wan·der·lust

From reporting in Wrangell to teaching in Tanzania and Bhutan to, now, transitioning to life in the capital city of Juneau – some words on a life in flux.

24 April 2010

What Our Eyes Spied...

... on safari.

Mammals:
Zebras, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eglan, Thomsen’s gazelle, Grant’s grazelle, wildebeest, caracal, gannet, mice, hippos, baboon, hartebeest, bat-eared fox, buffalo, leopard, steenbok, elephant, spotted hyena, lion, cheetah, warthog, vervet monkeys, banded mongoose, cheetah, waterbuck, topi, hippos, water mongoose, black rhino, jackals.

Birds:
Ostrich, tawny eagle, Martial eagle, secretary birds, flamingos, guinea fowl, superb sterling, black-header heron, maribou stork, white stork, sacred ibis, egrets, verreauxs eagle owl, weavers, vulture, kite, whyda kop, Egyptian Geese, spurfowl, crowned plover, European roller, African hoopoe, augur buzzard, fishers lovebird, blacksmith plover, ox pecker, lilac-breasted roller, grey-crowned crane, von der decken’s hornbill, dark chanting goshawk, steppe eagle, long-crested eagle, kori bustard, abdim’s stork, red-billed hornbill, bare-faced go away bird, common drongo, griffons or white backed vulture, green wood hoopoe, African harriar-hawk, crested francolin, grey hornbill, black-bellied bustard.

Reptiles:
Leopard tortoise, speke’s hinged tortoise, agama lizard.

(Please check back soon for safari photos. Also, some back entries from March have been posted.)

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