A picture a day.

[madaboutcheetah]

Ndutu, March 2013

[africapurohit]

To continue the theme of hyena in water.......taken in Kwando, Botswana.

 

 

 

[madaboutcheetah]

Keeping both the Hyena in water and the Kwando themes ........ October, 2009

[pault]

@madaboutcheetah wins (so far) but three really great hyena shots!

[madaboutcheetah]

@madaboutcheetah wins (so far) but three really great hyena shots!

 

Crickey!!!! Just lucky, Paul ..........

 

Believe it or not - we were driving all over the place to find the cheetah boys who were split up the previous day (yes, yet again) ......... when we came upon this scene. Actually, i didn't want to stop - but, Spencer insisted that this was a can't miss ...... Haha

[africapurohit]

@@madaboutcheetah that is cracking shot and your hyena seems to be the bravest, considering the depth it's ventured into.

[madaboutcheetah]

@@madaboutcheetah that is cracking shot and your hyena seems to be the bravest, considering the depth it's ventured into.

 

Thanks - I just think it was at one of the large pans. I think they had a week of rain that year end of Sept itself.

[africapurohit]

Angry Hippo - It was midday and we were driving through Kwara (Botswana) when we were charged by this big guy. It was quite a nerve-racking encounter as it was the first time I experienced a hippo charging a vehicle in the daytime. He was solitary and the guide thought he may have been ill (you can see him salivating in the photo). He had blocked our path, so the guide switched off the engine and our tracker was instructed to get into the vehicle. We waited for about 10 minutes until the hippo moved on.

 

[madaboutcheetah]

@@africapurohit - In Feb 2011, we were chased twice by a Hippo out of water in the daytime in Kwara. However, I wonder if he's the same???

[madaboutcheetah]

Mara Plains (Feb, 2012) - One of Honey's boys (I think)

[Alex The Lion]

Youngster in the Olare Orok Conservancy

 

[Rainbirder]

Safari Bird

One of those parrot-things we kept seeing on safari.

(LBR, north of Musiara gate, Masai Mara, Kenya; July 2011)

[africapurohit]

"Romance". A courting pair of African Jacanas - Savuti Channel, Botswana.

 

[africapurohit]

Selous Guardian - A baboon guarding the tail-end of the troop, made up of mothers carrying babies (Selous, Tanzania).

 

[africapurohit]

Even sleeping lions can produce interesting portraits - taken in Kwara, Botswana.

 

[AKR1]

Another shot from Kwara, Botswana. Red Lechwe in a swamp.

 

[Alex The Lion]

Taken at Kwara back in May 2008.

 

[pault]

.... Outstanding stuff. Great interactions on this page.

Edited December 18, 2018 by twaffle

[africapurohit]

Giraffe Nursery - taken in Kwando, Botswana.

 

[africapurohit]

Affection - taken in Jao, Botswana.

 

[Alex The Lion]

(ignore, need to re-edit)

Edited May 17, 2013 by russell

[Rainbirder]

King Kotiya

Sri-Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), Yala National Park, Sri-Lanka; July 2009.

Sri-Lanka has no lions or tigers and so the leopard (Kotiya in Sinhala) is the top cat. Males of the Sri-Lankan leopard are amongst the largest leopards in the World. This guy was huge, looked like he worked out and took anabolic steroids!

 

 

 

 

The image below is of poor quality but is worth close scrutiny as this was one lucky pig!

Pay close attention to the area above and to the left of the pig. Fortunately for this Wild Boar, the Spotted voyeur had recently dined on Spotted Deer!

[madaboutcheetah]

Oh Wow - You could have easily fooled me with the location .......... looks very Serengeti like!!!

[ZaminOz]

@@africapurohit post #1147: How did you get that angle?

[africapurohit]

@@ZaminOz the Kwando vehicles had no roof or sides, allowing you to lie down on the floor of the vehicle to get very low angles. I was only a few metres away but zoomed out to 400mm to get the shot.