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Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:52 pm
by svizzerams
I spent 3 weeks in Tanzania recently - most of that was spent in various national parks: Tarangire, Ngornogoro Conservation Area, Rubundo Island, and the south, central and northern Serengeti.

The Big Five:

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Things I really liked....

PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:35 pm
by svizzerams
Serval Cat in Ngornogoro Crater heckled by Guinea Fowl

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Fat and sassy Cheetahs after a successful hunt of a Thompson Gazelle near Lake Ndutu

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Ostrich family in Tarangire National Park

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Leopard that I spent several hours observing in Ndutu, who eventually slept under the Land Cruiser I was traveling in...

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Lilac-Breasted Roller - amazingly common, but always a pleasure to spot

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Wildebeest crossing the Mara River (For Mr. N: note Nile crocodile in upper half of photo), northern Serengeti, Mara River, crossing #7.

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Giraffe on Mara River, northern Serengeti

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Crown Cranes in Ngornogoro Crater

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Klipspringer on kopje in northern Serengeti

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Zebra migrating across the central Serengeti

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Mutants?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:52 pm
by svizzerams
Rhino calf in northern Serengeti lacking ears - the parents of this offspring were re-located here from South Africa. Theory is with the pressure of poaching in recent years the gene pool is getting small....

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Crossed with a wildebeest???

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Things classified as adorable...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:11 pm
by svizzerams
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Action

PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:24 pm
by svizzerams
Lioness fight - which occurred within just feet of where I was observing....

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Jackal/vulture fight

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Re: Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:57 am
by coldharvest
Those are outstanding, thank you so much.
Lioness fight - which occurred within just feet of where I was observing....

...bitches be trippin'

Re: Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:18 am
by rickshaw92
coldharvest wrote:Those are outstanding, thank you so much.
Lioness fight - which occurred within just feet of where I was observing....

...bitches be trippin'


Word!

Re: Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:52 am
by svizzerams
The lioness fight started like this when in the midst of domestic tranquility the two lionesses alerted on something behind where I was:

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Followed by the two lionesses on the rocks leaping off followed by 4 others that came from god knows where, they chased this guy into the brush and were giving him a proper thrashing apparently when he burst out:

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Note the lion tails emerging from the brush....

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and the lot of them had a bit of a stand off right behind the Land Cruiser:

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But after he slunk off - the lionesses were quite agitated, and perhaps they were re-establishing some manner of hierarchy in the pride. The sound of 7 lions fighting a few feet away from me is not one I will soon forget.

Re: Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:56 am
by rickshaw92
svizzerams wrote:The lioness fight started like this:

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Then

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Followed by the two lionesses on the rocks leaping off followed by 4 others that came from god knows where, they chased this guy into the brush and were giving him a proper thrashing apparently when he burst out:

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and they had a bit of a stand off right behind the Land Cruiser:

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But after he slunk off - the lionesses were quite agitated, and perhaps they were re-establishing some manner of hierarchy in the pride. The sound of 7 lions fighting a few feet away from me is not one I will soon forget.


Foe the strangest reason I looked at this post and thought on mach.

Re: Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:38 pm
by t-yac
Great shots, you have an excellent eye!!!

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Tanzania Fotos....

PostPosted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:30 am
by OneLungMcClung
Beautiful photography svizz