2008-07-13

Kariega Eastern Cape South Africa

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Hello all

Hope that you are all warmer than the Eastern Cape has been for the last few days. Winter has well and truly arrived and it has been super cold and windy!

All is well at Kariega, life goes on and I am sure that animals - both two- and four-legged are eagerly awaiting summer!

It has been a busy yet quiet winter season - 3 baby elephants in 4 months. One female lion very possibly preggies (will let you all know the minute we know/or see anything). The baby Rhino's are growing fast as well.

Quiet a lot of Game was moved from KE to the new side of Kariega (Harvestvale) - everything from Impala to Giraffe. Best news yet is that they removed all the Giraffe form KW (lion & ele side) as well - so no more nasty surpirises driving into Lions munching Giraffe!

Have attached some pictures taken in the last week!

4032 - Aardvark: Saw it at 15h30 on GD with guests! And managed to get a picci!
4102, 4122 , 4123, 4137 - Elephant: New arrivals and Mum's!

Enjoy photo's and send regards to all!

Regards

Hailey Bunge

Ardvark
Ardvark

African Elephant
African Elephant

African Elephant

Afican Elephant

Afican Elephant

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2008-07-04

Friuting trees - Dates and other stuff

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one of the local fruiting tree - the preferred nesting tree for Olivaceous Warblers

Curly friut
will get a name for this one day

Bahrain has over fifty different types of date palms - the most common seen can be identified by the fruit

Red ones ripening
Red/green dates

Yellow Dates
Yellow Dates

different type of Red Date
Red Dates

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2008-03-02

waxbill

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One of the dangers of birding in Bahrain


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Scopion

Scopion

Scopion

Dhab Lizard - a vegetarian

Daub Lizard

Daub Lizard

someone's lost a bird
waxbill

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2008-02-15

Cape Hare

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Cape Hare
Cape Hare
Taken near Alba 12 Feb 2008

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2007-05-27

Red Foody

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Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis Introduced into Bahrain in 1984
Red Fody

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2007-05-12

Weaver

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A weaver one of many species encountered around Badaan Farm -

This weaver belong to Euplectes genus,It looks like a Golden Bishop Euplectes afer
J.C. Fernández-Ordóñez
Spain
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Your mystery weaver looks like an out of plumage Yellow-crowned Bishop.
Dave Sargeant
Muscat
Oman
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Species seems to be a Yellow-crowned Bishop, Euplectes afer (as other people has suggested). It should be a male in non-breeding or eclipse plumage. Note the single yellow feather on the rump, the yellowish crown coming out through the brown feathers (females dont show these traits). Also whitish supercilium with yellowish anterior part to it is typical of Euplectes afer.
Rafael Matias
Portugal


In hard light

weaver
In softer light

weaver

weaver

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