Honeymoon Recap (part 2)
Wednesday, April 26, 2006:
Given that we were late the previous morning, we basically flew out of bed and out of our room to go meet everyone in the breakfast area. That morning we saw:
Another eagle, but the pics were too dark so I deleted them.
Young male rhino: (Walking all alone, he wasn't a dominant male though bc he um took care of business far away from the dominant male's markings. Had he done it where the dominant male left his mark, that would have meant he was challenging him to a turf war...)
Hm... I seem to have not uploaded the pic. Maybe later.
A tree with buffalo markings: (Buffalo rub their horns against trees to remove parasites. It's not blood, just the coloring from their horns.)
Bronze-Winged Courser:
More elephants
Giraffe remains:
An unidentified lizard:
This is where we took our short break that morning:
Rhinos: (a dominant male and a bunch of females)
Video of the females:
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/tlew12778/Africa/?action=view¤t=153-wednesdaymorningsafari-rhinos.flv
Video of the male (who stays behind the females unless they allow him to get close):
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/tlew12778/Africa/?action=view¤t=156-wednesdaymorningsafari-dominant.flv
Zebra: (right next to the rhino)
Blue Starling:
Water Buck:
More zebras:
Male elephant: (He heard females calling and was following the call)
Hammer Beak (no pic online)
This was a Rainbow Rock Skink outside of our room:
Then that evening we saw:
Lilac-Breasted Roller:
Elephant tracks:
Yellow-Billed Hornbill with Dwarf Mongoose:
Bachelor Zebra:
Long-Tailed Shrike:
A tree that had been killed by elephants: (They eat the bark and the tree dies, but this allows termites to lay their eggs.)
C. took a pic of me taking my notes :p
Grey Lourie: (also called the "go away" bird bc it's cry sounds like it's saying "go away!")
More elephant
Warthog (sorry, it was totally dark out so the picture is fuzzy):
Hyena: (He was waiting for some legs to fall... you'll see what I am talking about in the next picture)
Young Female Leopard calling to her mom:
The mom Leopard:
Back at the lodge during pre-dinner drinks, a Rhino Beetle flew onto the bar. The Rhino Beetle is one of the "Little Five":
That evening dinner was on the patio as it was only us and another Italian couple. We could hear the hippose eating while we ate:
I promise not all the safari posts will be this long :p. We started taking a LOT LESS pictures over the next two days.
Given that we were late the previous morning, we basically flew out of bed and out of our room to go meet everyone in the breakfast area. That morning we saw:
Another eagle, but the pics were too dark so I deleted them.
Young male rhino: (Walking all alone, he wasn't a dominant male though bc he um took care of business far away from the dominant male's markings. Had he done it where the dominant male left his mark, that would have meant he was challenging him to a turf war...)
Hm... I seem to have not uploaded the pic. Maybe later.
A tree with buffalo markings: (Buffalo rub their horns against trees to remove parasites. It's not blood, just the coloring from their horns.)
Bronze-Winged Courser:
More elephants
Giraffe remains:
An unidentified lizard:
This is where we took our short break that morning:
Rhinos: (a dominant male and a bunch of females)
Video of the females:
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/tlew12778/Africa/?action=view¤t=153-wednesdaymorningsafari-rhinos.flv
Video of the male (who stays behind the females unless they allow him to get close):
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/tlew12778/Africa/?action=view¤t=156-wednesdaymorningsafari-dominant.flv
Zebra: (right next to the rhino)
Blue Starling:
Water Buck:
More zebras:
Male elephant: (He heard females calling and was following the call)
Hammer Beak (no pic online)
This was a Rainbow Rock Skink outside of our room:
Then that evening we saw:
Lilac-Breasted Roller:
Elephant tracks:
Yellow-Billed Hornbill with Dwarf Mongoose:
Bachelor Zebra:
Long-Tailed Shrike:
A tree that had been killed by elephants: (They eat the bark and the tree dies, but this allows termites to lay their eggs.)
C. took a pic of me taking my notes :p
Grey Lourie: (also called the "go away" bird bc it's cry sounds like it's saying "go away!")
More elephant
Warthog (sorry, it was totally dark out so the picture is fuzzy):
Hyena: (He was waiting for some legs to fall... you'll see what I am talking about in the next picture)
Young Female Leopard calling to her mom:
The mom Leopard:
Back at the lodge during pre-dinner drinks, a Rhino Beetle flew onto the bar. The Rhino Beetle is one of the "Little Five":
That evening dinner was on the patio as it was only us and another Italian couple. We could hear the hippose eating while we ate:
I promise not all the safari posts will be this long :p. We started taking a LOT LESS pictures over the next two days.