Africam!!

[KristiB]

http://www.wavelit.com/index.asp?ch=Wildlife&sh=africam

A live camera of a watering hole in Africa. I think people operate the camera because the angles and zooms change.

Right now there's a bunch of baboons but I've seen zebra, giraffe, crocs, monkeys, birds, leopards, elephants and lions to name a few.

[leightx]

Zebras are there now! One looks pregnant. The high pitched noise is driving me nuts though!

[KristiB]

I have the sound off at work.

Africa sounds crazy/scary at night. I don't think I could camp there!

[Terrytx]

nothing happening now

[KristiB]

Keep checking. When I see leopards it's usally at night.

[sneezles]

There's something there now but I can't make out what it is and there seems to be fluorescent-type lights coming from the water...

BTA: There must be some sort of light that I'm seeing reflected at the edge of the water (just figured out it's probably the moon)-not some animal. Been there over 30 minutes and haven't seen a creature but it's very addictive!

[Terrytx]

I think that's a reflection of the moon

[PAMMELA]

I think that's a reflection of the moon

Ooooohh! I was just going to post to ask what that was! I think you're right! It's pretty cool! I haven't seen any animals yet though....

ETA that the light is moving, so it must be the moon!:D

[Grace]

What I see looks like the reflection of whatever light they have set up for the camera, not the moon. I haven't seen any animals yet, but it IS addictive! :) I have seen some bugs zooming by the camera, and something in the water (a fish maybe? a turtle?), but I'm going to keep watching! And the sounds are very noisy! - I can't imagine being there and trying to sleep at night.

[scudgal]

I am mesmerized!

[PAMMELA]

What I see looks like the reflection of whatever light they have set up for the camera, not the moon.


But why would it be moving?

[Grace]

OK, I see that the light is moving - so it must be the moon! Very cool!

Editing to add - we were posting at the same time!! :)

[PAMMELA]

:) So is the moon now behind the tree straight back in the top middle of the cam? Or is that just a light? I really need to do some work.

[sage]

What time do we have to be watching here is the states to catch it during daylight hours?

So far I've only seen a fish...

[sneezles]

What time do we have to be watching here is the states to catch it during daylight hours?

So far I've only seen a fish...

I'm in the central time zone and the location is 8 hours ahead for me.

[KristiB]

I'm in AZ so daylight viewing hours for me are in the early am until about 10 or so.

Earlier today there was a huge group of baboons. Two were trying to mate. Two were fighting and a mama was carrying her baby on her back.

Here's some screencaps of animals past:

http://www.dpicossi.com/wh2-18-07

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/banditt660/iexplore2007-02-1708-15-35-44.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/banditt660/iexplore2007-02-1906-52-00-06.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/banditt660/iexplore2007-02-1908-13-35-40.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/Shari_10/owlwithfrog.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/neglectarine/monkeydo.jpg

[Kristal]

Thanks for posting, what a great site!

I haven't noticed anything happening at the water hole lately, so I switched over to the Grizzly Cam on the same site. There are a few bears on right now:

http://www.wavelit.com/index.asp?ch=Wildlife&sh=grizzlybears

[Grace]

I checked the Bear cam and they are cute!! :)

I have had the Africam up though all afternoon. Haven't seen a thing. I leave it on even when I leave the room. DH works right next to me and has been glancing over to check it out as well. While I was in the kitchen making some hot chocolate, he came out and said, "I have come to the conclusion that there ARE no animals in Africa!" :D :D

Maybe they'll come out in the daytime.... looks like all of Kristi's shots were daytime shots. But where are all the nocturnal animals?? I'm still addicted though....

[Minky]

Elephant Alert:D


Thanks for sharing the link, KristiB!

[FruitsAlive]

There's an elephant there right now!

[PAMMELA]

Well I missed the elephant.

ETA: looks like a deer is there!

[Grace]

Rhinos!!!!!

[Laurielee]

I know , how cool is that! look at the little baby


Laurie

[Kate B]

Thanks for the new obsession! :)

There were several rhinos about an hour ago. One was a baby; I had the sound down, but my sister said the baby was making noises.

Very fun!

Kate

[Kate B]

Sorry - didn't see the previous posts before I wrote...

[KristiB]

Cheetah a few minutes ago!

And something making a loud viscious noise that would send me packing in 2 seconds flat if I were camping there!

[Goin' Coastal]

Is it raining? It's all fuzzy right now.

[Kristal]

I think they just switched the cameras over to the "daylight" ones, hence the fuzziness for a while. It looks like the sun is coming up right now!

[KristiB]

Sunrise-animals should start coming for their morning drink.

I hear baboons barking!

[tiffanic]

while I was watching the camera switched from night mode (infrared?) to color, then it was really fuzzy till daylight began to creep in. It's better now.

While it was still on night around 10pm eastern my daughter and I got to see a shooting star streak across the sky!!! How cool is that?

[Melman]

I saw the streaks too, but I thought they may have been fireflies or other various bugs. There were quite a few. If they were shooting stars....GREAT! :D I like that idea better.

I've had this screen up and running all evening off to the side of my monitor. Other than the fireflies/shooting-stars, I haven't seen a thing. NOTHING. I've heard animal sounds change quite often. Aren't these animals early-risers??? :D

[Goin' Coastal]

Fascinating! I just saw a herd of zebras. (at least I think so ) They were only slightly striped and had ram like horns. Also saw a smaller animal I did not recognize - sort of fox like; and watched an elephant quite while. It's addiciting. And I really need to go to bed so I can get up and go to work in the morning! Meanwhile - back to Africa................

[Jalapeno]

Oh man there are a ton of different animals there now.

