Tanzania 8

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banded mongoose, blue-cheeked bee-eaters, Dik dik, elephant, grey heron, hadada ibis, Nubian Woodpecker, Olive baboon, pearl-spotted owlet, red-backed shrike, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, Tarangire Safari Lodge, waterbuck, White-headed buffalo weaver

I took these photos before, during and after lunch that day, all at Tarangire Safari Lodge.

Red-backed shrike

After lunch homework. My room-mate, Sara, was a much more serious photographer than I

Nubian woodpecker

?Red-billed hornbill

View from dining room

Olive baboons at safari lodge

White-headed buffalo weaver

When we went out in the afternoon, I didn’t add much to my stock of pictures – you may be glad to know.

Dik dik

I was the thrilled to be the one to spot this pearl-spotted owlet deep in the foliage. It is only 20 cm tall

Nubian woodpecker

It was another lovely dawn the next day.

Waterbuck

 

 

?Common drongo

The grass was so long, it was difficult to see the baby elephant

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Nubian woodpecker

Blue-cheeked bee-eaters

Hadada ibis

Grey heron

Banded Mongooses at breakfast stop

Common waterbuck

Olive baboons

(Next: … a lost passport…)

Tanzania 7

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Baobab, elephant, grey-headed kingfisher, Helmeted guinea fowl, leopard tortoise, lilac-breasted roller, Masai giraffe, Pygmy falcon, Superb starling, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, Tarangire Safari Lodge, Tawny eagle, vervet monkey, Von der Decken's hornbill, White-headed buffalo weaver, yellow-collared lovebird

Tarangire National Park.  How’s this for a view from your accommodation?

Next morning was Wednesday 17th February.  Actually, I think I’ll just let these pictures, taken during our morning outing, speak for themselves.  Suffice to say that if I had been sad not to have seen many elephants before this, these two days in Tarangire National Park more than made up for it – though you can never have too many elephants.

These are baobab trees. They store enormous amounts of water in their ‘trunks’, and can be centuries old.

Tawny eagles

Helmeted guinea fowl

White-headed buffalo weaver

Lilac-breasted roller

Yellow-collared lovebirds

Von der Decken’s hornbill

Superb starling

Pygmy falcons

Vervet monkey at breakfast stop, one of many such to ‘greet’ us

Wistful? Melancholy? No, pondering what mischief he can next get up to!

Leopard tortoise

Focus on foreground!

Sand bath

Grey-headed kingfisher