Snapshot Serengeti Talk
Someone was #sleeping pretty much on the camera. #lion ? Or something else?
#baby #hartebeest !
#wildebeest with #young
yes -- #wildebeest I think
#fire just beginning
When it came up I had no clue, but now I think it's a #lion, because of ASG0015jqx and ASG0015jqs from later in the day.
One at a distance. I said #buffalo, but it has longer legs. Back straight so I didn't say wildebeest -- was I wrong?
Thanks, david! How do you tell that it's lappet-faced, rather than one of the other vultures? Do the rest all show white in flight?
#fire
#vulture . which one?
is this a #unicorn #thomsons-gazelle ?
yet another #crowned-lapwing
Yes, a #crowned-lapwing.
Two #birds, one in tree and one flying in. Any ideas?
#waterbuck
Large herd of #buffalo with many #young
I said #spotted-hyena, mostly on the basis of fur texture. I can't find a related capture with any animal at all.
my first #hippo
#elephant back from the bath
There are a bunch of other images in this series, mostly of something black and white: ASG001506n ASG0015067. #secretary-bird ?
One #bird, flying very fast, but I have no idea which.
The mammals are #buffalo -- very large, dark, lumpish. You can just see the diagnostic horns on the leftmost one in image 3.
Looks like a corvid to me -- #cape-rook, maybe?
#hartebeest #tail
wary #hartebeest s keeping an eye on #lion-male
What are the whitish things on the ground near these #thomsons-gazelle s?
#young #zebra -- what a baby face!
I said #hartebeest, but looking at related pictures ASG00165sj it's clearly a #lion.
And I bet it's following another #zebra, who kicked up the dust that's in front of this one in image 1.
#crowned-plover
I wonder -- here's what looks to be the same bird at the same location on May 1: ASG0015h9g.
I said #secretary-bird, but that was arbitrary and capricious of me. What's your guess?
or #rodent ?
#insects on #eland
That's no eagle, that's a #secretary-bird ! You can really see that it's part of the Accipter group, with eagles and hawks.
#buffalo with #oxpecker
And it turns out to be a #grants-gazelle : ASG001477g
I guessed #eland, but the fur looks kind of rough. I'd have said #lion, but I couldn't figure out what part of the body this could be
#eland #young #nursing
#crowned-lapwing, not showing their crowns. Note red legs, beige bib.
#long-tailed-starling ?
I wonder if it's a #martial-eagle.
I guess it's a #kori-bustard, but the neck looks rather short to me.
The most #giraffe s I've seen so far
this location the next day has #guinea-fowl ASG00146ov
#hartebeest #chewing-cud
I called it a #kori-bustard, but I'm not sure I believe me.
#thomsons-gazelle #chewing-cud
#secretaary-bird #display?
Is there an antelope with the #serval ?
#cheetah , I think -- serval spots would be running together into stripes that close to the shoulder.
#eland
That sweep of horn is definitely #buffalo
#itsgoodtobeking #lion-male
I think it's a #bustard -- legs aren't in the right position on the torso for heron.
At least one is a #thomsons-gazelle -- you can see the running stripe. So I would assume they all are ...
#fire #smoke
#horns of #thomsons-gazelle
#glossy-starling -- #greater-blue-eared-starling ?
I said #spotted-hyena , but wow, I sure was guessing.
#topi or #hartebeest? also, what might the #bird be? big enough for #bustard?
No, I think #spotted-hyena -- the ear is pretty ratty.
Isn't that a #dik-dik ?
Is the one at the bottom on the left #young ?
#bird #grey-breasted-francolin #spurfowl
what are the #bird s overhead likely to be?
#francolin ? also #bird-other, #fire
I said #spotted-hyena , on account of sloping back and assuming the tail is considerably foreshortened by the camera angle. Guess?
Related image ASG0012x20 is #hartebeest .
#spotted-hyena #im-looking-at-you
I'm guessing #topi or #hartebeest - end-hairs aren't long enough for wildebeest, eland has smoother top, gazelles/impala are bushier.
small #bird on ground at right.
I don't think so, the tail is too long & bushy, with a white tip. #jackal, maybe #side-striped-jackal ?
white-capped #bird in burned-over field. is it a #plover of some kind?
#guinea-fowl maybe?
