Snapshot Serengeti Talk
human?
Guesses? looks wildebeesty
Not sure what the sparkly lights are... maybe just seed heads on grasses? ...or fairies?
nice!
Lots of action here!
😃 seems to have interest in science from an early age!
more #storks
Nice! I'm guessing one reason we're picking up fewer small antelope than before is the higher camera height, set at ~1.5-2.0m.
#wildebeest bull
Insider info: this site is the western corridor of Serengeti and has loads of topi (but also impala). So @maricksu your hunch is prob right!
#topi
the sky!
wow, really small!
#eland
#student
Not sure... moderators any guesses?
We've had poor success with some of the Bushnell game cameras -- date and/or time will randomly reset or change w/o warning
Hmm, actually timer in the camera must have malfunctioned, as this is the tropics, and sunset hovers around 630pm every day...
#wildebeest yearling
well-framed #zebra
#wildebeest #migration is on
Nice example of a fire break that seems to have worked! The far left, with taller grasses, is inside our vegetation plot. Near Kirawira
There may be a hole in the shadow, but definitely no animals here! cheers
delicious-looking grass, but where the #herbivores at??
darn #elephants breaking things again
Yes, that's us!
I think you're right Maricksu. Springhare is my guess!
I'd vote waterbuck -- horns are splayed just right.
quite true! probably said something about having a better "trunk"...
Actually just a bucket, used for collecting seeds, likely pulled from the ground by an intelligent hyena. Cannot verify hyper-dimensionality
#mongoose? other thoughts?
😃
I agree stripes look thin but am guessing the glare from the light makes the black stripes look thin. Ear shape and mane suggest zb! 😃
Actually #hartebeest. Eland are stockier (and are the largest bovids/cow relatives) and have straight horns. 😃
agreed. impala seems like good guess. might also be thomson gazelle
tip of a male #impala horn 😃 tips are smooth but rest of it knobby. not easy! I had to look at other photos captured around the same time
yes, I think that looks like an spotted hyena ear!
Thanks for clarifying @maricksu 😃 we dont yet differentiate cattle and other livestock, though goats, sheep and donkeys are common in NCA
There seems to be better protection and less poaching in the areas favored by topi
Big herds of topi are becoming more and more common in Serengeti. Quite different from the past
love this. #warthog young checking out our research!
Nice pic showing how burning (left side) changes grass to a richer more nutritious green vs. not burning (right side). Wb prefer the green!
going to agree with #cheetah! its interesting to see them active at night.
Hmm, I'd agree with reedbuck. not easy without seeing its head, but shape and size seem about right
Probably #buffalo. Not an easy ID in the dark 😃 they have long legs and mixed-size groups like this
most camera traps (incl ours) dont allow exposure adjustments like a handheld cameras
Other cameras have had damage to the sensor, which causes overexposure. My guess is damage is due to being pointed at the sun during AM orPM
Sorry for the delay, just saw this. This particular camera had a branch fall in front of it due to elephants. Causes the flash of the branch
Bushbuck do occur but are pretty rare -- I'm not sure I've ever seen one near our cameras after 4 years of fieldwork!
Nice, I'd agree with eland, though it's not easy given how similar bushbuck are.
Yes, well done! #hartebeest
I think that it's actually a burned patch. Looks quite a bit like a shadow but there are no trees big enough to cast one that big!
Yeah it is rounded like a hippo. does it seem like horns on the head? maybe just something in the background...
#ghost
hmmm, buffalo I think, though the angle is funny.
Looks like a hartebeest based on the ear hairs. Kidding! The color and width of the boss (base of horns) make me think Hartebeest
Thats OK, we classify each photo a few times (~5-10), so hopefully other folks will catch it. Not helpful that the image is washed out.
Hopefully you said impala!
#prettytough I think it might be a giraffe based on the circumference of the appendage, which I think is a leg, not tail or trunk.
Looks like wildebeest... I think
#Aardvark!
I agree, spotted hyena based on the size and curve of the backside. #toughy
#wildebeest are the intellectuals of the ungulate world
I'd agree with maricksu. Right body size and grouping pattern for either one. Tough to tell though!
Nicely shows a #firebreak in our experiment. This area was burned outside the plot (short grass) several months before, then heavily grazed
#exclosure keeping herbivores away from the tree seedlings. Note silver tag on the tree in the upperright, one of our longterm study trees
Nice! Photos from this site are unfortunately washed out because the camera was pointed towards the sun in the morning, damaging the sensor
These are likely illegal poachers. Most poachers in Serengeti use snares for meat (rather than horns or ivory), particularly wildebeest.
We burn half of our vegetation plots each year to understand the effect of fire and these pics capture some university students helping out!
human?
