Pete's Pond
 

For those of you who are animal and/or nature lovers, National Geographic has a web cam at Pete's Pond in Botswana that I love to watch. It is back up again, after being down during the rainy season.

I watch it a couple of times a day. Give it a try, and let me know what you see. :eek:

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.....do you have a link?;)

Here it is

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/

it's kind of cool!

Sorry, I forgot to post the link. Thanks so much, Cheryl!

You're welcome Mary Ann! It's a cool site. :D

How very cool!! Thanks Az.:)

It's 1:00 am there now, so I'll watch it later as it gets lighter there. It has the sounds too...way cool.:D

Thanks for the site. I love to watch web cams of nature sites. Plus a huge bonus!:hug: I haven't been able to watch my videos of Pirate Master and didn't know why. Well when I clicked onto your web link, it told me I had to have Real Player. I thought I did. Well I installed it and I can get Pirate Master now!!!!!!! So I doubly, is that a word, thank you!

Doyde, that's great. You are doubly welcome! :hug:

Wow! That is sooooo cool! I watched it for awhile in dark and there was something going on in the water, but the camera was just above it, so I kept trying to raise my head to look down there! Duh! LOL.

Then, I watched it at 2:00am EST to see what was up in daylight and the noises blew me away, a big ole bunch of catterwalling. It's so cool, I saw a huge mammel go by in a corner and I'm not sure what it was, it had legs of a runner, not any kind of cat though. I love being on voyeur's safari!

Thanks!

Cindy, I keep a list of animals I see at the pond. Last year, when it was nighttime there, I saw a female lion. This morning, there was a croc sunning itself on the bank.

I hope you see something really cool. :cool:

Oh Oh, I just saw an elephant and a deer of some kind at the pond. A lot of activity in the water and then the elephant left and so did the deer...The aligators coming up for a meal, perhaps..LOL.

I love this, Thanks AZ..:)

I also have a live cam of Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. If any of your friends are there, they can actually wave to you live....It's fun too.

http://www.honolulu.gov/multimed/waikiki.asp

Sally, I'm so glad you saw them. Maybe it's because these animals are wild and not in a zoo, but I just love to visit the pond.

Now, I'm off to Waikiki Beach :) to see the happy people there. :hug:

No fair! I have seen a billion birds and one third of a mammal! :mad:

*setting alarm clock for African sunrise*

Well, since I saw them at 2pm EST, I think it was 7pm Africa time, so maybe they like to come out for one last hurrah, before heading to bed.:D

I haven't been able to stay up long enough to see their sunrise. I'd have to be awake at 2 or 3AM.:eek:

This site has saved me thru the last two weeks before school starts!!!!

My daughters (ages 7 years , 8 years and 20 months) park themselves in front of screen and keep track of what they see--- to the littlest every animal is a "see a cute!"

Thanks so much!!!

Bethany

Quick, look...a herd of elephants!! (12:28 p.m. EST) :eek:

Crap! Missed the elephants!:mad:

Hyenas on right now and someone is actually manning the cam!

Wow, there was a bunch of 'em. I've never noticed anyone manning the cam.

I like to look, but I sure wouldn't want to be out there in the dark with wild animals!! :OuttaHere:

I think it's done from a radio remote, when the critters quiet down in the morning, the motorized drivers are audible. I've noticed that if you reload the page often, you can jump from camera to camera. I think there are three.

Aren't those critters noisy!?!

I so enjoy the "noisy" critters. Love the birds during the day, and the crickets at night. I keep the pond open in a window and surf in another. That way even when I'm not watching I can still enjoy the symphony.

I am so glad this site was brought to our attention. Especially I've not been sleeping at night, I get to see the dawn breakfast group.

Wednesday, I saw 2 ostriches today splashing in the water. There was a noise, then silence, the animals rushed toward the trees, and within 30 seconds the wind was blowing the dirt so much the camera were blank.

Right now there's an elephant and it's still pretty dark. Going on safari. :wink:

Oh my gosh! Did you see the gazelles!?! They had a baby with them! All together, I think there were about 20 of them. Here comes the sun (doot n doo doo).

The sunrise is breathtaking. Aahhh :)

Oh goodness, Cindy, that sure makes more sense. I was nearly in a panic over the poor guy who had to man the camera at night! :D