napamatt

And with a close up of a Malachite right now.

CarlaM

Do you have the link to this Matt?

CarlaM

I thought Malachite is a mineral, is it also an animal?

napamatt

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/n...ica/index.html

Malachite kingfisher, a very small, very beautiful bird.

http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-11.html

atravelynn

A got a chuckle out of mineral watching, which could be quite enthralling to a geologist.

sundowner

Here's a Malachite I shot in Bots.
http://www.pbase.com/cjw/image/53684217

Beautiful birds. Africa is full of beautiful birds!

Nyamera

A minute ago there was a caracal and right now there are some hyenas!

net_warrior

I thought it was a caracal.

Typical never seen a caracal, as soon as i tune into the web cam there it is...
typical
If only it was like that in Africa

Nyamera

It came back to drink after the hyenas left. The image wasn’t clear enough to see any ear tufts, but it was an unspotted cat that looked too big to be an African wildcat. I’ve haven’t seen a caracal either and I’m not 100% sure. Maybe it was just a wildcat...

net_warrior

I was also thinking leopard. Would the spots show up at a distance in infra-red? Definitely not wildcat or serval.

Matt_from_England

It's been raining all day here in Lisbon. Now I'm watching this. Dreaming of being back in Africa. The soundtrack alone is wonderful...

Matt

Nyamera

No not leopard. The tail would have been more visible even if it was scared of the hyenas and it looked too slender and small. You would have seen more of the tail in a wildcat as well and the hind legs looked long. Maybe it was a caracal. I think there are spotlights.

net_warrior

Yes
I should stick to my initial instinct.

Matt_from_England

All kinds of action on it this morning...