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What will almost certainly be a quiet little year - Soukous 2019


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63. Red-billed Quelea - Quelea quelea

Ndutu, Tanzania. feb 2019

 

Red-billed Quelea

 

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64. Ruppell's Griffon Vulture - Gyps rueppellii

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Ruppell's Griffon Vulture

 

 

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65. Marabou Stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Marabou Stork

 

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66. Hooded Vulture - Necrosyrtes monachus

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Hooded Vulture

 

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67. Beautiful Sunbird - Cinnyris pulchella

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

male

Beautiful Sunbird - male

 

Beautiful Sunbird - male

 

female

Beautiful Sunbird - female

 

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Keep em coming. I see the first century looming in what was described as almost certainly a quiet little year!

 

(Thanks for your understandng!)

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21 minutes ago, Galana said:

Keep em coming. I see the first century looming in what was described as almost certainly a quiet little year!

 

The century is still a way off. 

Having committed to the BY, I am trying to clear a backlog before I head out on safari again in 2 weeks time.

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22 minutes ago, Galana said:

(Thanks for your understandng!)

 

It is sometimes hard for guides, even good ones.

If a group sees vehicles some distance off the track viewing a pride of lions and knows that it is allowed to go off-road, it is very hard for a guide to tell them he will not go there. It could costs him tips and cost his company future clients. 

 

By the end of February, there are so many well worn tracks on the Ndutu plains that it is possible to get just about anywhere without leaving them.

 

My beef is with the racing drivers. The ones who don't spend their time actually looking for wildlife but instead listen to their radios to hear what others have seen - and then the put their foot down and rush over there. For me, these are the guys who do the most damage as they almost always take the most direct route and would not even know if they drove over something.

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5 hours ago, Soukous said:

If a group sees vehicles some distance off the track viewing a pride of lions and knows that it is allowed to go off-road, it is very hard for a guide to tell them he will not go there.

I agree. This is why NCA should ban 'off piste' traffic which does apply just over those white marker stones.

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68. Lappet-faced Vulture - Torgos tracheliotus

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Lappet-Faced Vulture

 

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69. Grey-breasted Spurfowl - Francolinus rufopticus

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Grey-breasted Spurfowl

 

Grey-breasted Spurfowl

 

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70. Wattled Starling - Creatophora cinerea

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Wattled Starlings

 

Wattled Starling

 

 

 

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71. Verraux's Eagle Owl - Bubo lacteus

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Verraux's Eagle owl

 

Verraux's Eagle Owl

 

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72. Great Spotted Cuckoo - Clamator glandarius

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Great Spotted Cuckoo

 

Great Spotted Cuckoo

 

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73. Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus

Ndutu, Tanzania, Feb 2019

 

We saw both Pallid & Montagu's Harriers, but I have this one down as a Pallid

 

Pallid Harrier

 

 

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3 hours ago, Soukous said:

I have this one down as a Pallid

I think I see a shorter tail and chestnut marking on the trousers together with ominous signs of black wing bar.

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32 minutes ago, Galana said:

I think I see a shorter tail and chestnut marking on the trousers together with ominous signs of black wing bar.

 

Oh bollocks!

Montagu's Harrier then.

Thank you Fred.

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1 hour ago, Soukous said:

 

Oh bollocks!

Oh dear! :lol:

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74. White Stork - Ciconia ciconia

Ndutu, Tanzania. feb 2019

 

White Stork

 

 

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75. Black-bellied Bustard - Eupodotis melanogaster

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Black-bellied Bustard

 

Black-bellied Bustard

 

Black-bellied Bustard

 

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76. Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Lesser Kestrel

 

Lesser Kestrel

 

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77. Tawny Eagle - Aquila rapax

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Tawny Eagle

 

Tawny Eagle

 

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78. Pygmy Falcon - Polihierax semitorquatus

Ndutu, Tanzania. Feb 2019

 

Pygmy Falcon

 

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79. Two-banded Courser - Rhinoptilus africanus

Ndutu, Tanzania. feb 2019

 

two Banded Courser

 

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80. Kittlitz's Plover - Charandrius pecuarius

Ndutu, Tanzania. feb 2019

 

Kittlitz's Plover

 

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