Guesses? looks wildebeesty
Not sure what the sparkly lights are... maybe just seed heads on grasses? ...or fairies?
nice!
Lots of action here!
😃 seems to have interest in science from an early age!
more #storks
Nice! I'm guessing one reason we're picking up fewer small antelope than before is the higher camera height, set at ~1.5-2.0m.
#wildebeest bull
Insider info: this site is the western corridor of Serengeti and has loads of topi (but also impala). So @maricksu your hunch is prob right!
#topi
the sky!
wow, really small!
#eland
#student
#topi
Not sure... moderators any guesses?
We've had poor success with some of the Bushnell game cameras -- date and/or time will randomly reset or change w/o warning
Hmm, actually timer in the camera must have malfunctioned, as this is the tropics, and sunset hovers around 630pm every day...
#wildebeest yearling
well-framed #zebra
#wildebeest #migration is on
Nice example of a fire break that seems to have worked! The far left, with taller grasses, is inside our vegetation plot. Near Kirawira
There may be a hole in the shadow, but definitely no animals here! cheers
delicious-looking grass, but where the #herbivores at??
darn #elephants breaking things again
Yes, that's us!
I think you're right Maricksu. Springhare is my guess!
I'd vote waterbuck -- horns are splayed just right.
quite true! probably said something about having a better "trunk"...
Actually just a bucket, used for collecting seeds, likely pulled from the ground by an intelligent hyena. Cannot verify hyper-dimensionality
#mongoose? other thoughts?
😃
I agree stripes look thin but am guessing the glare from the light makes the black stripes look thin. Ear shape and mane suggest zb! 😃
Actually #hartebeest. Eland are stockier (and are the largest bovids/cow relatives) and have straight horns. 😃
agreed. impala seems like good guess. might also be thomson gazelle
tip of a male #impala horn 😃 tips are smooth but rest of it knobby. not easy! I had to look at other photos captured around the same time
yes, I think that looks like an spotted hyena ear!
Thanks for clarifying @maricksu 😃 we dont yet differentiate cattle and other livestock, though goats, sheep and donkeys are common in NCA
There seems to be better protection and less poaching in the areas favored by topi
Big herds of topi are becoming more and more common in Serengeti. Quite different from the past
love this. #warthog young checking out our research!
Nice pic showing how burning (left side) changes grass to a richer more nutritious green vs. not burning (right side). Wb prefer the green!
going to agree with #cheetah! its interesting to see them active at night.
Hmm, I'd agree with reedbuck. not easy without seeing its head, but shape and size seem about right
Probably #buffalo. Not an easy ID in the dark 😃 they have long legs and mixed-size groups like this
most camera traps (incl ours) dont allow exposure adjustments like a handheld cameras
Other cameras have had damage to the sensor, which causes overexposure. My guess is damage is due to being pointed at the sun during AM orPM
Sorry for the delay, just saw this. This particular camera had a branch fall in front of it due to elephants. Causes the flash of the branch
Bushbuck do occur but are pretty rare -- I'm not sure I've ever seen one near our cameras after 4 years of fieldwork!
Nice, I'd agree with eland, though it's not easy given how similar bushbuck are.
Yes, well done! #hartebeest
I think that it's actually a burned patch. Looks quite a bit like a shadow but there are no trees big enough to cast one that big!
Yeah it is rounded like a hippo. does it seem like horns on the head? maybe just something in the background...
#ghost
hmmm, buffalo I think, though the angle is funny.
Looks like a hartebeest based on the ear hairs. Kidding! The color and width of the boss (base of horns) make me think Hartebeest
Thats OK, we classify each photo a few times (~5-10), so hopefully other folks will catch it. Not helpful that the image is washed out.
Hopefully you said impala!
#prettytough I think it might be a giraffe based on the circumference of the appendage, which I think is a leg, not tail or trunk.
Looks like wildebeest... I think
#Aardvark!
I agree, spotted hyena based on the size and curve of the backside. #toughy
#wildebeest are the intellectuals of the ungulate world
I'd agree with maricksu. Right body size and grouping pattern for either one. Tough to tell though!
Nicely shows a #firebreak in our experiment. This area was burned outside the plot (short grass) several months before, then heavily grazed
#exclosure keeping herbivores away from the tree seedlings. Note silver tag on the tree in the upperright, one of our longterm study trees
Nice! Photos from this site are unfortunately washed out because the camera was pointed towards the sun in the morning, damaging the sensor
These are likely illegal poachers. Most poachers in Serengeti use snares for meat (rather than horns or ivory), particularly wildebeest.
We burn half of our vegetation plots each year to understand the effect of fire and these pics capture some university students helping out!