[Melman]

I'm ready for a new watering hole. :( I haven't seen a single animal. I've seen a bird or two and some bugs fly by. C'mon animals! Aren't you ready for your mid-afternoon drink??????

[lindrusso]

I'm ready for a new watering hole. :( I haven't seen a single animal. I've seen a bird or two and some bugs fly by. C'mon animals! Aren't you ready for your mid-afternoon drink??????

Yeah, me too! I beginning to think you all are making this stuff up.......... ;) :D

I thought I saw shooting stars too until I realized it was bugs flying by.............. :)

[lindrusso]

My first sighting of "wild life"?

A guy coming out of one of the nearby bungalows, in a towel, beating his chest........ :D :rolleyes:

[KristiB]

I saw that.

I guess the watering hole is at a home or resort.

Explains the camera work.

Are we looking for snakes now? He keeps scanning the ground...

[lindrusso]

Are we looking for snakes now? He keeps scanning the ground...

At one point he was following a bug.........

[tiffanic]

I saw the ant coverage too, that cracked me up.

We have decided at my house that this is really a camera mounted in someone's backyard in Texas or somewhere and soon we will see the family's two black labs romp through the shot chasing a tennis ball.

[KristiB]

I saw the ant coverage too, that cracked me up.

We have decided at my house that this is really a camera mounted in someone's backyard in Texas or somewhere and soon we will see the family's two black labs romp through the shot chasing a tennis ball.

with elephants, rhinos and leopards?:eek:

[scudgal]

Wildebeasts?????

[sneezles]

The camera has been shifted and right now there are wildebeasts (maybe?) and some gazelles!!!

[ErinM]

Good golly, are we in someone's backyard? I see a building and people who look like they're on a patio...

[lindrusso]

Okay, maybe NOW I believe you. ;)

How cool is that to be able to see all of that while you sit by the pool???? I'd love to do that. I'd bet that DH would be too chicken though.............he's always talking about how he needs to buy a gun because there are bears in this area. :rolleyes:

[sneezles]

Okay, maybe NOW I believe you. ;)

How cool is that to be able to see all of that while you sit by the pool????


It seems to be a bit run of the mill for the few folks I've seen...:p

[ErinM]

I wonder if this a resort of some kind?

I remember when we lived in Arizona, our condo backed up into "wild desert" We could see javilinas go through the area pretty regularly.

And at home in WI, my parents always have deer in their backyard. Which is tough to understand seeing as how they live in town and not the country. Dang deer are very motivated to come in to town.

[Grace]

It is a resort. I looked it up. I'd love to go there! It's the largest privately held nature preserve in South Africa - it covers 33,000 acres, and shares a fenceless border with a national park. The animals can roam freely from the national park to the nature preserve. They don't tag the animals nor are they hunted. But you can go to the resort and they do walking safaris, and driving safaris. And the photos from the website (showing the resort) are awesome! I would really love to go someday....

http://www.nkorho.com/

[Melman]

I'm so excited! There are animals! :D (Unfortunately, I can't identify this animal...maybe something in the bison family?????) ...and maybe some gazelles. Quick...anyone looking for wild life...they're alive and kicking (or eating!)

:D


Grace, thanks for the information on this location.

[Alethea]

I know a couple who stayed at Nkorho for a few days as part of a South Africa and Botswana trip. They had nothing but good things to say about the camp and guides. It must be a great location; they saw all the "big 5" (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, cape buffalo) within 2 days. Someday...

Right now it looks like wildebeast and Thomson's gazelles (I think).

Well they were there. As I was typing they switched to night vision.

[KristiB]

Elephants right now!

[Kristal]

Darn, I keep missing the elephants!

[lindrusso]

Darn, I keep missing the elephants!

Me too! I saw her note at 6:58 but there wasn't anything there by the time I got the screen up.....dang it....

[valchemist]

elephants are nocturnal??

[zackaboo]

That is so cool! When I first looked there wasn't anything there but when I went back a few minutes ago and saw an elephant, I got so excited that I almost dropped my laptop! :)

Just what I needed...another computer-based addiction...

[KristiB]

elephants are nocturnal??

Yep! I've seen them during the say and at night. I looked it up and found this blurb:

Elephants are nocturnal and diurnal, needing to forage for more than 14 hours a day to find a considerable quantity of food – an adult can consume as much as 300 kg in a day! They sleep for just a few minutes whilst standing. They like to visit waterholes at least once a day to drink, bathe and wallow in mud. Typically, they drink between 70 to 150 litres a day. The elephants that roam the desert areas of the Kaokoveld and Damaraland in Namibia drink once every few days.

There's a lot of animals I'm suprised to see at night. Like rhinos.

And hyenas are freaky.

[Angelina]

I wish I could just record the sounds...I love all those chirping birds!

Angela

[Angelina]

Zebra alert!

[sneezles]

Wow! Zebras!!! And she is definitely pregnant!!

[Angelina]

Wow! Zebras!!! And she is definitely pregnant!!

Aren't they beautiful?? I feel like waving at them..

[sneezles]

Aren't they beautiful?? I feel like waving at them..


Amazing! Can't quite see what's in the trees though. Not the zebras in the rough but I thought the camera was pointed to the higher trees.

[Angelina]

Amazing! Can't quite see what's in the trees though.

I thought I saw something like a big bird, but it wasn't moving so it was probably just a bump in the tree. ;)

[Kristal]

I finally saw an elephant last night, and two rhinos! It was around 3am, South African time, so I guess they do wander around at night.

[Melman]

Elephant alert - almost 9:00 a.m. EST. :D

[Kristal]

I just saw the elephant! Absolutely beautiful. There were a lot of monkeys by the watering hole about 30 minutes ago, too.

[valchemist]

zebras and wildebeasts at 9:18am.

