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Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 2:59 pm
by Dindingwe
The baby Meerkats are so cute, hardly able to stand on their rear legs O/\
The small Honey Badger is adorable as well. I would never have thought that I would find this ferocious animal so touching !
Great snakes pics too ^Q^

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:46 pm
by Mel
What a day!!! First you got that really nice encounter with Hanri and her cub, then those cute little squirrels and a "tame" steenbok that doesn't run of straight away and then… drumroll… the most flabbertastic sighting one can have of a honey badger, in my opinion! Although I got to see something similar by now as well, the quality of your sighting makes me go drooling all over my keyboard :-0

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:37 pm
by ExFmem
Alf, Flutts, RP, Dindingwe, and Mel - thanks to each of you for sharing in my excitement over the HB encounter - it really was special to us. I'm surprised it's not seen more often since it appears they move the cubs quite regularly??? Anyway - moving along… :-) :-)

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:44 pm
by ExFmem
A couple more "families" -

Blue-eyed Blonde - this male lost one of its eyes somehow, but appears he's not having trouble finding companionship.


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A couple of rats with a pet lizard ;-)


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A new mommy -


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Misc. birds -


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The Harsh Reality of Animal Life - Finding food is difficult enough. Killing it without being injured is yet another challenge. Keeping it from other predators and scavengers - not so easy. Here's what one Tawny Eagle had to endure just to get a bite to eat:


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After successfully beheading the snake, another bird of prey swoops in…


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…no meal to be had for now. :no:

Eating will have to wait until the eagle can find a spot where it can partake in peace.


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Peace at last??


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Nope… :no:



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What next? …locusts, alien sinister forces? :O^


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None of the above:


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Forced to move yet again, the Tawny flew over the dune, so we didn't see how this example of the daily struggles of wild animals ended.


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Whenever I'm having a rough day, I think back to how incredibly harsh the lives of the Kalahari animals are, and that really gives me perspective on how good I have it.

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:15 pm
by Lisbeth
Well done with two whistling rats. It is hard enough to find one ;-)

I saw the blind lion a couple of times in Nov. 2017. Once with TWO ladies O**

Fantastic sequence of the tawny \O Yes, sometimes both raptors and predators have a tough life :yes: Not to talk about snakes, springboks and similar lol

Great photo of the mousebird ^Q^ ^Q^
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Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:22 pm
by Lisbeth
I lost another chapter while I was in Singwedzi 0*\

A short glimpse of a cape cobra is all that I have seen of snakes, not only in KTP, but in all the parks I have been too :-?

A remarkable, unique, marvellous Honey badger sighting :shock: O/\ O/\

Mel had a pic of a honey badger with offspring; I wonder if it was the same one -O-

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:12 pm
by harrys
Wow what can I say just awesome sightings and photos ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:22 am
by Flutterby
ExFmem, you really do have some amazing sightings!! ^Q^ ^Q^

The kittens are just too cute, and what a clever mom! :yes:

Amazing pics of the Tawny Eagle!! \O \O

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:32 pm
by Richprins
Exquisite pics and narration as always, Ex! ^Q^

You DO have an eye for a story, i must say! :ty: :ty: :ty:

Wonder what snake that was? :-?

Re: Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 5:39 pm
by Alf
Stunning pictures of the tawny eagle and snake ^Q^ ^Q^