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Bonkers Mad!!!
01-03-08, 09:10 AM
24 hour live feed from a watering hole at the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in south africa.
so far this morning i've seen birds, wildebeast, some deer and a couple of warthogs :lol:
Africam (http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php)
Lady Penelope
01-03-08, 09:23 AM
:D Fantastic site BM, thanks for sharing with us!!
cool! :thumbs: I see some big birdies :D
edit: it is a spurred wing plover :yes:
Bonkers Mad!!!
01-03-08, 11:55 AM
i just saw some zebras :lol:
that is just such an ace site BM! I cant take my eyes off of it :bigeyes: there has been a lot going on this morning down at the local watering hole :D
I can see a monkey :D :D
Brilliant site :) thanks for the link
Ive been watching Baboons :)
Annabel
01-03-08, 04:19 PM
Ace!
i think i was just watching a hyena:cool:
and i saw a baboon and a warthog (they scare me a bit:huh:)
Bonkers Mad!!!
01-03-08, 08:33 PM
it's addictive isn't it? i've been leaving it on in the background with the sound turned up. the birds make such a racket when something new comes along that theres no need to miss anything good.
i'm glad others are enjoying it, makes me feel better about wasting so much time watching it :lol:
My poxy computer won't let me see it :frown: ...!
Annabel
01-03-08, 08:57 PM
you probably need to download something like real player or make sure your windows media player is all up to date, mazza.
i just looked at it - tis dark but there were some fireflies! this is such a brilliant link BM, thanks!:rolleyes:
Bonkers Mad!!!
01-03-08, 08:59 PM
i watched the fireflies for ages last night, took a while before i realised what the strange little lights were though :yes:
:crybaby: I'm getting really jealous now!!
i have real player and all that, I must have turned off an add on or something....grrr! :rolleyes:
sesentayuno
02-03-08, 09:59 PM
I am too busy to watch it but to have the sound in the background while I work is still very interesting, thanks for sharing with us.
JUST saw a LION!! :o
Ses
Bonkers Mad!!!
02-03-08, 10:48 PM
JUST saw a LION!! :o
NO FAIR! i want to see a lion :(
I can hear a Lion but I cant see lion :(
Bonkers Mad!!!
02-03-08, 11:22 PM
i hear crickets and something that sounds like a zombie :yes:
i have no desire to see the zombie :no:
maybe its a zombie lion :huh:
Bonkers Mad!!!
02-03-08, 11:29 PM
whatever it is it sounds freaky :unsure: it's scaring my 18 yr old boy :lol:
Im addicted to this site now lol
Ive been waiting to see if i could see anything this morning , there are some great bird noises going on :)
The camera was moving around so i had to wait a while for it to get to the watering hole ^_^
At the moment there are some deer / antelope drinking there :) :) just looked them up and they are impalas :lol:
I can see an eleflump!! :D
2 elephants right now - one at the watering hole taking a shower :D
sesentayuno
03-03-08, 01:26 PM
NO FAIR! i want to see a lion :(
I saw it in the night, maybe they are more active around that time. :)
Had to shut it after a while as my other half were complaining the sound of crickets is driving her mad :D
Ses
Bonkers Mad!!!
03-03-08, 01:31 PM
YAY!!! i see the elephants :jump::clap2:
I see the elephants now aswell :) it only has one tusk ,
When my son was little he use to call them effumbumps :)
Annabel
03-03-08, 01:42 PM
Had to shut it after a while as my other half were complaining the sound of crickets is driving her mad :D
lol @ ses:lol::lol:
boo i cant have it on at work:(
:( yes, the one at the water only has one tusk :( but there is a second elephant somewhere too - probably in amongst the trees I think
:sad: I still can't view it!!!
grraaah!!:shout:
:lol:
Bonkers Mad!!!
03-03-08, 01:49 PM
:no: it hasnt only got one tusk, if you look closely the other is growing the opposite way, down and in instead of up and out :yes:.
i don't know why but he makes me feel sad :(
oh mazza, you are really missing a treat :yes:
The other one is in view now - heading towards the water :D
:no: it hasnt only got one tusk, if you look closely the other is growing the opposite way, down and in instead of up and out :yes:.
i don't know why but he makes me feel sad :(
:yes:
Ahhh well he better come back so i can have another look , least we will be able to spot him again :)
sesentayuno
03-03-08, 10:07 PM
:sad: I still can't view it!!!
grraaah!!:shout:
:lol:
What is the error message? If you could capture a screen shot of the error and PM it to me I will see if I could help.