[lindrusso]

Dang it - I keep missing things by minutes!

But I did see the monkeys earlier.........

Oh - yay - a zebra! Cool!

[HejazSunKat]

Ok, what am I doing wrong? When I click on the link and go to 'Africam' all I'm getting is ads (one for Blackberry and another for Orbitz so far :rolleyes: )

[sneezles]

Ok, what am I doing wrong? When I click on the link and go to 'Africam' all I'm getting is ads (one for Blackberry and another for Orbitz so far :rolleyes: )

Normally after the ad it switches to the camera but last night I had it stall at the ad and just had to refresh.

[sneezles]

Antelope and baboon alert!!!:D Guessing they're gazelles and there are some wildebeasts in the background.

Wish I knew what that was eating the tree...

[Julie O]

Zebras too! The land is just covered with animals!

[KristiB]

Check out the other camera. Grizzly Bears are awake and playing...ummm at least I hope that's play...they're wrestling and biting each other...

http://www.wavelit.com/index.asp?ch=Wildlife&sh=grizzlybears

[kabs]

Giraffe alert! 9:40am eastern time.

Thanks for posting this site- its addicting! :)

[zackaboo]

Giraffe alert! 9:40am eastern time.

Thanks for posting this site- its addicting! :)


Oh...I can't beleive that I missed it. I really want to see a giraffe!

[Cookin4Love]

Apparently, the fact that I'm watching scares all the animals away. I had this by me for 2 hours early this morning while it was turning dusk in Africa--nothing. Not one single thing. Then several hours through their night. Still nothing. Now, for the past hour and a half, since the sun started coming up at the watering hole, nothing--except 3 ducks which have been around for about 10 minutes. I give up; I'm going to bed. Okay, animals, it's safe to come out now!

[Grace]

Hyienas (sp?)!!!! Right now!!! Hurry!!!

[Kate B]

Aren't they cute? I couldn't tell what they were until the camera zoomed in... they seem to be having lots of fun!

[donleyk]

Yes, there were 3 Hyenas. First time I've actually seen anything! Very cool.

[Terrytx]

Of course-I always get there too late:rolleyes:

[lindrusso]

Aren't they cute?

Cute isn't generally a word I'd pick to describe a hyena. ;)

Yes, they were having quite the rolicking time though....

I'd better not tell my DS - who is still in school - that I saw them. He was glued to the website hoping to see something this morning during their snow delay. All he got to see was a turtle. :rolleyes: :D He's worse than me - I'm disappointed when I miss all the good stuff - like the giraffes and elephants - but I think he takes it personally. :)

[Grace]

I saw the turtle too, Alysha! Some days are SOO slow and other days there are a ton of animals! I keep it up on my screen all day (off to the side so I can just click over to it), and if I leave my computer, I put it on full screen so I can look over from the other room periodically. I also leave the sound on so I can hear if something is there (or is coming). I can't tell you how addicted to this thing I am! If I ever get really rich, I am going to mount a big screen on my wall and have this going 24/7 on it - like a moving picture!!

I find it very restful and exciting at the same time. Thanks again Kristi for my new obsession! :)

[donleyk]

Bunch of activity on the other side of the pond, hard to tell what they are but they're several.

[KristiB]

I missed the hyenas.:(

And no they are not cute. In fact I'd be a little freaked out if I met one in real life.

I saw some giraffes and baboons yesterday.

[kwormann]

WWAAAHHHH, I have been checking round the clock and have yet to see ANY animal... :(

[Jazzmatazz49]

I just started checking today. I figure sunset and sunrise might be the best times, can anyone verify that? I'm just pretending I'm a hyena and thinking about when I could best make my moves.

[KristiB]

The animals need to be scheduled :D

I've seen animals at all hours but an hour or two after sunrise seems to be when I see the giraffe, antelope, and buffalo.

I've only seen the cats at night(their night not mine) and elephants at all hours. Monkeys and baboons frequently come mid day.

I was so excited at spotting my first cheetah I did a happy dance and stubbed my toe.

I'm a nerd.

[Melman]

I keep this site open in the background a good bit of the time I'm using my computer. It was uncanny how many animals I saw on Friday and Saturday. Since that time, I've had limited sightings of anything. I saw some cool-looking bird earlier today for the first time, but that's it for more than 24 hours. I missed the giraffe (reported early Saturday morning) by less than a half hour. Kristi, I'm just like you...I get really excited when I link to the site and find animals. I spent Saturday morning sending emails to friends to check out the site. Unfortunately, I had several friends try to look at the waterhole..they waited through the blackberry ads, but then the waterhole never comes up. I don't know what to tell them. One of them is on the same service provider I'm on.

[Clover]

Unfortunately, I had several friends try to look at the waterhole..they waited through the blackberry ads, but then the waterhole never comes up. I don't know what to tell them. One of them is on the same service provider I'm on.
This was happening to me on Saturday and Sunday, but it's working again today. Not that I'm seeing any animals. I saw an elephant Friday, so I guess you guys aren't just making this all up. All I've seen today is a small dark spot on the far side of the pond that moves from left to right and off camera. As a matter of fact, I saw it on three consecutive visits to the site and was starting to wonder if it was a loop.

[Grace]

Zebra alert!!! Whooooop! Whoooop!! Whooooop!!

Editing to add, more zebra are coming and also a ton of wildebeast (or something like that - not sure if that's what they really are!)

[Gecko]

I want to see the animals too, why can't I ever get this page to load :confused: It keeps saying that the video will load in xxx amount of seconds but all I get is a blank screen. I thought it might be my Norton pop-up blocker but even turning this off does not work. :(

[Grace]

That keeps happening to me too sometimes - I just keep hitting refresh (and rewatching the dumb commercial) and it finally comes up. Good luck!