#southern-ground-hornbill #young
#mongoose
#impala
What's in the tree? Its eyes are glowing in ASG00168bv a month later. Could it be a #caracal? Other carnivore?
#wildebeest #migration #herd
i see some stripes (I think?) on the back animal on the left in image 1 ..
#elephant with broken left tusk.
Related ASG0016xio suggests #kori-bustard.
#mongoose #playing
I labelled it #bird , but I have no clue.
#young #impala, still baby-faced.
But looking at other captures from this location, there are frequently #buffalo here, so it's very likely that, resting.
I have no idea. I chose #wildebeest, but that was almost at random.
#fiscal #bird #grey-backed-fiscal
#thunderstorm
#cheetah
#secretary-bird my husband said "I think I had her in third grade."
#bird #small-bird with very long tail -- #fiscal ?
I would def call it #eland
I think it's a #warthog -- related photos ASG0014feh, ASG0014feg, and ASG0014feg show #young #piglets
#serval (maybe #young #cub) wonders #whatsthis ?
#thomsons in the front, of course, but are the distant gray things #elephant ? Or something else?
I said #bushbuck plus #young .Reasonable?
the near one is definitely a #spottedhyena, and I think the far one is, too -- it's clearest in image 1.
#civet ? or something else? only in first image.
#buffalo #glowingeyes #in-the-dark Seriously, how do we ID eyes?
#bird #oxpecker on #zebra
#baby #warthog , I think. I called the line of moving antelope in the background #bushbuck.
#elephant just the #trunk
#baby #elephant
#thomson's #baby #nursing
#thomsons #herd -- but is that #wildebeest in the background? or something else?
The pale back-hair-stuff made me say #baboon, actually.
#civet? or something else?
I agree that the thing in image 3 is a #bird, possibly an #oxpecker or something else that follows #elephants. Note #juvenile #elephant.
#oxpecker
#bird #id-help
#shadow #horn
#dust-storm #smoke
#genet #civet Is the creature there at all, or are my eyes tricking me?
#bird-of-prey #hawk
#wildfire
I marked it #cheetah
Someone was #sleeping pretty much on the camera. #lion ? Or something else?
#baby #hartebeest !
#wildebeest with #young
yes -- #wildebeest I think
#fire just beginning
When it came up I had no clue, but now I think it's a #lion, because of ASG0015jqx and ASG0015jqs from later in the day.
One at a distance. I said #buffalo, but it has longer legs. Back straight so I didn't say wildebeest -- was I wrong?
Thanks, david! How do you tell that it's lappet-faced, rather than one of the other vultures? Do the rest all show white in flight?
#fire
#vulture . which one?
is this a #unicorn #thomsons-gazelle ?
yet another #crowned-lapwing
Yes, a #crowned-lapwing.
Two #birds, one in tree and one flying in. Any ideas?
#waterbuck
Large herd of #buffalo with many #young
I said #spotted-hyena, mostly on the basis of fur texture. I can't find a related capture with any animal at all.
my first #hippo
#elephant back from the bath
There are a bunch of other images in this series, mostly of something black and white:
ASG001506n
ASG0015067. #secretary-bird ?
One #bird, flying very fast, but I have no idea which.
The mammals are #buffalo -- very large, dark, lumpish. You can just see the diagnostic horns on the leftmost one in image 3.
Looks like a corvid to me -- #cape-rook, maybe?
#hartebeest #tail
wary #hartebeest s keeping an eye on #lion-male
What are the whitish things on the ground near these #thomsons-gazelle s?
#young #zebra -- what a baby face!
I said #hartebeest, but looking at related pictures ASG00165sj it's clearly a #lion.
And I bet it's following another #zebra, who kicked up the dust that's in front of this one in image 1.
#crowned-plover
I wonder -- here's what looks to be the same bird at the same location on May 1: ASG0015h9g.
I said #secretary-bird, but that was arbitrary and capricious of me. What's your guess?
or #rodent ?
#insects on #eland
That's no eagle, that's a #secretary-bird ! You can really see that it's part of the Accipter group, with eagles and hawks.
#buffalo with #oxpecker
And it turns out to be a #grants-gazelle : ASG001477g
I guessed #eland, but the fur looks kind of rough. I'd have said #lion, but I couldn't figure out what part of the body this could be
#eland #young #nursing
#crowned-lapwing, not showing their crowns. Note red legs, beige bib.
