Africam

[finn's mom]

Wheee!!!! I see a giraffe!

[Lizzie]

Water buffalo at the watering hole at 3am their time. There were three of them and one went for a long soak in the water. He had a hard time getting out, thrashing and grunting, getting part way out and sliding back in again. They made a great deal of noise, snorting at each other, drinking and splashing. I couldn't post here while it was happening because I could only tear myself away long enough to check on the Africam forum - that's where I learned they were Cape Buffalo. I kept thinking that's what they looked like, but it's very hard to see details of animals at night and I didn't know they moved around at night.

The Africam forum is wonderful with many knowledgeable people. They post the names of all the birds calling, and the animal sounds when you can't see them.
I'm getting quite an education through PT!

[gini]

I missed that - what a shame work keeps me away from things I love!

I found I had to turn the sound down or off because after a while I had ringing in my ears from the insect and bird sounds. I was "hearing" it long after I had shut down the computer.

Their forum is filled with information. I haven't joined but they do share a huge wealth of knowledge which is so helpful in enjoying and understanding everything that you are seeing.

[Lizzie]

I keep the sound turned down very low also but I'm also aware from reading the posts on the forum that I'm missing a number of animal calls. Of course, the buffalo made so much noise I had to turn it down! They mentioned that they hadn't seen buffalo since Christmas Eve so I'm thrilled that I checked in just at the right time. There was a hyena also - which I thought was an animal similar to a large weasel. The way it ran forward with it's belly low, it's long body, and the whiteness of it's fur didn't indicate hyena to me.

[junescrater716]

Omg Omg Giraffe Giraffe!!!!

[Lizzie]

Lions drinking.

[ramanth]

I missed them! Drat!!