KalahariLog

On this trip we took many short movies with our camera. I finally figured out for to reduce the size of the files (smaller resolution and smaller image size) so now a 30 second movie is about 10MB which is not that bad. I've put a bunch of the movies online. The first one shows the area around the UB Research center there around sunset on our first night after a brief rain shower. The second one was taken from the mokoro and captured a flock of open-billed storks that we startled out of the water. The third one shows us arriving back at the mokoro poler's station where a fresh batch of tourists had arrived. The fourth one shows a journey of giraffes. The fifth one shows our first encounter with a couple of lions who our guides told us were brothers. The sixth one shows a spring hare at night, also known as an African kangaroo. The seventh one shows a pod of hippos looking at us with interest. The eight one shows an island where several species of storks and ibises nest. The big ones that look like the spies from SNL's TV Funhouse are Maribou storks, the ones with the yellow beaks are yellow-billed storks and the black and white birds with the curved beaks are Sacred ibises. The ninth one shows a group of lions on a hunt; there are two adult females and three cubs. The tenth one shows yet another couple of lions, this time one old and one juvenile male. The eleventh one shows the scenery around sunset on a stormy evening; movies 8-11 were all taken within one hour and thunder can be heard and lightening can be seen. The twelfth one is a rare sighting of a genet -- it looks like a skinny spotted cat but is in fact closely related to the mongoose. The thirteenth one is of a young leopard on a tree. The fourteenth and fifteenth are of a leopard mother and a cub. The sixteenth one is of a smallish zebra herd. The seventeenth one shows a large water buffalo herd in very lush surroundings. The eighteenth and nineteenth ones were taken from the tiny A2-10 airplane that took us back to civilization.