Sandgrouse, double-banded
Date spotted: Jul-16
Place first seen: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Tag: Bird
Author: Ralph Lazar
Waxbill, Blue-cheeked
Date spotted: Feb-17
Place first seen: Central Kalhari, Deception Valley, Botswana
Tag: Bird
Owl, Spotted Eagle
Date spotted: March 2016
Place first seen: Kori Campsites, Deception Valley, Central Kalahari, Botswana
Tag: Bird
Perched in our copse of trees at CKKOR02. Probably the same one James had at CKKOR03 four months previously.
These guys breed for life and live up to 10 years.
Photo: Google Images
Rhino, White
Date spotted: March 2016
Place first seen: Khama, Botswana
Tag: Mammal
Wide flat lip. Largest rhino. Estimated 20,000 remaining.
Photo: Internet
Bullfrog, African Giant
Date spotted: March 2016
Place first seen: Piper Pan, Central Kalahari (CKGR), Botswana
Tag: Amphibian
Huge, very mean looking inflatable frogs that we found all over Piper Pan in the Central Kalahari, in temporary ponds and in the deep pools of water on the roads. They have a particularly nasty look on their faces when approached and make a bizarre industrial sound at night.
Visual contact with these creatures has been known to cause adult humans disturbed sleep/nightmares/the breaking into cold sweat for up to 6 months after said incident.
They are the second largest frogs on earth, and adult males can weigh well over a kilo.
They survive by burying themselves during the dry season (i.e. winter in the Kalahari, May – Sept), dropping their metabolism to one-quarter of the normal rate and sustaining themselves using moisture stored in their digestive tracts.
Photo: B1
Whydah, Shaft-tailed
Date spotted: Feb-12
Place first seen: Nxai Pan, Botswana
Tag: Bird
Photo: The Internets
Whydah, Eastern Paradise
Date spotted: Jan-12
Place first seen: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Tag: Bird
Photo: The Internets