Āfrikas kameras, 2014-2024

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Viņi taču bija pieci? Kur vēl viens aizklīdis?
Par šiem Skots teica - trīs brāļi un viens brālēns.

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Intīms mirklis...

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Un atvadas saulrietā...

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10.decembris
Rīta safari





Mērkaķītis Busgbaby, esot ne pārāk bieži sastopams, ļoti tālu lec

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Sami - izbāž ūsainas mutes no duļķainā ūdens! ... un tur to ir daudz! Un lieli!

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The bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)

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Paldies, roosaluristaja

Wikipēdija http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateleur

Bildes Arkive http://www.arkive.org/bateleur/terathop ... 37435.html

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Paldies, paskatījos arī video - nu ļoti skaists un interesants putns!

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Vakara safari.
Ļoti patīk, ka Skots parāda visus dzīvniekus, kurus satiek ceļā, ne tikai lielos. Tā ceļojumi kļūst daudzveidīgāki

Kārpcūku ģimene

Wikipēdija http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warthog

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Viņas tik ātri pārvietojas! Sevišķi mazie!


Mazie gribēja drusku paēst mammas pienu, bet mammīte neapstājās


Vienam mazulim gurnā paliela rēta

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Fantastiskas gaismas!


Lilac breasted roller

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Skota atrastās spalvas - bet viņš nav drošs, kam tās pieder

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Šis manuprāt ir Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) nepieaudzis īpatnis. Neesmu gan pilnīgi pārliecināts. Tik gaišs vēders it ka nevarētu citām sugām būt.

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Šis manuprāt ir Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus) nepieaudzis īpatnis. Neesmu gan pilnīgi pārliecināts. Tik gaišs vēders it ka nevarētu citām sugām būt.

roosaluristaja, Tā liekas gan, ka būs īstais...

http://birding.krugerpark.co.za/birding ... kites.html
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Afrikaans: Blouvalk

The Black-shouldered Kite is a small, graceful raptor and the most voracious eater in the raptor family. It needs to consume up to 25% of its body mass every day – that is the equivalent of about two mice. This means each bird probably kills around 700 mouse-sized animals a year.

Black-shouldered Kite.Now, Roberts VII estimates there are about 100 000 Black-shouldered Kites in southern Africa, so if we assume each bird takes two mice a day, that adds up to about 70 million mice being consumed by this species alone every year. Think of how many mice there are out there that are not being eaten!

Although the Black-shouldered Kite is perhaps the most common South African bird of prey, it does not always have much of a presence in Kruger. It prefers the highveld grasslands probably because prey is easier to see than in the more densely wooded lowveld.

Its appearance in the Park is linked to increases in the local rodent population. Black-shouldered Kites are solitary hunters by day, yet often roost communally at night. They usually spend between four and 10 hours a day in flight, but also often hunt from a perch.

One of their characteristics is to hover (air-perch) in one place above the ground searching for prey. Black-shouldered Kites range widely. The longest range so far recorded was that of a bird ringed in the former Transvaal and recovered in northern Mozambique, 915km away. Another bird ringed at the same time was recovered in the opposite direction – in the Cape, 645km away.



Adult Height 30cm
Weight 240–260g
Wingspan 84cm
Grey and white raptor with black shoulder pads and ruby-red eyes; conspicuous in flight, often hovering 10m above ground looking for prey.
Resident
Prey
Over eighty percent of its diet consists of mice and other similar sized rodents; also preys on doves, lizards and insects.
Where best to find them
Mostly in the open grasslands of eastern Kruger and in the west around Orpen.

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Tomēr mana versija nebija pareiza. Izrādās tas bija Wahlberg's Eagle (Aquila wahlbergi). Gaišā morfa. Esot reti sastopama. Piedodama kļūda.



http://www.pbase.com/arnomeintjes/wahlbergs_eagle_lat

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Un pēc kā to tik droši var apgalvot?

Skaists gan...
Wahlberg's Eagle -Aquila wahlberg

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Pēc tādas bildes jābūt megaekspertam Āfrikas putnos, lai kaut ko droši apgalvotu. Taču, salīdzinot to ar Elanus klijas bildēm, kas pieejamas internetā, man nešķita baigi droši, ka tā varētu būt šīs suga, tomēr pārējās izskatījās vēl mazāk atbilstošas. Es nebiju piefiksējis, ka Wahlberg's eagle ir krasi atšķirīga gaišā morfa. Lielākoties bildēs viņš ir tumši brūngans. Versiju par ērgli izteica viens no safari vērotājiem Looduskalenderā. Nav iemeslu domāt, ka viņam nav taisnība.