#long-tailed-starling ?
I wonder if it's a #martial-eagle.
I guess it's a #kori-bustard, but the neck looks rather short to me.
#fire
The most #giraffe s I've seen so far
this location the next day has #guinea-fowl ASG00146ov
#hartebeest #chewing-cud
I called it a #kori-bustard, but I'm not sure I believe me.
#thomsons-gazelle #chewing-cud
#secretaary-bird #display?
Is there an antelope with the #serval ?
#cheetah , I think -- serval spots would be running together into stripes that close to the shoulder.
#eland
That sweep of horn is definitely #buffalo
#itsgoodtobeking #lion-male
I think it's a #bustard -- legs aren't in the right position on the torso for heron.
At least one is a #thomsons-gazelle -- you can see the running stripe. So I would assume they all are ...
#fire #smoke
#horns of #thomsons-gazelle
#glossy-starling -- #greater-blue-eared-starling ?
I said #spotted-hyena , but wow, I sure was guessing.
#fire
#topi or #hartebeest? also, what might the #bird be? big enough for #bustard?
No, I think #spotted-hyena -- the ear is pretty ratty.
Isn't that a #dik-dik ?
Is the one at the bottom on the left #young ?
#bird #grey-breasted-francolin #spurfowl
what are the #bird s overhead likely to be?
#francolin ? also #bird-other, #fire
I said #spotted-hyena , on account of sloping back and assuming the tail is considerably foreshortened by the camera angle. Guess?
Related image ASG0012x20 is #hartebeest .
#spotted-hyena #im-looking-at-you
I'm guessing #topi or #hartebeest - end-hairs aren't long enough for wildebeest, eland has smoother top, gazelles/impala are bushier.
small #bird on ground at right.
I don't think so, the tail is too long & bushy, with a white tip. #jackal, maybe #side-striped-jackal ?
white-capped #bird in burned-over field. is it a #plover of some kind?
#guinea-fowl maybe?
#southern-ground-hornbill #young
#mongoose
#impala
What's in the tree? Its eyes are glowing in ASG00168bv a month later. Could it be a #caracal? Other carnivore?
#wildebeest #migration #herd
#fire
i see some stripes (I think?) on the back animal on the left in image 1 ..
#elephant with broken left tusk.
Related ASG0016xio suggests #kori-bustard.
#mongoose #playing
I labelled it #bird , but I have no clue.
#fire
#young #impala, still baby-faced.
But looking at other captures from this location, there are frequently #buffalo here, so it's very likely that, resting.
I have no idea. I chose #wildebeest, but that was almost at random.
#fiscal #bird #grey-backed-fiscal
#thunderstorm
#cheetah
#secretary-bird my husband said "I think I had her in third grade."
#bird #small-bird with very long tail -- #fiscal ?
I would def call it #eland
I think it's a #warthog -- related photos ASG0014feh,
ASG0014feg, and ASG0014feg show #young #piglets
#serval (maybe #young #cub) wonders #whatsthis ?
#thomsons in the front, of course, but are the distant gray things #elephant ? Or something else?
I said #bushbuck plus #young .Reasonable?
the near one is definitely a #spottedhyena, and I think the far one is, too -- it's clearest in image 1.
#civet ? or something else? only in first image.
#buffalo #glowingeyes #in-the-dark Seriously, how do we ID eyes?
#bird #oxpecker on #zebra
#baby #warthog , I think. I called the line of moving antelope in the background #bushbuck.
#elephant just the #trunk
#baby #elephant
#thomson's #baby #nursing
#thomsons #herd -- but is that #wildebeest in the background? or something else?
The pale back-hair-stuff made me say #baboon, actually.
#fire
#civet? or something else?
I agree that the thing in image 3 is a #bird, possibly an #oxpecker or something else that follows #elephants. Note #juvenile #elephant.
#fire #smoke
#fire #smoke
#oxpecker
#bird #id-help
#shadow #horn
#dust-storm #smoke
#genet #civet
Is the creature there at all, or are my eyes tricking me?
#fire
#bird-of-prey #hawk
#wildfire
I marked it #cheetah