[KristiB]

Sometimes I have to refresh my screen too.

Hyenas are definitely not cute.

[Gracie]

I haven't seen anything yet! :o

Kristi - how did you get such closeup photos to post? Can you zoom somehow (assuming I see something to zoom to :D )?

Loren

[Kathy B]

I haven't seen anything yet! :o

Kristi - how did you get such closeup photos to post? Can you zoom somehow (assuming I see something to zoom to :D )?

Loren

I could have written this same post! I'll wait to see Kristi's response (or one from anyone else in the know).

[Grace]

I think she got her still shots from the website somewhere. There is no zoom capability. During the day, someone remotely operates the camera and will pan around and zoom for you if they see something. Sometimes the camera operator isn't so good and they don't focus the lens very well, but overall they do a good job. Typically overnight they leave the camera stationary, directed on the watering hole, although I have occasionally seen them move the camera at night too.

[Gracie]

is there something standing next to the tree directly opposite the water? It looks ostrich-size and blue.

I think I may be just *trying* to see something!

Loren

[Grace]

No, there's nothing there right now. The blue is some kind of glare off the camera. I believe that's a shrub of some sort. But keep watching! It will be obvious when something's there.

[jmarie]

I used to be able to enlarge it but cannot find that button now....has the format changed since we started watching this? I have yet to see the first animal. Saw two birds fly by.:( No animals.

[lindrusso]

I used to be able to enlarge it but cannot find that button now....has the format changed since we started watching this? I have yet to see the first animal. Saw two birds fly by.:( No animals.

Just double-click on the video - the full screen version will pop up. To get out of full screen, just double-click again.

[KristiB]

I don't zoom the camera operator does.

I can do screencaps but the ones I posted here are from the forums because there are people more talented than me.

[Gracie]

There's something there right now!!! Some bird!!!!

Loren

[Kathy B]

I saw a bird, too, a large multi-colored, long-legged thing.....beautiful! Thanks for the tip about double-clicking on the screen. :)

[Grace]

It was a saddle-billed stork! Beautiful!!

[Gracie]

I was wondering what it was. Grace, how did you know?

Loren

[Grace]

I did an image Google search for african birds and just looked through all the pictures until I saw the same bird. Here is a photo of one (not THE one we saw though) for those that may have missed it:

http://www.africaguide.com/images/library/wildlife/pf008.jpg

[Kristal]

Zebras right now!!

[Gracie]

Grace how smart of you!! :cool:

I saw the zebras - I almost said Holy Sh!t Zebras out loud here at work because they were super close to the camera - that would not have been good! :D

There's a herd of something there now but they're very far away and don't look like the zebras.

Loren

[Kate B]

OK, I didn't mean hyenas were cute LITERALLY! :o It just looked like they were having a good time, if you were a hyena!

The zebras were WAY cool this morning as was the stork. Thanks for looking up what it is; I was curious!

[Gracie]

There are no animals now that it's night over there, right? So I can turn it off and concentrate on work? :D

Loren

[KristiB]

What IS THAT! :eek:

A huge snake?

[donleyk]

I was popping in and out when the camera was being focused on something but it didn't get there while I was tuned in.

[Grace]

Elephant!!!

[Kristal]

Elephant!!!

It's right in front of the camera, too. So cute!

[donleyk]

Elephant!!!

That was awesome! Front and center.

[Miss_Liss]

Right when I stepped away from my desk too. Don't these animals know!?? :D

[lindrusso]

Right when I stepped away from my desk too. Don't these animals know!?? :D

Yep, me too. Missed it by mere minutes......... :rolleyes:

They need a loud alarm that sounds every time an animal comes into view! :D

[Terrytx]

Yep, me too. Missed it by mere minutes......... :rolleyes:

They need a loud alarm that sounds every time an animal comes into view! :D

I agree-I miss all the good stuff.

[Melman]

I'm having that problem connecting to the site again. I'm beginning to wonder if it's possibly related to the number of people connected to the site. Oh well...I'll keep refreshing and hope to connect at some point. Since it's in the wee hours of the morning in South Africa, there's probably nothing going on anyway. I'll admit that I'm ready to see some zebras again. I watched an elephant over the weekend that looked almost like he was running through the grass in a very carefree way...his ears were flapping in the wind. :D

[tea4one]

For the past 2 days I have been watching, since I just opened this thread 2 days ago.:o I haven't seen anything yet and I have checked at different times of the day too. I guess I'm just not checking at the right time of the day.

[KristiB]

OK everytime I see an animal I'll give the time. Then we can figure out when prime animal time is? Although there are stragglers.

I saw the elephant today at about 2:00pm pacific

I've seen the baboons about 9am Pacific

Snake at 1:30 pm Pacific

[little_bopeep]

Does anyone else hate it when their child is smarter and more insightful than they are?? I'm watching this thing and b!tching because I haven't seen any critters yet. "All right---I know that you animals have got to get thirsty sometime!!" And the smartie child goes, "There are other watering holes, mother." Who taught him to outthink his mother??? :D :D :D

And he said he saw an elephant at approx 4pm central, so I guess that's the one that showed up at 2pm pacific. And, of course, I was out of the room. :mad:

[Angelina]

I did an image Google search for african birds and just looked through all the pictures until I saw the same bird. Here is a photo of one (not THE one we saw though) for those that may have missed it:

http://www.africaguide.com/images/library/wildlife/pf008.jpg

It's back at 11:15pm EST! So beautiful!!

Those birds sure like to go for leisurely walks. I only saw one who was running.

Angela

[ErinM]

Anybody else watching right now and getting nothing except a black screen???

