Male Black-necked Agama intensify their blue color if they are excited 😊 I love the strong colors on this specimen.
Have a good week!
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THE EVENING POST – COLORFUL
THE MORNING POST – THE RIGHT SIDE
I was quite happy to look at this Leopard from the back side rather than from the point of view from the Hyena on the other side. Please note the impressive canines!
Have a good Sunday 😊
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THE EVENING POST – THE LEBOMBOS
As I drove back home after a photo lesson this afternoon this beautiful scenery presented itself. A Giraffe family in the foreground and the Lebombo mountains as a backdrop in beautiful winter light. Thanda at its best!
Enjoy your weekend!
PS: The pictures were taken with my iPhone.
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THE EVENING POST – SIMPLY CUTE
No words needed 😊
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THE MORNING POST – GOLDEN HOUR
What a beautiful example for the special light during the golden hour. I took this picture yesterday evening just a few minutes before the sun was setting.
Enjoy your day!
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THE EVENING POST – ONE MINUTE
This is a speedy one minute Thanda Safari with a herd of Wildebeest on the way to having a drink at a waterhole.
Have a good evening 😊
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THE MORNING POST – ID?
Most of my posts are about mammals and birds regularly seen on Thanda Safari, my home and work place for the last eight years. But today’s post is about some of my rarer pictures taken over the last 20 years in Southern Africa. Can you ID them and can you tell which two of these five mammals occur on Thanda, even if they are seen very rarely ?
Let’s see who gets it right 😊
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THE EVENING POST – THE SMALL CARNIVORES
Most of my carnivores pictures are of Lions, Cheetahs and the occasional Leopards. Hyenas and Jackals also often featured in my posts.
But there are many more little hunters on Thanda. This is a picture of the smallest member of the order carnivoria, a Slender Mongoose, which one usually only sees sprinting across the road. This one stayed a bit for a photo shoot.
Have a good evening 😊
And in case you are interested this is a list of all 16 carnivore species on the reserve:
Order: Carnivoria
1 African Lion
2 Leopard
3 Spotted Hyena
4 Cheetah
5 Brown Hyena
6 Caracal
7 Serval
8 Honey Badger
9 Black-backet Jackal
10 Side-striped Jackal
11 White-tailed Mongoose
12 Water (Marsh) Mongoose
13 South-African Large Spotted Genet
14 Banded Mongoose
15 Striped Polecat (Zorilla)
16 Slender Mongoose
Have a good evening!
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THE EVENING POST – CROSSING THE ROAD
Let’s make this Elephant week with my fourth Ellie post.
Today this bull calmly crossed the road right in front of me. I love to be close to these impressive creatures. As he approached I backed up a bit and made space for him to cross without changing his direction. He gave me a ‘smell’ with his trunk and a good look before he crossed.
Have a good weekend!
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THE MORNING POST – OBSTINACY
You can almost see this Cape Buffalo calf thinking: ‘what are you looking at?’ – Very fitting for an animal whose group name is obstinacy!
Have a good weekend 😊
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