Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:25 am
Amazing, stunning, awesome, wonderful
Loving the sunrise pictures
Loving the sunrise pictures
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KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
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Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:00 am
Such lovely scenery!!
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:02 am
Very easy to tell apart: coarse vs smooth scutum
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... 2/download
Hyalomma marginatum rufipes: Dorsal region 1) Legs with pale rings; 2) scutum rugged large punctuations; 3) short lateral grooves; 4) presence of paracentral festoons
Hyalomma truncatum; Dorsal region 1) Dark and shiny conscutum; 2) Pale rings on the legs; 3) Festoons; and caudal depression;
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:28 pm
harries, RP, Sis (I stay outside most of the time no matter what camp, but Grootkolk is a bit smallish, for sure), Peter (agree, a few camping sites up north would be splendid 
), Pumbaa, Alf (I'm still excited for YOUR trip! 
), Flutts, and Klippies ( thanks for the tick info.) - thank you for motivating me to keep on. It really helps, as anyone who writes a TT knows. You're each very special. 
), Pumbaa, Alf (I'm still excited for YOUR trip! ), Flutts, and Klippies ( thanks for the tick info.) - thank you for motivating me to keep on. It really helps, as anyone who writes a TT knows. You're each very special. Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:31 pm
On the way to Urikaruus, we drove the Marie se draai loop, then the Upper Dune Road. A few sightings along the way:
Our last sunrise at Grootkolk:
Lots of thirsty doves along the way:
A couple lions here and there:
At Marie, we saw a cheetah, very far away that was a new one for us - Liat.
No animals were at the waterhole for a good reason:
The Dune Road was its usually quiet self, with a few gatherings of animals at the waterholes.
It was nice to be at the honeymoon unit at Urikaruus because, as I've said before, the enclosed car area allows me to photograph insects at night in a protected space. So, guess what's coming up next????
Our last sunrise at Grootkolk:
Lots of thirsty doves along the way:
A couple lions here and there:
At Marie, we saw a cheetah, very far away that was a new one for us - Liat.
No animals were at the waterhole for a good reason:
The Dune Road was its usually quiet self, with a few gatherings of animals at the waterholes.
It was nice to be at the honeymoon unit at Urikaruus because, as I've said before, the enclosed car area allows me to photograph insects at night in a protected space. So, guess what's coming up next????
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:35 pm
LACEWINGS!!
Grassland Antlion Creoleon mortifer
Kalahari Antlion Crambomorphus kalaharicus (they are black/grey in color, but for some reason this one looks brownish) ?
Tree-hole Antlion Cymothales illustris (with prey)
As RP calls this type pic - "Insexcapades"
Grassland Antlion Creoleon mortifer
Kalahari Antlion Crambomorphus kalaharicus (they are black/grey in color, but for some reason this one looks brownish) ?
Tree-hole Antlion Cymothales illustris (with prey)
As RP calls this type pic - "Insexcapades"
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:23 am
Amazing pic of the kudu and gemsbok!
Lovely macro shots.
Lovely macro shots.
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:58 am
All those insects in the desert! 
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Love the two different antelope lying next to the water, Ex!
Remarkable insex going on there indeed..
Fat lions!
Love the two different antelope lying next to the water, Ex!
Remarkable insex going on there indeed..
Fat lions!
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:19 am
Seeing a kudu and a gemsbok like that is not at all normal
The name "lacewings" is very appropriate. They look very diaphanous
Lovely sunrise gnus
The name "lacewings" is very appropriate. They look very diaphanous
Lovely sunrise gnus
Re: KALAHARI CAPTURES - Sept./Oct. 2019
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:11 am
I'm definitely going to miss the solitude of the Grootkolk area on our next trip. Not a single night there...
about the goshawk needing to consult with the jackals and caracal
That was one fat male lion looking about to burst
More about the hyena peeking out of the waterhole. But the downside is that Marie seems to have been pretty empty...
Your macros are superb as always and I'm looking forward to see what you got in that enclosure at Uri.
Maybe I should try that too next time. Just not sure if I'm as patient as you are 
about the goshawk needing to consult with the jackals and caracal That was one fat male lion looking about to burst
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about the hyena peeking out of the waterhole. But the downside is that Marie seems to have been pretty empty...Your macros are superb as always and I'm looking forward to see what you got in that enclosure at Uri.
Maybe I should try that too next time.
Just not sure if I'm as patient as you are