[Melman]

Mine says "buffering" and the black screen is there. I had it up for a long time earlier but came back to check. I'll hit refresh another few times and give up for the day. Missed the bird. :o

[Grace]

Waaaaah!!!! :( :( I can't get on!! Oh what am I going to do now??!!!

[vbak]

The other day I saw 4 dozen gazelles, and this morning I saw 5 what looked to be zebras, but I couldn't see the stripes:confused: This site is very cool.

[Melman]

Definitely a zebra alert. :D (What a fun way to start the day.) 5:48 a.m. EST.

(And in the seconds it took to type that, the camera has refocused on the waterhole again. Maybe it will go back to the zebras in a second.)

[blrn1]

Melman, we were watching at the same time -- I just saw it, too! That's the first time I've seen a zebra there.

Thanks to my sharing this website with my husband, guess where he thinks we should take our next "big" vacation? :o

[kwormann]

I SAW THE ZEBRAS TOO!!!! Finally!!!!

[Melman]

Check out the waterhole right now...zebras and an animal I can't identify are all around the waterhole. The unknown beast looks like it could be in the oxen family...I don't think they look like the wildebeast from the other day but that could be it. (Sorry, I'm not up on my African animals. :D)


It's a busy day at the "watercooler". :D

[donleyk]

Monkeys!!!

[Gracie]

Monkeys! Huge family! Little ones, big ones, 11:40 am EST.

Loren

[KristiB]

Sasquatch!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Smalfut.jpg/200px-Smalfut.jpg

Don't mind me-I'm being a brat :p

[boisewinesnob]

OK, I have gone to that website a zillion times and all I have seen is that bird that Grace identified. :mad:

Gosh darnit! I wanna see all the cool animals too :(

ETA after leaving it on for 45+ minutes DH heard a loud roar (lion?) and we saw an elephant walk across the yard.

[buffygirl]

Sasquatch!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Smalfut.jpg/200px-Smalfut.jpg

Don't mind me-I'm being a brat :p

Laughing my butt off!!! Good one!

This cam reminds me a bit of a show I like to watch on INHD called Sunrise Earth. Anyone else seen that show?

Kim

[Gecko]

OK, I have gone to that website a zillion times and all I have seen is that bird that Grace identified. :mad:

Gosh darnit! I wanna see all the cool animals too :(

ETA after leaving it on for 45+ minutes DH heard a loud roar (lion?) and we saw an elephant walk across the yard.

Hey, at least you have seen a bird ;) . I have tried reloading like a million times and all I get is a blank screen in the middle with a blurb of text under it. I have given up and will just have to experience this through everyone 's descriptions.

[suebear37]

Hey, at least you have seen a bird ;) . I have tried reloading like a million times and all I get is a blank screen in the middle with a blurb of text under it. I have given up and will just have to experience this through everyone 's descriptions.

Me, too! Maybe it's a Firefox thing???

[lindrusso]

Me, too! Maybe it's a Firefox thing???

I don't have any problems with it in Firefox.

But I'm still missing most of the cool stuff.......... ;)

[KristiB]

I have Firefox too.

We have Windows at work. I don't even see the commercial there for some reason.

[valchemist]

this probably won't help, but it is worth a try for those who can't see the pictures...

maybe try accessing the camera from this site instead.

http://www.africam.com/#

I learned about africam a few months ago (but promptly forgot about it) on this site. there is a place to click for Nkorho Stream on the upper left... it takes you to the same camera as we are accessing from this thread.

[imloulou]

Zebras!!!!!!!!!!

And an antelop-ey thing!

[Laura]

Zebras!!!!!!!!!!

And an antelop-ey thing!

And a man standing by the pool! :p

Seriously, the zebras were still out there and the camera operator kept zooming back to the man by the pool. :rolleyes:

[imloulou]

And a man standing by the pool! :p

Seriously, the zebras were still out there and the camera operator kept zooming back to the man by the pool. :rolleyes:

I saw that too...I was screaming...go back to the zebras!:eek:

[imloulou]

Now...now...lots of animals

[Gracie]

What are those animals? 10:53 EST.

Loren

[Grace]

I believe they are Impala.

[Kathy B]

Lots of activity right now.....zebras and I think gazelle and some other large animal (water buffalo?). (10:30 AM central time)

[Gracie]

I wish there was narration. I don't know what these animals are either - 11:30 est.

This cam really drives home the point that there is a place like this where all these different animals I've never seen before just roam free. It really drives home the difference between continents.

Maybe someday I'll get to travel there.

Loren

[Laurielee]

wow, what are those with the zebras?

Laurie

[Melman]

And I wish the camera person would zoom in just a bit. Lots and lots of animals. I know the zebras...are those other animals near the zebras wildebeasts??? I saw some animals running past the zebras just a few minutes ago...maybe gazelles???????

Who's our resident South African animal expert??? :D

[Grace]

I'm definitely no expert, but I have been looking up the animals as I see them, since I'm curious too.

The big animals that look like Buffalo are Wildebeast. The small "antelopy" things are Impala (I think). Editing to add, I looked further and they are NOT Impala - they are SPRINGBOK. I will post a picture below. The typically hang with zebras, which is exactly how we see them!

The bigger antelopy things (with thin white stripes on their backs) are Kudu.

Here is a picture of the Springbok:

http://www.grassroots.net.nz/travellers_photos/africa/A7/a7_23.jpg

These are Kudu:

http://www.ascocarhire.com/images/pictsnamibia/kudu.jpg

These are wildebeast:

http://www.winwinvacations.com/Africa/AfricaSafari/wildebeast.jpg

[scudgal]

Elephant alert!

