Global wildlife sightings

cfitz

I like to see wildlife in the different parts of the world that I visit, so I thought it might be a good idea to start a tread where we could log what we've seen, where, when, and a comment about how difficult it might be to get such a sighting. Here's a few to start with:

Animal|Place|Date|Comment
Cheetah|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|Only one sighting in 5 days of searching
Tiger|Ranthambore, India|Mid December 2009|A few great sightings over about 5 days
Leopard|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|2 sightings over 5 days
Lion|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|Daily sightings
Chacma Baboon|Hardap Dam and Maltahohe, Namibia|Early November 2009|Chance sightings near the road
Green Sea Turtle|Big Island, Hawaii|September 2008|Seem to be easy to see with a bit of local knowledge
Barbary Ape (macaque)|Cascades des Ouzoud, Morocco|Spring 2007|Curious so fairly easily spotted along the trail
Penguin|Luderitz, Namibia|November 2009|Can be seen fairly well by boat

E39MSport

Saw Chakira and her cubs in 2008. She made 2 kills in our presence.
She's reported as havng left the area when I returned this year.
Saw 3 male cheetah brothers last year and again this year.

Saw 27 different Lion on one day in 2008 in the Mara Triangle

3 different Leopard 2009 - one with kill in a tree

Group of about 200 elephant congregating, one fake charged at vehicle in 2008

Baboons galore
Crocs galore - several enormous ones in 2008
Buffalo galore
Zebra galore
Wildebeest galore (didnt see the migration - too many people)
Hippo galore
Hyena galore (some calling for pals when we were having sun downer-scary)
Warthog galore
Topi galore - some giving birth, young killed, a newborn shredded by vultures etc
Giraffe galore
Black Rhino
White Rhino
Impala galore
Thompson's gazelle galore
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dik dik
oribi

Dozens of raptor species and other birds. Monitors, striped and dwarf mongoose, serval cat (nice), reedbuck, ostrich, hornbill (red and ground), geko, bushbuck, Kori bustard, Secretary bird, hundreds of vultures, hartebeast,

I should really document for myself. Have too many pics to go through. There's more...

fontinalis

The most impressive is probably a Whale Shark in Western Australia, got to snorkel with it.
Also a tiger in Thailand.

cfitz

E39MSport wrote: »

Saw Chakira and her cubs in 2008. She made 2 kills in our presence.
She's reported as havng left the area when I returned this year.
Saw 3 male cheetah brothers last year and again this year.

That's a good list, I'll have to put up a more comprehensive one to compete! How did you manage to see the cheetah make 2 kills? How long were you there? Did you have access to her radio collar signal?

E39MSport

cfitz wrote: »

That's a good list, I'll have to put up a more comprehensive one too compete! How did you manage to see the cheetah make 2 kills? How long were you there? Did you have access to her radio collar signal?

Hi !

Thanks.

I was there for 5 days on each visit. Our guide is supposed to be one of the best in the business. His English name is Joseph and his Swahili name is Ledama. The man is a legend. He works at the Little Governors Camp.
He has an amazing aptitude for knowing when and where the action will happen. I really owe it to him and our experience to document it properly.

Cheers,

cfitz

That 'Little Governers Camp' looks great, but the prices are a bit prohibitive!

Ok, here's a few more I've seen:

Animal|Place|Date|Comment
Rhino|Somewhere between Upington and Johannesburg, South Africa|November 2009|Out the window of a bus!
African Buffalo|Somewhere between Upington and Johannesburg, South Africa|November 2009|Out the window of a bus!
Giraffe|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|Two plus a baby and also a carcass nearby
Ostrich|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa and Sossusvlei, Namibia|Late October 2009|Loads of them, occasionally with lots of babies
Blue Wildebeest|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|Loads of them
Springbok|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa and Hardap Dam, Namibia|October/November|Loads of them
Gemsbok|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa and Sossusvlei, Namibia|October/November 2009|Loads of them
Black-backed Jackal|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|Lots of them, some babies, and one with a stolen ostrich egg
Bat-eared fox|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|A few sightings
Honey Badger|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|One quick sighting
Spotted Hyena|Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa|Late October 2009|One quick sighting
Monitor Lizard|Bharatpur, India|November 2009|Guide noticed it in a tree
Jackal|Bharatpur, India|November 2009|Seemed to be plenty of them
Wild Boar|Ranthambore, India|November/December 2009|A few sightings over a number of days
Sambar|Ranthambore, India|November/December 2009|Daily sightings and some newborn
Cheetal|Ranthambore, India|November/December 2009|Daily sightings and some newborn
Crocodile|Ranthambore, India|November/December 2009|Lots of sightings
Sloth Bear|Ranthambore, India|November/December|2 sightings over a number of days
Dolphin|Luderitz, Namibia|November 2009|Can be seen by boat
Seal|Luderitz, Namibia|November 2009|Can be seen fairly well from the coast and also by boat
Tortoise|Kos, Greece|September/October 2009|Chance sighting in the castle grounds
Brown Bear|Brasov, Romania|Spring 2009|Bit of a cheat - seen from a hide where food was left to stop them scavenging in the suburbs until the snow melted