Ses
Just watching some warthogs drinking and wandering around :)
Im never going to get much done these days waiting for animals to appear :)
The "one tusk" elephant has made an appearance :) :)
Bless him , i could see his other tusk as the camera did a lovely close up of its face as it was drinking :)
Looking at its back leg it has a deformed / bent area around the bottom towards its foot :(
I wonder what the history of him is poor thing
Bonkers Mad!!!
04-03-08, 02:02 PM
that is a very sad elephant :(
i do love those warthogs though :yes:
wont work at work :( tried it but it wont "stream"
i have seen some antelope and a couple of jackals this morning :)
i so want to see a lion :) :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
05-03-08, 01:38 PM
if you click on the "elephant plains" link there are big fat buffalo type things lazing in the water. Edit* and a mummy warthog with 2 babies :yes:
i still havent seen a lion either :no:
i've been doing some searching on that particular region and Sabi Sands is considered one of the best locations for spotting "the big five" (Lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhino) :thumbs:. apparently it's not uncommon to see all 5 in one day.
Leopards are the hardest to spot, Rhino are the least likely to show up because they are shy.
the noise we've been assuming is crickets might be chirruping frogs that live along riverbanks and watering holes :yes:
there are nearly a 150 species of mammal in the area and we are most likely to see (apart from the big 5), impala (check ;)), baboons and warthog (check).
apparently the best time for seeing stuff is between april and september :yes:
awww i missed the baby wathogs :(
looking on the other one now and we have zebra :) some buffalo and deer/antelope :)
fantastic site , would love to go somewhere like that just to watch all those animals
wouldnt mind going there lol i havent dared look at the prices though
http://www.nkorho.com/home.html
i see a LION :) :)
on the elephant plains cam :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
05-03-08, 05:32 PM
wow, i see her too :D
OMG!!! i just seen a whole pack of..... fat blokes in a jeep :lol:
the buffalo are still there too, they obviously ain't scared of lions :no:
lmao yeah there was 2 jeeps full of people taking photos lol
In the end the buffalo got fed up of waiting for the lion to move away from the water it chased her!!!!!!
I have this on while i do other things around the house i find it so interesting :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
05-03-08, 06:41 PM
I have this on while i do other things around the house i find it so interesting :)
unfortunately i don't do other things around the house, i just waste all my time watching it :lol: it's so addictive and i'm scared i'll miss something good if i'm away for too long :blush:
:lol:
it will be nice to watch as the different seasons come and go :)
Has any one watched the lioness tonight , she has been in and around the same place for ages now , she goes to sleep then wakes up has a few roars as if calling out then goes back to sleep again:mellow:
I hope she is ok !!
Bonkers Mad!!!
06-03-08, 03:51 PM
i wonder if shes a nomad :unsure:, i haven't seen any other lions with her :no:
The first thing i did this morning was to put that link on to see if she had gone , i was getting worried !!! luckily she wasnt there so im a bit happier now :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
06-03-08, 04:14 PM
i can't get it to work today :(
Dont know if this will be any use , its some troubleshooting off the site if you cant get it work
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/faq#tshoot
I can hear tribal singing!!!!
I have just seen a bird going for a paddle!!!:D:D
Oh my god I have just seen my ex-hubby i.e. water hogg. ha ha ha
i think the warthogs are great:) they always remind me of the one in lion king :lol::lol:
It seems to be a bit quiet so far today ive seen a few different birds and a terrapin ( he was quite big lol )
and a few impala have just turned up :)
I have just looked again at the Nkorho Pan one, and it sounds if someone has a rather bad upset stomach, reminds me of hubbys stomach after eating a hot curry.:lol: can anyone else here it or am i going mad!!!!
aah I have just seen two zebra with baby in tow aah
Oh no one of the zebra has a bad leg:(:( oh god I hope it is going to be okay
Hey just spotted on that web site, pyramid day, had a quick look beautiful pics.
Bonkers Mad!!!
07-03-08, 07:01 PM
thats the only problem with this cam, i worry about everything i see. i definitely don't want to see anything getting eaten. its completely different to watching it on tv isnt it?
does anyone else think that the water hole has shrunk since we have been watching?
Can't get it at home, computer not up to the job, did anyone have a look at the pyramid pics, they are beautiful.
does anyone else think that the water hole has shrunk since we have been watching?
I have been reading on their site (i find it really interesting )
apparently they do have a pipe that runs underground from the lodge nearby incase the water level gets too low so the animals that use it done suffer :)
I saw a brown eagle type bird there this morning :)
Ah thats good :yes: I am glad about that, I would hate for selfish reasons to see them go without water :)
:lol: i know i was relieved when i read that bit :)
Its a bright and sunny day there , nothing like it is here :(
Ive been watching birds , antelope and zebra :)
and have just watched an elephant get a drink and a bath :lol:
this horrible weather is a good excuse to stay in and sit here watching the animals come and go :lol::lol:
Bonkers Mad!!!
