Waterbuck newborn, 6 February 2010

My time camming was not enough as the zoomies gave us a real go. I can't have all the cams open I'd like to, but the cam at Elephant Plains gave us a real treat with a newborn waterbuck. Mom was licking the baby waterbuck all over and it was a pleasure to watch her attending her new baby with such tenderness.

Africam anno 2009

What do you see on a webcam? I compiled pictures I've captured on the webcams over the past years in a video. It's more an ode to the zoomies who take the time to zoom the cams and show us what there is to see, from the small butterflies to the large elephants.
Enjoy!

Lion

Nkorho 5 febr 2010
A male lion passed the waterhole at NK tonight. Barry posted this pic, which is quite exceptional.

Hippo

Elephant Plains 5 Febr
Hippo Roy has visited EP waterhole quite often lately.

African Pied Wagtail

Nkorho 5 Febr
We also see birds! This little Pied Wagtail came to sit on the perch. The perch is a log placed in the pan at Nkorho so birds can come and sit on it. Right after it was placed in the pan, Fish Eagles came to sit on it and eventually caught a few of the barbels in the pan.

Waterbuck

EP 5 Febr
Many people often wonder what's so fascinating to watch webcams. It's all about the thrill to see the animals, hear the sounds, we capture pictures of them, record the sounds. It's a way of life.
Here are some of the animals I saw today.
The first one was a waterbuck.

Meetjesland Krekengebied 30 January 2010

30 January 2010
Back home on Thursday and off on a field trip with the birding club on Saturday. Till the moment I left I was not sure whether I should go or not. It was dreadful weather, everything was covered with a layer of snow and the roads were difficult to travel on and yet I went. Some people did not make it to the bus and there were some seats open and pleasant for us to sit.
It’s always pleasant to meet some old friends again and catch up on the news.
We went to an area called Meetjesland in East and Zeeuws Flanders where there are many creeks due to flooding of the Western Schelde and the digging up of peat, which makes it a lovely area to watch birds.
We arrived at our first stop at about ten-ish.

Sint-Jan de Doper church in St. Jan in Eremo.

Boerekreek, our first stop and it was very, very cold! Last week I did not see anything but mountains around me and this time I see the flat open spaces of Flanders.

A slight dusting of snow on everything, not many birds to be seen yet, though enough ducks and geese pass overhead.

This picture and the one above it taken 5 min from each other. I think most of us wondered why we came out birding today.

Huddled together on the dike we braced the cold wind.

After the shower of snow the day got warmer and the sightings became better. At this place called Kruiskreek I had the best sighting of Merlin ever, although it is my only sighting so far.

My friend Godelieve, she found a pair of Peregrines sunning on a sandbank, we could see them very well.


A wide open country ..... space! Can you smell it?

Most of our group of birders were inside this hide. We had good sightings from here, like a Snowgoose (blue phase) and Brent Goose which are great favourites of mine. One of the ladies had a quiet moment while she enjoyed the sun.

Then the day was over. In spite of the cold we had a lovely day with great sightings. The full list you can see here

http://www.vogelwerkgroep-oost-brabant.be/gifs/waarnemingen/WN%202010/Uitstappen/WN%2020100130%20-%20Meetjesland%20Krekengebied.html

A few of the more interesting birds we saw,
Tundra Swan
White-fronted goose
Barnacle goose
Common Shelduck
Eurasian Wigeon
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Smew
Goosander
the rest you can find on the list.