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East Africa 2007

by Dave Krueper

Scenics and wildlife images from our trip to East Africa in March 2007

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Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) DSC_0825e
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
Naabi Hill - "entrance" into the Serengeti
Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor) DSC_0838e
Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotus)
Von der Decken's Hornbill (Tockus deckeni) DSC_0852e
Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus) DSC_0871e
Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) DSC_0888e
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus) DSC_0906e
Grey-breasted Francolin (Pternistis rufopictus)
Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) DSC_0936e
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) DSC_0938e
Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) DSC_0940e
Kittlitz’s Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
Kittlitz’s Plover (Charadrius pecuarius) DSC_0943e
Kopje with sleeping spotted hyenas
Kopje in the Serengeti
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) DSC_0966e
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) DSC_0971e
Northern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus rueppelli) DSC_0973e
Holub's Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (Agama mwanzae)
Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) DSC_0980e
Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei) DSC_0981e
Bare-faced Go-away bird (Corythaixoides personatus)
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
Coke's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) or kongoni
Coqui Francolin (Peliperdix coqui)
Serengeti landscape
Serengeti landscape
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) DSC_1026e
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)
White-bellied Canary (Serinus dorsostriatus)
African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
Red-throated Tit (Parus fringillinus)
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) DSC_1101e
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis)
Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) in the Serengeti
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is also known as the laughing hyena
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus)
Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) DSC_1209e
Lappet-faced Vulture or Nubian Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) DSC_0001e
Sentinel seeing prey
Small prey item
Holy cow... is this wildebeest that stupid? Hope it didn't see me (ears down)
Lunch approaching
What is all the interest?
Well, got it
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis)
Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat (Micropteropus pusillus)
Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Olive baboon (Papio anubis)
Northern White-crowned Shrike or White-rumped Shrike (Eurocephalus rueppelli) DSC_0087e
Northern White-crowned Shrike ("White-rumped Shrike") (Eurocephalus rueppelli),
Northern White-crowned Shrike or White-rumped Shrike (Eurocephalus rueppelli) DSC_0100e
Silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) DSC_0105e
Silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus)
Northern White-crowned Shrike or White-rumped Shrike (Eurocephalus rueppelli) DSC_0110e
White-headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli)
African Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
Chameleon (sp?)
Topi (Damaliscus korrigum)
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostra)
Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
Common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
Grey-headed or Grey-capped Social-weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi)
Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus),
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) DSC_0214e
Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster) DSDSC_0215e
Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster) DSDSC_0219e
Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster) DSC_0222e
Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)
Gray-capped Social Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi) DSC_0230e
Gray-capped Social Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi) DSC_0231e
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus)
Yellow-spotted rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)
D'Arnaud's "Usambiro" Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii usambiro)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) DSC_0273e
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) DSC_0279ee
Scenic near Serengeti Sopa Lodge DSC_0286e
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