As we were heading to the MAsai MAra on this day, my hopes were very high to see something interesting. And the morning started off With some great birds around the breakfast table at the Sunbird Lodge.
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| African Citril/Olivenirisk |
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| Beglafect's Weaver/Bergvever |
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| Beglafect's Weaver/Bergvever |
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| Fischer's Lovebird/Rødhodet dvergpapegøye |
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| Fischer's Lovebird/Rødhodet dvergpapegøye |
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| Great Blue-Eared Starling/Blåøreglansstær |
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| Red-Winged Starling, male/Rødvingestær, hann |
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| Red-Winged Starling, female + male/Rødvingestær, hunn + hann |
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| Rufous Sparrow/Masaispurv |
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| Rufous Sparrow/Masaispurv |
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| Speckled Pigeon/Spragledue |
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| Laughing Dove/Palmedue |
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| Superb Starling/Praktstær |
After a bgood breakfast With this great Company we went on, and after a dew hours in the car we entered the Masai Mara. After having dropped Our luggage in the lodge we drove out onto the Plains, and we were not disappointed even though we only had short time before darkness came.
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| Cape Buffalo + Yellow-Billed Oxpecker/Kafferbøffel + Gulnebboksehakker |
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| Cheetah/Gepard |
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| Cheetah/Gepard |
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| Cheetah/Gepard |
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| Lion/Løve |
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| Lion/Løve |
One should think that "The King of Beasts" would act like one, but this is how the first male Lion we encountered acted teh entire time we were watching him and his pride.
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| Lion/Løve |
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| Lion/Løve |
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| "Masai"-Giraffe/"Masai" Giraff |
And at last, the bird of the day for me, the Secretary Bird. Suddenly this long-legged bird just appeared out of the grass and walked next to us. This is one of the birds I really wanted to see while in Africa, and what great views it gave me!
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| Secretary Bird/Sekretærfugl |
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| Secretary Bird/Sekretærfugl |
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| Secretary Bird/Sekretærfugl |
