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My South Africa Adventure; From Cape Town via Garden Route to Zululand
Topic Started: Nov 9 2016, 01:36 PM (5,048 Views)
Dylan
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Stunning rhino. This has been my favourite update.

Can I use the duiker pictures as my desktop background?

I think the frog could be a South African bullfrog. However I'm not 100% sure
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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Bustard <3

Could the frog be a Senegal Running Frog (Kassina senegalensis)?
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Jony
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Thanks guys!
@ZTFR: Indeed, the Senegal Running Frog looks very similar to the frog. I think it is the one. Thanks!
@Dylan: Yes, you can use it as your desktop background but please don't share it without my permission. ;)

Today you will primarily see landscape pictures and just a few animals. But I promise that there will be more animals next time. :P
And, exceptionally, I won't write much text this time.

Day 28 to 38: iSimangaliso Wetlands Park - Part 3

The camera traps are set up in different places in different habitats.
The majority of leopards are being captured in forest areas with a lot of vegetation though. Like the place below:
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Our equipment. ;)
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Sometimes we drove across open areas with some lakes. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any flamingos, pelicans and other waterfowl at all in iSinamgaliso, except a few herons, although the park is home to large colonies of flamingos and pelicans. I guess, I was in the wrong places.
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Another stop at a lake. At least we spotted a Great Egret (Ardea alba) and a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta).
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Next stope: a rocky beach at the Indian Ocean. You are allowed to swim here but be careful! Hippos, crocodiles and sharks could attack you...
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The ocean behind the greenery. :)
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That's all for today. I hope you enjoyed it. See you next time!
Edited by Jony, Feb 13 2017, 10:22 AM.
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Dylan
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Looks so lush
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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Marvelous landscape , and you may also want to thank google for the frog :P
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Consultant
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Oh hippos, crocodiles, and sharks. The perfect combination of death waiting for you in the water. :P
Your trip seems to have been amazing so far and I only hope to live that experience someday.
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Jony
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Thank you once again, guys!

@ZTFR: Yes, you are right. Thanks Google! :P



Day 28 to 38: iSimangaliso Wetlands Park - Part 4

We continue with the day we had in the last part. It was Sunday, October 2, just to let you know. ;)
In the afternoon after the camera field check in the morning, we drove to Cape Vidal which is a beautiful sand beach within the reserve. Even on very sunny and hot days with not much wind the beach was never too full and it was always clean!
But we always had to look for vervet monkeys because they try to steal things from you when you aren't carefully. :P

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The ebach to the right.
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And to the left.
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Footprints in the sand. ;)
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A bit green in the endless "desert". ;)
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In the sky, there were two Yellow-billed Kites (Milvus aegyptius). Because of the strong wind, the birds couldn't controll themselves and were suddenly pushed down and up the whole time I was wathcing them. Not nice when you want to take a photo. :P
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Then even a rainbow appeared. :D
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In another part of the beach there was laying a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). He was still breathing a bit but due to the severe injuries (some were bite marks of sharks) and the blood constantly coming out, it was clear that he won't survive...
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A size comparison with humans. Even with a bit distance the whale was very impressive.
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On the next day, we drove to the city to buy new food and other important stuff as always on Monday. On the way back to camp, we saw another rainbow. :)
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The rest of the day wasn't really exciting, so we continue with Tuesday. ;)
At noon, I could finally spot the third primate species living in Souh Africa, the Samango Monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus)! :D It's a subspecies of the Sykes' Monkey.
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That's all for today. See you next time!
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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This is one awesome update (Samango monkey <3) , just as a note you successfully aligned a pic of a dead whale and a pic of a rainbow! :P
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Dylan
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Me: Aww.. dead whale
*sees rainbow*
:adowable:

More wonderful photography (except the dead whale)
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Jony
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Thanks, you two! You are always commenting. Thank you! :)

Day 28 to 38: iSimangaliso Wetlands Park - Part 5

The next day started with a fantastic sighting of a Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis), one of the three duiker species living in this reserve. Unfortunately the pictures aren't that good because the duiker was too fast and easily scared. :P
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Then we drove through another beautiful forest part of the reserve.
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The perfect habitat for leopards...
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After that we cam we across more open areas again and could see a small herd of Bucrhell's zebras. :)
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A bit later another group of zebras crossed the road.
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And a Cape buffalo was there, too.
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In the end of this camera field check day, we met the reserve manager on a rest stop.
While waiting there, some vervet monkeys were sitting in the trees next to our car.
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In the afternoon, we could see another red duiker close to our accomodation. Again, the pictures aren't really good but it seems that red duikers don't want to be photographed. :P
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That's all for today! I gonna show you two or three more parts of this reserve before we will continue with the next one. ;)
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Dylan
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Very cool. Those zebra herd pictures were great
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Jony
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Thanks Dylan!

Day 28 to 38: iSimangaliso Wetlands Park - Part 6

Sometimes, the light was very beautiful with kind of a golden glow, especially during sunrise and sunset. Then you could take such pictures:
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The next day we drove out again and came across the beautiful wet savanna landscape again. It was always a highlight.
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Next to the main road was standing a very impressive male greater kudu.
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And a bit more faraway, a herd of cape buffalo.
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Beside waterbucks, bushbucks and kudus, the Common Reedbucks (Redunca arundinum) were a relatively common antelope species. But because of their nocturnal and shy behaviour, it's very difficult to see any. On this day we were lucky though and could spot one laying down in the grass. :)
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Little egret
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Radio hog :P
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Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis), another cool sighting that day. Because of the wind, the feathers on the head looked just too funny. :P
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Close to the long-crested eagle, we found this sting of a porcupine next to a camera trap.
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Let's continue with the drive.
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A single wildebeest was standing in this breathtaking landscape.
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Next up was a swamp.
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Who can spot it? ;)
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Between the reed there was laying a well-hidden hippo. :)
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That's all for today! I hope you liked it.
Next time I will show you a small reptile park called "Crocodile Centre" which is part of the reserve.
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Furka
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Great pics as usual, although I'm pretty sure that's a great egret, not a little ;)
Next update sounds promising too!
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Jony
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Thanks!
You are right about the great egret. I confused the two species.
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