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Impala and Springbok

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Two plump little chickadees from a few days ago.

[aslyfox]

beautiful plump birds

but these are plumper

part of a larger collection of hippos located in the Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania

"The word 'hippopotamus' means 'river horse', and is often shortened to 'hippo'. Hippos have numerous collective nouns, and a group of hippos is often referred to as a crash, bloat, herd, pod or dale . . . " - http://campjabulani.com/the-hippopotamus/

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From the archives - a few from last summer.

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Stork in Florida, not atop our chimney, not at our age.

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Monitor Lizard

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Dinner party with one reluctant "guest."

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Dinner party with one reluctant "guest."

the first stage of nature's recyclers

nice photo

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on our trip we stayed at the Tarangire Safari Lodge - Tarangire Safari Lodge and went on a night safari drive. I used the Nikon Coolpix P610. It was us, another person from Brazil, the driver/spot light operator and a ranger armed with an AK 47 in an open side safari vehicle.

saw more animals than I was able to photograph but I did get this photo of an Owl. It was ided by the driver (son of the owner of the lodge) as a Marsh Owl Asio capensis.

"Size -Head - body length: 29 – 36 cm (2)Wingspan: 82 – 99 cm (2) Weight225 – 375 g (2) . . . A. c. capensis occurs in scattered populations across West Africa from Senegal, to Chad and Cameroon, and from Sudan and Ethiopia south towards the Cape of South Africa, avoiding the most arid - Marsh owl videos, photos and facts - Asio capensis | ARKive

I would recommend anyone planning on being in the Tarangire National Park in Tanzania check out the lodge. Very nice, very friendly and cooperative staff and great views from the patio. It is actually within the boundaries of the park and thus you lose no travel time.

[noelcmn]

The herd

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One individual with fine-looking tusks which are, alas, poacher bait.

[aslyfox]

now this photo taken by my wife Judy, is misleading. It shows how the prey animal - a Plains Zebra wasn't concerned about the mere presence of the nearby 2 predatory lions The Zebra heard something from our vehicle I think. What the photo doesn't show is that there were several zebras present and at least one always had eyes on the lions

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the second photo, also taken by Judy, make me think of the "Sharks" and the "Jets" of "West Side Story"

"West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo." - West Side Story (1961) - Plot Summary - IMDb

(I know, its weird)

Judy was using the Nikon Coolpix P610 and we found these animals at the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania

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A cardinal pair has started coming about the feeders, at the moment just foraging on the ground for spilled seeds. Takes a while before they will land on a feeder.

[tmlawes]

Sometimes you just want to sleep, but the crows won't let you. Unfortunately, as things were getting interesting the wind changed and I ended up shooting through the smoke from a neighbors wood burning stove.

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A captive chestnut-breasted malkoha at an aviary.