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... Happy Monday!
Lion / Löwe (Panthera leo)
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
of a juvenile Tawny Eagle / Raubadler (Aquila rapax)
Ndutu plains, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
and a sunny, smiling weekend for you!
Lion / Löwe (Panthera leo)
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
... to the everyday adventures of 2019 :-)
HBW!
Plains Zebras / Steppenzebra (Equus quagga) and Blue Wildebeest / Weißbartgnus (Connochaetus taurinus)
Ndutu and Masek Lake Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Found only in Tanzania. Now considered a full species by most authorities, it used to be one of four subspecies of Tockus erythrorhynchus.
Fischer´s Lovebird in the Ngorongoro CA, Tanzania, way back in 2013
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... the weekend is over - Happy Monday!
* * * 4 December - International Cheetah Day * * *
Cheetah / Gepard (Acinonyx jubatus)
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
Photo was taken January 2020 in Tanzania, in Arusha region, near Kakesio (specific GPS coordinates are within the EXIF data).
Note that I originally ID'ed this as an African Pipit (the EXIF data includes a tag for that ID), but it was subsequently pointed out to me that this was not a Pipit, and I agree. Thinking some type of Lark, but I am unable to determine a specific species.
Update - Some folks over at iNaturalist suggested this was a Rufous-naped Lark. That ID for this bird feels right.
I think this is a first year bird, but maybe instead an adult female. The adult male is all black with a yellow shoulder patch.
A subspecies of D'Arnaud's Barbet (although the IOC has split it into a full species) found only in northwest Tanzania and southwest Kenya.
... towards the weekend - TGIF!
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
... for a hopefully relaxed weekend in the shadow - TGIF
seen at the ranger post in Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa