Skip to content

SANParks.org Forums

View unanswered posts | View active topics






Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 7 of 8
 [ 113 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8  Next
  Print viewFeed Previous topic | First unread post | Next topic 
Author Message
vinkie
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:20 am 
Offline
Senior Virtual Ranger
Senior Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:07 pm
Posts: 10365
Location: Living in The Netherlands but raised in South Africa
spider close up :hmz:

_________________
Live life to the edge but be careful not to fall off! :wink:

Finished planning our 2013 trip to South Africa

Satara, Lower Sabie, Hluhluwe, Berg-en-Dal, Lower Sabie, Satara, Elephant Plains(Sabi Sands) all booked & confirmed :dance:


Top
 Profile  
 
okie
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:43 am 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:29 am
Posts: 1832
Location: Worcester , Cape
A spider's spinneret :hmz:

_________________
Tread softly , and let your departure not be spoiled by the damage of your arrival

3 - 6 Sept 2013 - Punda.
7 - 10 Sept 2013 -Shingwedzi .
11 - 12 Sept 2013 - Balule .
13 - 16 Sept 2013 - Satara .


Top
 Profile  
 
Kgalagadi Guru
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:41 am 
Offline
Guru
Guru
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:18 pm
Posts: 2651
Location: Twee Rivieren, KTP
Morning all,

Quite impressed with so many of you which has got it right.

Trombidium grandissimum may be tiny, but its power should not be underestimated. Since the diet of the Giant Red Velvet Mite consists of many pests, the mite could be used as a potential biological control tool. They are also vital to the rate of soil decomposition and greatly help maintain balance in soil ecosystems. The mites spend a majority of their time underground and only emerge after heavy rains to feed.

Image
Image

Next one....

Image

Good luck

_________________
Head: Field Guiding
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
jan.kriel@sanparks.org


Top
 Profile  
 
anne-marie
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:50 am 
Offline
Distinguished Virtual Ranger
Distinguished Virtual Ranger
User avatar
Award: Angel of the Year (2011)
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:36 pm
Posts: 8399
Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
Pygmy Falcon

_________________
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye. Le petit Prince

:yaya: my last TR here


Top
 Profile  
 
GavinW
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:10 am 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:01 am
Posts: 672
Location: Cape Town
Award: Travel tale of the Year - Other Parks (2012)
I agree with anne-marie, A Pygmy Falcon

_________________
KTP Oct 2013

Seems so far away

See our trip report


Christmas Trees in the Kalahari

http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=62684


Top
 Profile  
 
expat
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:23 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:16 pm
Posts: 98
Location: England, previously Rietvlei, Natal - hankering to be back in KTP
Pygmy Falcon!!! And I knew the mite! This is a great thread, KG - more please xx

_________________
expat


Top
 Profile  
 
Scouter
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:41 am 
Offline
Senior Virtual Ranger
Senior Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:24 pm
Posts: 1186
Location: Hout Bay
Definately Pygmy .... :wink:

_________________
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa

Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same ...


Top
 Profile  
 
Kgalagadi Guru
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:20 pm 
Offline
Guru
Guru
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:18 pm
Posts: 2651
Location: Twee Rivieren, KTP
The last one was on the easy side, so lets go again.

African Pygmy Falcon
The Pygmy Falcon, or African Pygmy Falcon, is a falcon that lives in eastern and southern Africa and is the smallest raptor on the continent. As a small falcon, only 19 to 20 cm long, it preys on insects, small reptiles, and small mammals

Image

Here is the next one.

Image

Good luck

_________________
Head: Field Guiding
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
jan.kriel@sanparks.org


Top
 Profile  
 
GavinW
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:34 pm 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:01 am
Posts: 672
Location: Cape Town
Award: Travel tale of the Year - Other Parks (2012)
Namaqua sandgrouse I think :hmz:

_________________
KTP Oct 2013

Seems so far away

See our trip report


Christmas Trees in the Kalahari

http://www.sanparks.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=62684


Top
 Profile  
 
pops
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:47 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:07 pm
Posts: 290
I too think namaqua sandgrouse


Top
 Profile  
 
Scouter
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:20 pm 
Offline
Senior Virtual Ranger
Senior Virtual Ranger
User avatar

Joined: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:24 pm
Posts: 1186
Location: Hout Bay
I think its a male Burchells Sandgrouse .... :?

_________________
We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa

Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same ...


Top
 Profile  
 
anne-marie
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:58 pm 
Offline
Distinguished Virtual Ranger
Distinguished Virtual Ranger
User avatar
Award: Angel of the Year (2011)
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:36 pm
Posts: 8399
Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
Sandgrouse... :hmz: Burchell's

_________________
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye. Le petit Prince

:yaya: my last TR here


Top
 Profile  
 
expat
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:04 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:16 pm
Posts: 98
Location: England, previously Rietvlei, Natal - hankering to be back in KTP
:whistle: Male Burchells Sandgrouse ????

_________________
expat


Top
 Profile  
 
okie
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:21 pm 
Offline
Virtual Ranger
Virtual Ranger

Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:29 am
Posts: 1832
Location: Worcester , Cape
Male Burchells sandgrouse

_________________
Tread softly , and let your departure not be spoiled by the damage of your arrival

3 - 6 Sept 2013 - Punda.
7 - 10 Sept 2013 -Shingwedzi .
11 - 12 Sept 2013 - Balule .
13 - 16 Sept 2013 - Satara .


Top
 Profile  
 
expat
 Post subject: Re: Can you ID...........
Unread postPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:03 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:16 pm
Posts: 98
Location: England, previously Rietvlei, Natal - hankering to be back in KTP
Where you been, KG? The thread is lonely! :whistle:

_________________
expat


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 7 of 8
 [ 113 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8  Next



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group

Webcams Highlights

Addo Nossob Orpen Satara
Addo Nossob Orpen Satara
Submitted by Barbara-Ann at 20:10:45 Submitted by nicholaslw58 at 21:03:03 Submitted by frisc at 02:45:00 Submitted by llytel at 01:18:59