Africa Wild

I am always impressed by the variety of animals you saw, BluTuna

Love the insects, spiders, landscape pictures - Stunning

Richprins wrote:You are despicable, BT!

You start with something grotesque...throw in some butterflies to calm the nerves, then the stuff of nightmares!

Always wondered what those ant things were!

Ugly but not grotesque!

Toko wrote:Wow, this is special, love the small wildlife

The butterfly from the prev. episode is Belenois creona severina African Common White.

Your orange one is the Dancing Acraea Telchinia serena, you have also the underside

It's so nice that someone appreciates the little things

And thanks for the IDs

Pumbaa wrote:I am always impressed by the variety of animals you saw, BluTuna

Love the insects, spiders, landscape pictures - Stunning

I always try to notice the things that most people are unaware of!

Thanks for the comment Pumbaa!

Day 9. Tuesday 27 May 2014. Balule.

Here we are at Balule. When I think back to what this camp was like the first time we camped here in about 1989 it's amazing what Titus has done to the place.

The first thing we did was to take a look at the bridge. At Olifants reception they has assured us that repairs were due to start in the next few days and were due to be completed by the end of June.



This morning we drove the S90 then north on the H1-4 and back to camp on the S89.

The Hyaena den about a kilometre south of the camp on the S90 was active and we saw residents in a variety of sizes over the next few days.




Towards Bangu, a Verreaux's Eagle Owl.


A Ground Eagle.



At the Hyaena den the naughty ones were out. The bigger cubs like to chew on cars!




Back at camp, more creepies.

A Baboon Spider.


Butterfly.


And Stink Bug.


By this time I was starting to get a Marabou, it was our ninth day in the park and the only cat we'd seen was a glimpse of a Cheetah on our second day! I was expecting to see much more but if anything, the sightings in this area were even more scarce than in the north.

I was in a definite funk when we set out for our afternoon drive but even so, the light was exquisite and I couldn't pass this LBR without taking a snap.


I decided to head north on the H1-4/5 up to the Nwamanzi lookout and back to camp with our usual stop at the high-level bridge.

Before we got to the lookout, a ray of hope!


Having nothing better to do, we sat and waited............

A conversation in the car behind us had us trying not to laugh out loud; A rather strident lady was speculating.... it went something like this...

"How on earth did it get up there, I didn't know Impalas could climb trees and it doesn't have any back legs either".

After a while, I noticed a Dragonfly was perched on a nearby branch.



And then we waited some more...........

After 20 minutes.....













Nothing.

Hahaha! You were getting a "marabou"!

Rare baboon spider!

Don't think the bridge is finished!

BT, a great variety of photos
more to the bush than just the big and hairy mammals

Rally love your hyaenas, BluTuna,

the secratary bird, the verreaux and how fortunate to spot a baboon spider Any hints on were to look for them will be very much appreciated

Maybe there is a baboon spider thread? I have a scary story!

Richprins wrote:Hahaha! You were getting a "marabou"!

Rare baboon spider!

Don't think the bridge is finished!

Marabou comes after Pelican and Spoonbill

I hope they have it finished by the time we get there in November. It is a complete PITA having to drive 33Kms to get provisions.