[Miss_Liss]

Elephant!! Yay :D

[Pony]

I see something now.....2:34 CT. :)

[Pony]

And it is gone :rolleyes: ...saw something roaming around, but there might be a handful of them back in the back on the right hand side?????

[scudgal]

There's a herd of some kind of large animal there on the right of the watering hole but I can't tell what it is --- it's too dark!

[Pony]

I saw them....they were different from the animals I just saw a few minutes ago....looks like they are gone now. ha!

[Alethea]

I saw them too, but it's hard to tell what they were. Wildebeast maybe? They had long tails that they were swishing and sloped backs.

[Pony]

holy cow...did you all see those things run by really quick??? only got a quick glance at them.....it is hard to identify things at night.

[Alethea]

Yup, I saw those too. :)

ETA to add that I really want to see what spooked them!

[Kristal]

I think I see an elephant right now. Way in the back, by the trees. Hopefully it will move closer to the camera.

ETA: Never mind. I think my eyes are just playing tricks on me right now!

But I did see all those animals running by a while back. The water hole has been pretty active today.

[Cookin4Love]

Right now--go. A whole heard of something that I can't tell what it is because they're blurry. Somehoofed animal--gazelle, I think.

[Angelina]

Aren't they funny? Some of them seem to be running around in circles...:)

Angela

[Angelina]

LOL! Did you see that bird jump on the zebra's back? And then the zebra...well...it's morning. I guess it had a lot of fiber last night...

Angela

[Mlasley]

Am I the only person who hasn't seen anything?!

When is a good active time to log on?

[Kathy B]

Around 10:00AM to 10:30AM Central Time (isn't that 11ish for you?) seems to be an active time.

[buffygirl]

Am I the only person who hasn't seen anything?!

When is a good active time to log on?

Nope, you're not the only one.:o

[little_bopeep]

Well, I did get to see that butterfly a while ago. :rolleyes: Maybe today's the day I see something real, instead of the "elephant" I kept seeing last night. Yeah, it was a tree. :(

[donleyk]

Well, I did get to see that butterfly a while ago. :rolleyes: Maybe today's the day I see something real, instead of the "elephant" I kept seeing last night. Yeah, it was a tree. :(

Apparently the cameraperson was getting a little bored as well. We followed something akin to a grasshopper for a very long time... :D

[lindrusso]

Well, I did get to see that butterfly a while ago. :rolleyes: Maybe today's the day I see something real, instead of the "elephant" I kept seeing last night. Yeah, it was a tree. :(

Tee hee. I saw your post about the elephant last night so I went to look. Was it the tree toward the top and over to the right? Anyway - it DID kind of look like an elephant. ;) :D

[Gracie]

Apparently the cameraperson was getting a little bored as well. We followed something akin to a grasshopper for a very long time... :D

Is there really someone(s) that sits at this camera all day and all night? it seems to be panning in a live way but I just can't imagine someone or a bunch of someones spending their time this way.

Loren

[lindrusso]

Is there really someone(s) that sits at this camera all day and all night? it seems to be panning in a live way but I just can't imagine someone or a bunch of someones spending their time this way.


There is someone there at least most of the day. The camera often focuses in on whatever might be going on and follows the animals around. Even if it's just a bug - I think it's kind of funny when they do that! :D

At night it seems to be stationary more of the time. There were hyneas there the other night and they kept going in and out of the viewing area, but the camera didn't track them like it does during the day.

You can see it moving right now - obviously a person, not just an automatic pan............

[Jazzmatazz49]

I finally saw some deer and a bird or two. African deer seem to look just like the ones at Mom and Dad's pond. I want to see something wild and crazy!!!

[little_bopeep]

Tee hee. I saw your post about the elephant last night so I went to look. Was it the tree toward the top and over to the right? Anyway - it DID kind of look like an elephant. ;) :D

Yup, that"s the one! :D

[Kristal]

There are a couple little animals there right now, but I can't figure out what they are.

[LakeMartinGal]

I think you may all be on crack! :p :D I haven't seen anything in hours, except for shooting stars or birds! :o

[Miss_Liss]

I think you may all be on crack! :p :D I haven't seen anything in hours, except for shooting stars or birds! :o

Hee hee!! :D

[jmarie]

I have seen shooting stars too! Why is it that I can drive all night or watch forever and never see a shooting star here, but I have seen two since I started watching the Cam?

[NancyR]

I think somebody closed a gate and the animals can't get in. Or else this is a joke to see how long you can get people to stare at an empty pond :(

[mst]

Or else this is a joke to see how long you can get people to stare at an empty pond :(

I hear you, sister! I have been staring for days. My DH is half amused, half annoyed that I am so obsessed. He grabbed one of DD lion finger puppets, and put it in front of the screen and screamed, "look! Finally! A lion!". Smart alec!:D

[Melman]

I've spent a lot of time seeing just the empty pond....BUT...when the animals are being shown, it's awfully fun. Don't forget the time difference. On the east coast, there's a 7-hour difference. I've seen animals LATE in the evening (closer to midnight or slightly after)...meaning it's early morning in South Africa. The other best time is when it's later in the afternoon in S. Africa....I think that's usually around late morning here. As Susan's son pointed out, there are probably lots of other waterholes. :) They're definitely not at this one every day. Keep an eye on the board...people post quite often when animals are being shown.

[jmarie]

I think somebody closed a gate and the animals can't get in. Or else this is a joke to see how long you can get people to stare at an empty pond

How funny! :D

[KristiB]

It's morning-the animals should be coming...

[Melman]

This is the prettiest scenery that I've seen for the early morning hours. The sky was gorgeous about 15-20 minutes ago.

