This blog is a Photographic Record of this incredible journey; the images are roughly in chronological order.

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Our total bird count was one hundred and ninety.

Our key sightings of non-bird life were Lions, Zebra, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Wild Dog, Baboon, Red Colobus Monkey, Black and White Colobus Monkey, Water Buck. Reed Buck, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Warthog, Vervet and Blue Monkeys, Dwarf Mongoose, Buffalo, Impala, Duiker, Hartebeest, Nile Crocodile

Please enjoy.

Monday, 2 December 2013

Humblot's Heron



Humblot's Heron (Madagascar Heron), Lake Tagalala, Selous Reserve, Tanzania.

This species is an endangered species with a declining population of about 1500 mature individuals.

According to our esteemed bird-guide, Neil Baker, this sighting was the FIRST confirmed sighting of this species not only in Tanzania but in Africa as a whole. Needless to say our guide was absolutely ecstatic, to the point of nearly capsizing our boat with his sudden leaping from one side to the other, when he realised what we were witnessing.

 SEE   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humblot%27s_Heron

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