's another two, and we had all hoped there would be a duel, but nothing in the offering.

08-14-2018, 12:12 PM	#7687
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,166	Agree, except when it comes to a place as vast as Kruger Park, it's another matter altogether. Just not possible to cover the whole place, so it has suffered quite a bit! Hippopopamus

08-14-2018, 01:35 PM	#7688
h4yn0nnym0u5e Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK Photos: Albums Posts: 333	Originally posted by WPRESTO I'll bet they're good at holding those long notes. Low notes - not so much...

08-14-2018, 01:41 PM	#7689
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,166	Hammerkop- the bird of ill-omen, according to some African beliefs

08-14-2018, 06:20 PM	#7691
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	From the porch with the DA*300 & HD 1.4x

08-15-2018, 01:15 AM	#7693
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,166	The stare

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