11-03-08, 04:37 PM
monkeys and wildebeast and zebra now :yes:. i couldn't get it working on IE and was getting really jealous of you lot. it suddenly occured to me that i have firefox so i tried that and :thumbs: YEA!!! it works :thumbs:
I am watching it right now too, there are loads of animals! :D
Bonkers Mad!!!
11-03-08, 04:57 PM
:eek: OMG!!! i just clicked on the elephant plains cam only to be confronted with monkey sex :eek: boy are they quick :eek:
Lol :lol::lol: guess we see everything , they cant mind the cameras :lol:
I was watching last night and saw a hyena go for a drink :jump:
its been a busy day on there today :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
13-03-08, 05:01 PM
the elephants are back :yes:
i got a screenshot of Wonky tusk :)
great picture there :) :) How do you do that ??
I was watching last night and they had thunder and lightening ....... it was so loud!!
I see the elephants :) that one is definately male then !!!!! lol
Bonkers Mad!!!
13-03-08, 05:29 PM
:lol: did you see that :eek:, thats why he doesnt care if his trunk is wonky :hihi:. i wasnt quick enough to get a screenie of it but i did catch him having a poo :lol:
to do a screenie you just press the "print screen key" on your keyboard. it captures the whole page, then you just open paint or something like that and paste as a new image. then you just crop the bit you want ;) easy peasy :yes:
Bonkers Mad!!!
13-03-08, 05:31 PM
:eek: i just realised you can see it in the "poo" shot :lol:
Yeah you definately caught him out :lol::lol:
Brilliant thanks for that i will be capturing everything i see now :flowers:
yes I would say that was a "little" boy elephant :D :blush:
Ive been watching today ( hmm think its more like every day now :lol: )
this morning i saw a giraffe :jump: :clap2:
it stayed for ages
cameras seem to be down at the moment though :(
Bonkers Mad!!!
20-03-08, 08:32 PM
yep, camera's been down for ages now :(
:(
At least i know its not just mine then , i was worried it was a firewall update or something on my pc and not letting me on!!
Im getting withdrawl symptoms and its all your fault Bonkers Mad!!! :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
20-03-08, 09:18 PM
i'm sorry :yes:. i spend so much time watching the waterholes. i take the laptop to the kitchen if i wash up, take it from room to room with me and go to sleep with it on. i take picture after picture of the animals and i've joined the forum :blush:. i feel lost if haven't got any cricket background noises :(
Ahhhh you see thats where im going wrong i so need a laptop then i wont miss anything :lol:
i keep the cameras on and try to do things round the house etc with a quick dive back to pc to look to see if anything is around :huh:
Hubby and kids are now under orders to leave the cams on and to check them while they are on the pc :lol:
Its a fantastic site and im so glad you put the link up :thumbs:
I love the noises lol so relaxing , although my husband probably wont agree :lol:
Bonkers Mad!!!
20-03-08, 09:42 PM
did you see the hyena pool party a couple of nights ago?
i really do need to get a life :blush:
:lol: cool :yes: sorry I missed that, bet it was fun :D
Yes .. :) i have taken a similar photo with 4 in :) i have learnt to do the screen shots now so will have to have a go at putting them on :)
I tried today to get Africam to work but there was nothing:(, do you know if it is still not working or is it that they may have blocked it here:(
Hi Isis
I have had it on nearly all day today :eek::lol: (my excuse is we have been in all day so that is why i left the cameras on :lol: ) I dont think there has been any problem with it , at least not here !!
Its been a very busy day on the two cameras , a couple of lionesses ( sp!!)
and i have seen a hippo :thumbs: amongst all the other usual animals that show up :)
Bonkers Mad!!!
26-03-08, 12:44 AM
i saw the Hippo :thumbs:, i sat looking at the EP camera for ages and ages trying to spot it and then the water moved :yes: then later on it came out. well worth waiting for. most of the people i know don't understand the addiction to it. my mum said, "well you're not actually taking real pictures of the animals". OHO! yes i am :yes:. its way better than anything thats on the telly :thumbs:, i am completely obsessed :lol:. i didnt move an awful lot before africam, now i don't move at all in case i miss something :hihi:
Nope it definately deos not work here, must have blocked it.
Bonkers Mad!!!
03-04-08, 11:02 AM
impala fight going on now :lol: