A picture a day.

[owenshaffer]

Dear Carina,

 

I can't wait to see more photos and your text from Lagoon camp. I stayed there in July of 2011 for three days, and I'm going there again as well as Tuba Tree in August. You may be a newbie but you are rapidly earning my respect as well as that of many other members of safaritalk.net

 

I send you my warmest wishes as always,Owen

[Panthera Pardus]

Please indulge me to post two pictures of the day. Same subject but a story behind it. It is a Pearl Spotted Owlet seen In Kruger in June 2012 on the H7. The Pearl Spotted Owlet has false eyes at the back of its head which will confuse predator and prey when looking at this bird from behind.

 

Canon 1d Mk IV and Canon 500 f/4 Lens

 

 

And the back of the head

 

 

[africapurohit]

@@Panthera Pardus fantastic photos - the way these birds position and pose for your camera, I'm sure you've signed them up on some sort of photographic contract

[africapurohit]

This very elderly looking lion in Chitabe (Botswana) reminded me of the lion from the original 1939 "Wizard of Oz" film.

 

[Wild Dogger]

[Game Warden]

@@africapurohit that guy's beard is almost as shaggy as mine. Stunning photos uploaded recently. Thanks everyone

[africapurohit]

A juvenile Verreaux's Eagle Owl seen during good early morning light in Kwando, Botswana.

 

[madaboutcheetah]

@@africapurohit true story - I think it was October 2009, at morning tea, we got peed on by one of these .............. I think our tracker was the one who was the subject of the missile .........

[kittykat23uk]

Ahhhh kawaii! ^¥^ here is one that I took in Botswana.

 

Scrub hare by kittykat23uk, on Flickr

Edited December 18, 2018 by twaffle

[Wild Dogger]

Damn flies

 

[africapurohit]

Wild dogs having a splash....Lagoon Pack playing in standing rain water, Kwando (Botswana). I've uploaded a few photos which gives a better representation of the fun they were having....

 

 

 

 

 

[madaboutcheetah]

Oh Wow - that's when the alpha male was in his prime - pic 3 has him left extreme.

[africapurohit]

A portrait of one of the members from the Lagoon Pack - Kwando, Botswana.

 

[madaboutcheetah]

Ndutu plains, March 2013

[africapurohit]

A regal Greater Kudu with magnificent horns sitting down in Savuti, Botswana.

 

 

 

[africapurohit]

Another Lagoon pack dog portrait - Kwando, Botswana.

 

[CapitanBurton]

wildbeests on the run. Selous GR (Sept 2012)

[CapitanBurton]

Sunset from stone town (Zanzibar) Taken in 1995 with my first camera (a Rollei)

[africapurohit]

Carmine Bee-Eaters near Lagoon Camp in Kwando, Botswana:

 

 

[africapurohit]

Taken in the Selinda area, Botswana.

 

 

 

 

[Alex The Lion]

From Lagoon....lucky shot between the tall green season grasses.

 

[stokeygirl]

From Lagoon....lucky shot between the tall green season grasses.

 

 

 

People worry a lot about avoiding high grass on safaris, but if you catch it right I think grass is beautiful. Of course you end up with 500 crappy shots for every amazing onelike this, but I likes a challenge............

[Alex The Lion]

 

From Lagoon....lucky shot between the tall green season grasses.

 

 

 

People worry a lot about avoiding high grass on safaris, but if you catch it right I think grass is beautiful. Of course you end up with 500 crappy shots for every amazing onelike this, but I likes a challenge............

 

 

@@stokeygirl

 

Thanks. I would agree with you as long as you are able to visit multiple times per year, otherwise the rest of pics from three days are all impeded by the grass, which was pretty frustrating.

[africapurohit]

Batleur Eagle in Chitabe, Botswana.

 

[africapurohit]

Steenbok in Kwando, Botswana - you just have to love those ears and lashes!

 

Edited May 8, 2013 by africapurohit