Normally the Crocodile always win. Usually a Leopard won’t attack a Crocodile. Never has anyone recorded a leopard kill a croc.
Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera - Telegraph
A series of incredible pictures taken at a South African game reserve document the first known time that a leopard has taken on and defeated one of the fearsome reptiles.
These beautiful Puerto Rican Parrots are endangered but have been making a comeback (it is possible the birds we’re seeing aren’t exactly the PR Parrots but they could be a variation) CORRECTION: These are Red-masked Parakeets. They only live in Puerto Rico. Every now and then when we visit we’ll see a flock flying around. Today a group of about 7 landed close. I hate that the photos a bit blurry, but I maxed out my zoom and still had to crop tight. A couple more…
And there are, believe it or not, 5 parrots in this one. You may need to see the large version to find them. Can you spot the 5?
Also got to see a huge iguana sunning himself.
So it seems there is this cool and nifty Firefox plugin called ScribeFire that allows me to blog faster. So I’m testing it. It was easy to pull in a Flick photo from above, now for a YouTube video below.
Green Tree Frog Jumping
So it seems easy to post from those sites, but haven’t figured out how to post a particular photo or video I want (I had to search for these, not pick a previous one).
So far, not so bad.
Mara Triangle Online | Orangejack LLC
If you like Africa and African animals and such, you must follow the Mara Triangle blog. Even if you don’t like this stuff, you’ve got to be impressed with this. It’s run by Joseph Kimojino, Maasai tribesman in Kenya’s Masai Mara preserve (part of the Serengeti National Park). His job is to protect the wildlife, defend against poachers, and raise money for Preserve.
Animals and the nature world are as important to the legacy of The Walt Disney Company as Snow White and Mickey Mouse.
~ Roy Disney
Sorry it’s taken so long, but I finally got about a fourth of the shots I took online. Below is a sampling, however you can go ahead and skip to the set or the slide show.
One of the funny and interesting things about Disney’s Animal Kingdom is that local animals show up and stay. I can’t blame them!
For example there are a dozen or more Ibis that hang out with the Spoonbills and Flamingos. The Ibis are native and found a nice place to live.
Many days I see the local red-shouldered hawks flying around. I spotted one when I was shooting near the Tree of Life. First I heard the hawk scream. Then I heard the African Crown Cranes going crazy! They apparently don’t like the hawks being around. I looked up and saw one of the hawks land way up at the top of the Tree of Life, perched so he could get a good view of the park.
Another time I was on the bridge at DAK and out of the corner of my eye I saw something large fly into a tree by the bridge. When I got a chance I realized it was a huge owl just hanging out. I couldn’t make out what kind he was then he flew off.
Oh, and a word of warning: the local ducks that hang out like to fly over paths where people walk, and they fly low. So seriously, duck!
Just another animal day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
In the first 10 years of Disney’s Animal Kingdom being opened, there have been 68 births (not counting minnows, frogs, snakes, fleas, ants, and other uncountable animals). Here’s the list:
Of the 4 full days I’ve worked DAK, I’ve witnessed two wild snake reports.
One of the days a guest reported to me there was “a non-poisonous snake on the walk path”.
Another day I was working at a location on Discovery Island at the base of the bridge. A small snake was reported swimming around in the water. I did see this one twice and tried to help the wildlife people catch him. One of the potential catchers asked me how big I thought it was after I saw it the second time. I said, “I don’t know, I only saw the tail”. I then realized the uselessness of that report.
This is the Animal Kingdom!
Did you know DAK has a pair of kangaroos? I had no idea. And apparently several of my fellow photographers didn’t know either!
One day I was working the top of the bridge and was talking with a guest while we were both looking towards the Tree of Life. While talking I saw what looked like some deer walk across the grass field at the base of the tree. Just then I saw a kangaroo bouncing across!
Later when my wife and I went to the park as guests we went back there and found the pair just lounging around. I’ve told a few people about the kangaroos and not many know they are there. Now you do — and you know where to look for them.
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