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Lizard.

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[aslyfox]

Golden Weaver- since the other possibilities are excluded from that location-Cape Weaver. Also the Yellow Weaver, which is more uniform yellow.

Expecting to see these one of these fine days

thanks

the problem with bird reference books are that they cannot be totally reliable - the known range charts I mean

Stevenson's " Bids of East Africa " indicates that most choices are not found in the crater

however it appears that the female Golden-Back Weaver Ploceus jacksoni might be the bird - plate 258

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Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori

reputedly the heaviest bird that can fly -

FLIGHT:
Kori Bustard is a large terrestrial bird. It is not flightless, it is just about the heaviest flying bird there is. It flies only when necessary, because of its weight. Its flight is strong with slow flapping wings. It takes off with very heavy wing beats, but once in flight, it flies quickly and strongly. - Kori Bustard

SOOC

[noelcmn]

This will also be happening more and more these days

[aslyfox]

Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros

starting to feed

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an animal I did not know I could find in the Selous Game Reserve ( a bonus )

crop and pp

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Here"s Addo"s version, enjoying some peace in the presence of Warthogs

[WPRESTO]

Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros starting to feed - an animal I did not know I could find in the Selous Game Reserve ( a bonus )

Is the "bonus" the primate?

[WPRESTO]

Had intended to post this on the "Patterns - - -etc" thread, but it will go here OK. scan

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Is the "bonus" the primate?

believe it or not

I never saw the yellow baboon in the photo until your comment

amazing what you can miss in the field and in the photo

the bonus was finding the Greater Kudu in that area

[WPRESTO]

believe it or not

I never saw the yellow baboon in the photo until your comment

amazing what you can miss in the field and in the photo

the bonus was finding the Greater Kudu in that area

I knew your comment was referring to the kudu, a magnificent creature, but I had a faint idea maybe you had not noticed that baboon. I've discovered things in photographs I did not see when tripping the release. One I remember particularly - I had set the camera low looking somewhat up at the underside of a Queen Anne's lace, to get a different perspective and also capture the interesting branching that supports the platform (umbel) of flowers. When I brought it up for PP on the monitor at home, there was a tiny spider, and sharp enough that the image eventually went on the "spiders" thread rather than with flowers.

[ramseybuckeye]

An unidentified turtle


Part of a herd of whitetail deer spotted from the road last night. I can spot one buck in this photo, a few hundred yards away was another group with at least six bucks, (sorry, didn't get a good photo)

[aslyfox]

a couple of yellow baboons with a Greater Kudu in the brush behind them

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our Massai Guide pointed out the fact that the tails of baboons are different from those of other monkeys.

it is angled up right so the mother can carry the baby as it matures on the female's back

younger babies are carried on the stomach

https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Baby-baboon.html

found in the Selous Game Reserve

[edom31]

Rikenon XR 135mm 2.8

[noelcmn]

Two waterbirds-Great White Egret and Spoonbill foraging together -Pilanesberg National Park

[aslyfox]

ostriches romancing in the Serengeti

" Getting To Know You "

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[noelcmn]

Gnu-Rietvlei Nature Reserve