linkie's Favourites
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Yellow-footed Hermit Crab (Clibanarius virescens)Observer
bushboyDescription
You can't afford the rent, little fella
Wonder whether it could handle such a large shell?
See intended host shell: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202305378
Photo kind courtesy of Lennart Eriksson
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Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis)Observer
alexanderrDescription
with Enviro-Insight
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Cape Mountain Cockroach (Aptera fusca)Observer
joy_patonDescription
Louvain gp. Mom with babies.
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Pelargonium caffrumObserver
craigpeterPlace
Mountain Drive from the Waainek treatment works to the Kowie watershed, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Southern Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris ssp. coronatus)Observer
magrietb
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Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus)Observer
linkieDescription
And so the GSB 2023 draws to a close
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Western Little Egret (Egretta garzetta ssp. garzetta)Observer
suley19Description
This egret caught a fish and proceeded to eat it. Lovely sighting
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Cape Green Protea Chafer (Trichostetha fascicularis ssp. fascicularis)Observer
izithunzi
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Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea)Observer
rm_toursDescription
Saw the male and female parents around the nest - Orange breasted Sunbirds
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Wagon Tree (Protea nitida)Observer
carinalochnerPlace
Klipspringer route, Kogelbaai, Helderberg Rural, Sir Lowry's Pass, 7135, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Southern Serval (Leptailurus serval ssp. serval)Observer
tjeerddwDescription
tierboskat (Leptailurus serval)
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Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi)Observer
bushboyDescription
Sayidi end-April count: 47
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Northern Scallop Capegorse (Aspalathus perfoliata ssp. phillipsii)Observer
muonmo
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Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)Observer
linkieDescription
Female. Both male and female were bombing the owl.
Owl's face is a treat.
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Brickleaf Family (Family Penaeaceae)Observer
douglaseustonbrownDescription
maybe
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Butter and Cheese (Abutilon sonneratianum)Observer
ish_crewDescription
Private property, special permission required
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Erica oliveriObserver
chris_whitehouseDescription
Small patch on rocky mountain slope slightly shaded but amongst fynbos - not confined to rocky outcrop.
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Erica juniperinaObserver
eviebDescription
Specimens collected HAT Tony. Specimen photos evieb.
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Perdicium leiocarpumObserver
botaneekDescription
remnant population here between roooibos fields on sandy plateau; never common
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Langeberg Sceptre (Paranomus spathulatus)Observer
botaneekDescription
lvs dimorphic, very local
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Occult Heath (Erica occulta)Observer
linkieDescription
one can just see the stigma peeping through.
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Gifberg Bobbejaantjie (Babiana toximontana)Observer
botaneekDescription
local on loamy soils; lvs floppy, velvety, inner bracts divided to base; local endemic
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Puffadder Shyshark (Haploblepharus edwardsii)Observer
tanyapitcherPlace
Missing Location
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Lobster Caterpillar Moth (Stauropus alternus)Observer
love3Description
With photos of the host plant
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Giant Poepgras (Carpacoce gigantea)Observer
botaneekDescription
rare, local, damp peaty steep s slopes
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Southern and Eastern African Caracal (Caracal caracal ssp. caracal)Observer
gigilaidler
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Ground Woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)Observer
a-critical-pangolinDescription
Lovely begging child - parent interaction. Second parent was on the other side of the gorge and communicating - which caught their attention on the last image
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Mallow and Hibiscus Family (Family Malvaceae)Observer
tuliDescription
dirt back road with a spontaneous stream along one side that appeared 4 or 5 years ago that never dries up and that I personally believe is the result of a [massive] underground leak from the National water treatment plant and the north-south carrier that were being developed around that time on the far side of the local hills
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Giant Legless Skink (Acontias plumbeus)Observer
cefoxDescription
Not sure which blind snake this is.
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Southern and Eastern African Caracal (Caracal caracal ssp. caracal)Observer
muisvoel
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Western Rock Sengi (Elephantulus rupestris)Observer
kevinatbrakputsDescription
Same pair in each pic
