Thematic Wildlife

**wtlwdwgn** · 08-10-2019, 04:33 PM

K-1 and D FA 150-450. The first two were tight crops the third was less.

First there were two.

One flew off and took the rest of the fish with it!

Then there was just one.

**WPRESTO** · 08-10-2019, 07:16 PM - **1 Like**

Elephant seals, females and youngsters. Scans from chromes. I'll eventually post more of these.

RobG · 08-11-2019, 06:44 AM

A very busy Potoroo. I had trouble getting a sharp photo in the dim light because he wouldn't keep still!

A Very Busy Potoroo by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

**aslyfox** · 08-11-2019, 11:43 AM

thought they were African Fish Eagles but our guide corrected me

Palm-nut Vultures Gypohierax angolensis

Palm-nut Vulture

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aka Vulterine Fish Eagle

World Bird Sanctuary: Eagles of the World - The Vulturine Fish Eagle

we found them in the Selous Game Reserve

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**noelcmn** · 08-11-2019, 12:04 PM

Lucky you! Still onmy bicket list, and they are rare in SA, confined to northern Kwazulu-Natal, though I am told there are a few residents in Durban.
Mousebirds, from a local municipal nature reserve

**aslyfox** · 08-11-2019, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by noelcmn

Lucky you! Still onmy bicket list, and they are rare in SA, confined to northern Kwazulu-Natal, though I am told there are a few residents in Durban.
Mousebirds, from a local municipal nature reserve

yeah

but you folks have White [ wide ] Rhino

I'll never see them in the wild unless we take an other trip to Africa and head south

**savoche** · 08-11-2019, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by aslyfox

yeah

but you folks have White [ wide ] Rhino

I'll never see them in the wild unless we take an other trip to Africa and head south

Why on earth shouldn't you?!

**aslyfox** · 08-11-2019, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by savoche

Why on earth shouldn't you?!

money, time

but my 65th birthday will be in 2022

so there may be hope

what's the weather/temperature like in January in Southern African ?

**noelcmn** · 08-11-2019, 01:57 PM

Hot and bothersome

. You are right, we are blessed, even see them in a place like Rietvlei Nature Reserve, a mere hour away

. Here's another of my visit there with WPRESTO way back in October 2018- Can't believe its been almost a year.

**aslyfox** · 08-11-2019, 03:15 PM - **1 Like**

Bee-Eaters

from about 30 feet below in a moving boat in the Rufiji River

[ and purple fringing ]

more at nests along the Rufiji River in Selous Game Reserve

**WPRESTO** · 08-11-2019, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by aslyfox

Bee-Eaters

from below in a moving boat

[ and purple fringing ]

more at nests along the Rufiji River in Selous Game Reserve

EGAD! That's an amazing photo.

Meerkats = pear with hair - they come in ones and twoses. Scan

**aslyfox** · 08-11-2019, 05:38 PM

they were along the top of the bank, flying and landing, light was bad and I did the best I could pp

looked like hundreds of the bee-eaters

and the holes are where the birds were nesting

this is the original SOOC

**noelcmn** · 08-12-2019, 01:41 AM

Kelp Gull

**aslyfox** · 08-12-2019, 05:47 AM

Lioness in the Selous

gathering oxygen trying to keep awake hoping prey will come close

**noelcmn** · 08-12-2019, 05:51 AM

Black Oystercatcher

08-11-2019, 01:57 PM	#8949
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Hot and bothersome. You are right, we are blessed, even see them in a place like Rietvlei Nature Reserve, a mere hour away . Here's another of my visit there with WPRESTO way back in October 2018- Can't believe its been almost a year.

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08-10-2019, 04:33 PM	#8941
wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,853	K-1 and D FA 150-450. The first two were tight crops the third was less. First there were two. One flew off and took the rest of the fish with it! Then there was just one.

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RobG Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canberra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,905	A very busy Potoroo. I had trouble getting a sharp photo in the dim light because he wouldn't keep still! A Very Busy Potoroo by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

08-11-2019, 12:04 PM	#8945
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Lucky you! Still onmy bicket list, and they are rare in SA, confined to northern Kwazulu-Natal, though I am told there are a few residents in Durban. Mousebirds, from a local municipal nature reserve

08-11-2019, 12:20 PM	#8946
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,583	Originally posted by noelcmn Lucky you! Still onmy bicket list, and they are rare in SA, confined to northern Kwazulu-Natal, though I am told there are a few residents in Durban. Mousebirds, from a local municipal nature reserve yeah but you folks have White [ wide ] Rhino I'll never see them in the wild unless we take an other trip to Africa and head south

08-11-2019, 12:56 PM	#8947
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by aslyfox yeah but you folks have White [ wide ] Rhino I'll never see them in the wild unless we take an other trip to Africa and head south Why on earth shouldn't you?!

08-11-2019, 01:02 PM	#8948
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,583	Originally posted by savoche Why on earth shouldn't you?! money, time but my 65th birthday will be in 2022 so there may be hope what's the weather/temperature like in January in Southern African ?

08-12-2019, 01:41 AM	#8953
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Kelp Gull

08-12-2019, 05:51 AM	#8955
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Black Oystercatcher