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Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:33 am
by Lisbeth
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 2:10 pm
by Toko
No supervision, just on the way to the breeding site
The female has made the brood ball. She moves it away, while the male follows along behind. The female then wants to bury the ball, with the male on top. They mate under the ground and an egg is laid within the ball. If another males comes along, the males will
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Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:21 pm
by Mel
Great info there, Toko!
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:30 pm
by nan
interesting
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:25 pm
by Pumbaa
Wonderful dung beetle shots, Mel,
always so stunning to watch them
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:04 am
by Mel
Thanks nan, Lis, Toks and Pumbaa
Apart from the
spiders in the shower and in the bedroom
we had another visitor at Matyholweni Camp that made us a bit wary:
Nothing to steal from us though
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:07 am
by Lisbeth
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:11 am
by nan
cute...
not exactly what I think
thank you for not posting spid.......
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:06 pm
by Mel
I think, they are quite cute to look at... but one waiting for a mistake of yours to grab whatever he or she can is not really relaxing.
Re: Getting our Ellie Fix (March 2016)
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:15 pm
by Mel
On with the antelopes...
The usually shy bushbuck treated us to sightings on three different occasions.
But one was without any decent Picture
as it was early in the morning and before I had my camera settings fixed a local drove into my photo range with the result
that the buck was gone by the time the guy moved on.
Too much lens
A young hartebeest with superlong eyelashes...
... and an itch
Kudus where everywhere but not all too complying when it came to photos.
This depicts our favourite saying:
Go - went - gone
Also, plenty of eland, but only far off. This is the closet I got on photo.