Now, we just need the animals. :D

[badunnin]

Umm, I heard a noise, and hoped to see my first aminal! No, it was a truck.... Wildlife indeed! ;)

[oceanjasper]

It was very pretty. I love the sound of the birds, but my cat isn't quite sure what to think of it! :)

[Denise]

Quick! Zebras!!

[BarbaraL]

I looked at this site off and on all day yesterday and didn't see a darn thing. Is early morning (late at night EST) the best time? Or is this some kind of psych experiment to see how long people will look at an empty pond?

Of course, the area looks pretty green right now. Maybe there's plenty of water around, and the animals don't need to come to this particular water hole.

[scudgal]

Zebras now!!!

[LakeMartinGal]

Zebras now!!!
Finally! I've seen some animals!:D

[BarbaraL]

Drat! Missed 'em again!

[Jazzmatazz49]

I think it's happy hour and the people laughing and talking are scaring away the animals!

[ErinM]

It's raining!

[Grace]

I don't see any rain? In fact, I was wondering if it would ever rain there. I've been watching for days and haven't seen a single drop. The little "forecast" underneath the cam shows a big sun. I haven't been at my computer so much in the last few days so I haven't had time to sit and really watch, so I haven't seen any animals in awhile either.

[Grace]

I hear hyenas! They could be coming into the shot soon, so keep a lookout!

[Terrytx]

baboons crossing 10pm cst

[BarbaraL]

Finally! Monkees! Hurray! 11:51 EST.

[Goin' Coastal]

lots of monkeys!

[Grace]

Black Faced Vervet Monkeys!

http://www.aquarticles.com/images/Africa/Part_1/a19%20Vervet%20monkeys_P.jpg

[sneezles]

Black Faced Vervet Monkeys!



And aren't they cute!

[Gumbeaux]

I saw a baby zebra.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Zebra.jpg

[BarbaraL]

What's going on? I finally see some animals, and now, when I try to access the site, nothing comes up????

[badunnin]

Elephant family! Keeps stopping on me though. They're drinking! :D

[Melman]

I'm having the same thing happen. When I refresh the screen, it appears quickly, and then stops after about 7-10 seconds. I have "Buffering -x% complete"...usually between 7 and 18%. I can refresh, but it stops again. I do have a very large elephant showing on my frozen window though. :D

[Kristal]

I'm having the same thing happen. When I refresh the screen, it appears quickly, and then stops after about 7-10 seconds. I have "Buffering -x% complete"...usually between 7 and 18%. I can refresh, but it stops again. I do have a very large elephant showing on my frozen window though. :D

Same here!

[badunnin]

I'm having the same thing happen. When I refresh the screen, it appears quickly, and then stops after about 7-10 seconds. I have "Buffering -x% complete"...usually between 7 and 18%. I can refresh, but it stops again. I do have a very large elephant showing on my frozen window though. :D

I'm finding that when I refresh, I keep getting the same thing - papa elephant puts his trunk in the water, sucks some up, splashes it on his belly, they zoom in... then frozen. And that's definitely papa elephant. :eek:

[badunnin]

Fixed! We've moved on from the water it seems.

[Melman]

I saw the elephant "family" as well. My view has been running consistently for almost 15 minutes. It was just in time for the elephants to move along and for the camera to return to the pond.

[Kristal]

There's another elephant there right now!

[Pony]

They really zoomed in on him!!!

[lindrusso]

Thanks Kristal!! Finally - I saw an elephant! I had been watching earlier, but the video stream would not load for me so I had shut the window.

Now I see what Bethany was talking about. :eek:

I can't tell DS though - he's not here and would be mad to know he missed it................

[badunnin]

Wildebeests! AND monkeys! AND zebras! (Oh my!)

[Laura]

Must be happy hour!

[lindrusso]

Must be happy hour!

:D

Wow - I think I saw more animals in this past half hour than I have since this link was first posted!

After our weekend, happy hour is sounding pretty good about now...............

[Kristal]

I've never seen so many animals in such a short period of time. Great viewing, today!

[sneezles]

I've never seen so many animals in such a short period of time. Great viewing, today!

I'm beginning to wonder if they some how control the flow of the animals. There seems to be great numbers of them on the weekends, just a personal observation.

[KimKelly]

I'm so bummed... we can't get the site to work. My daugter actually cried! We spent about 1/2 hour trying and I downloaded all kinds of "stuff", but nothing works. We had an older Mac... I told my husband this may be a reason to upgrade!!!!

Kim

[Jazzmatazz49]

What we're seeing now is more like what I expected from the start. Lots of different animals at the watering hole, it is worth the wait.

[Gumbeaux]

I just had a female zebra flash me. LMAO!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/female.jpg

[little_bopeep]

Cap'n--there be critters here! But it's a long shot and I can't tell what they are. :( :( :( At least I've finally seen something. :D

[JKG]

the bears are moving now on the other page. they are SO cute

[Melman]

Hey Gumbeaux, how are you capturing those images? I tried the obviously easy Alt-PrtScreen (the way I usually capture screen shots), but I get the menus and a big black box in the middle.

Ahem...the cameraperson needs to do a little zooming in, please! The animals are far away though they're still there to be seen. If they can zoom into a teeny-tiny bug, they can zoom into the animals.

[badunnin]

I'm beginning to wonder if they some how control the flow of the animals. There seems to be great numbers of them on the weekends, just a personal observation.

Personally, I think they just have time to go to the local watering hole for a drink more on the weekend. During the week they work, then come home to the family and screaming monkeys.....

[ErinM]

Personally, I think they just have time to go to the local watering hole for a drink more on the weekend. During the week they work, then come home to the family and screaming monkeys.....

*snort* :D I think you hit the nail on the head!

[Gumbeaux]

Hey Gumbeaux, how are you capturing those images? I tried the obviously easy Alt-PrtScreen (the way I usually capture screen shots), but I get the menus and a big black box in the middle.


That's what I do.

I then paste the screen shot into whatever photo editing program I'm using.

[Melman]

I've tried pasting the images into Outlook Express, webmail, and Word. I need to reinstall Photoshop and see if that makes a difference. The first three just gave the menus with the black box...and no animals.

Thanks!

[WhitneyB]

I'm so bummed... we can't get the site to work. My daugter actually cried! We spent about 1/2 hour trying and I downloaded all kinds of "stuff", but nothing works. We had an older Mac... I told my husband this may be a reason to upgrade!!!!

Kim

I'm with you, Kim. I read through this thread and have been so excited, but can't get anything to work (except sound) at any time of day or night. What am I doing wrong. I REALLY want to see this. I am glad so many of you are able to and are enjoying it. Maybe next time will be my lucky one!

[Kevlar]

I must be in the wrong time zone. Either its pitch dark with no animals or bright daylight with no animals. Either way, I will keep watching.

[donleyk]

Not much action today but I listened to a thunderstorm roll by this morning and it looks like another one is on the way.

[Kristal]

Elephant alert!

[PAMMELA]

I'm watching!! I see an animal!! Finally!!!:D

Well i have no idea what the camera operator is doing.

[lindrusso]

Elephant at 11:53!!!

[Terrytx]

Elephant at 11:53!!!

very cool! My first elephant sighting:D

[erinlovesmarc]

first time I see ANYTHING!:D

[lindrusso]

Yeah, I guess the camera guy was trying to get a better shot, but made it worse!

If you leave the sound up on the computer, you can hear when the elephants come - they make a lot of noise splashing the water around. I was in another room and came running when I heard the water splashing...... :D

[jem927]

I'm bummed! I STILL have not seen anything on the cam.....

And I tried to pull this up at work, and we apparently are blocked from "streaming" video/audio here at the office. What were they thinking! ;-)

Maybe one day, by some freak of nature, I will see something...

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Jamie

[lindrusso]

Okay annoyingly loud bug, you can SHUT UP now! ;) :D

[little_bopeep]

OK, so I hear something rustling around, but I don't see anything. I refresh my screen to make sure the video isn't stalled or something. Suddenly, something big and black is galloping across the screen! I get all excited until I realize---it's just the headless horseman from the Netflix ad. Dang it. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Miss_Liss]

OK, so I hear something rustling around, but I don't see anything. I refresh my screen to make sure the video isn't stalled or something. Suddenly, something big and black is galloping across the screen! I get all excited until I realize---it's just the headless horseman from the Netflix ad. Dang it. :mad: :mad: :mad:

Thanks for the giggle :D I got excited a few hours ago because something big was in front of the camera...but it was a human - probably the camera guy finishing up for the day :rolleyes:

[Robyncz]

OK, so I hear something rustling around, but I don't see anything. I refresh my screen to make sure the video isn't stalled or something. Suddenly, something big and black is galloping across the screen! I get all excited until I realize---it's just the headless horseman from the Netflix ad. Dang it. :mad: :mad: :mad:

HAH! The exact same thing happened to me. I felt like such a goofball!

[lindrusso]

Sounds like it's party time. For the humans, that is............ :)

[Grace]

I think the camera was broken down off it's post for awhile. That's probably why the human was there fixing it. I only had a shot of the ground for quite awhile a day or so ago. I believe the camera is operated remotely.

[Kevlar]

Still waiting to see something.

[Grace]

Kevlar, do you keep the Africam running all the time? Or do you shut it down and reopen it intermittently? I think to be able to see animals, you need to keep it running all the time. I sometimes minimize it when I'm doing something else (or just keep it up to one side of the screen), but I leave the sound on - as Alysha already mentioned - you can oftentimes hear the animals making noises, walking around or splashing in the water to alert you to go look. When I'm not actually using my computer, I put the cam in full screen mode so I can glance at it from another room periodically - and I can still hear it from the other room too. DH comments on hearing the crickets all the time :p

But the animals often do come and go fairly quickly, so unless you were watching all the time, they'd be easy to miss. Don't give up though! It's so interesting and so much fun when you do get to see them. :) I am enjoying figuring out what they all are (the not so obvious ones I mean).

[PAMMELA]

I'm at work, so sometimes I have to open and close the cam periodically which is why i'm sure I haven't seen any animals! But today, I just so happened to have it open when I heard big splashing and the elephant was there! I was so excited, that was my first sighting...but like Grace said, he was gone in just a few minutes...drank and splashed some water, walked around the hole, then left.

[little_bopeep]

This is getting to be comically ridiculous! I was just in the kitchen, and I heard predatory noises coming from the vicinity of my computer. I got all excited until I figured out that I was hearing predatory noises coming from my cat, threatening the birds in the back yard. :( Like Mr. I-Ain't-Got-No-Front-Claws could really threaten anyone. :D

[Kevlar]

I have been turning it on and off, although sometimes I leave it on. Those chirpy insects or tree frogs get a little annoying.
I keep hearing what sound like waves - it must be wind passing the microphone.

[Grace]

Is anyone else getting nothing but a white screen right now? I can hear all the sounds, but my screen is all white..... :confused: :confused:

[tea4one]

Yes, all white for me too.

[lindrusso]

Is anyone else getting nothing but a white screen right now? I can hear all the sounds, but my screen is all white..... :confused: :confused:

I was watching one night when it was turning from night to day and they were very slow to turn the night-vision mode off - everything went from night to bright to brighyer to white! Then they turned it back to regular mode and it was fine............

[LakeMartinGal]

There were just gazelles, (I think) Wildebeests and zebras.... then one of the sightseeing cars came by and scattered them! Zebras, now!