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Birds of Saadani National Park
Saadani National Park on the coast of Tanzania is great for birding. Storks, herons, egrets, bee-eaters, eagles, vultures, hornbills, weavers, rollers and many…
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Eagles
Birds
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Bee
Scary Eyes
Bee Eater
Stork
Heron
Tanzania
Eagles
Martial
National Parks
Coast
Scary eyes - a martial #eagle in Saadani #Tanzania
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Photoshop
Birds
Orange
Color
Colour
Bird
Colors
There are two kind of Pytilia in this area, this one is the orange winged pytilia (Pytilia afra). If you are wondering how much I photoshopped - none! That's the real color of the male pytilia
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Palm
Leaves
Herons
Hand Prints
Speckled Mousebirds (Colius striatus) lovethe ilala palm leaves - their tail even looks like one. Do you see it?
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Animals
The collared palm thrush (Cichladusa arquata) is quite a noisy bird that can make it difficult for birding when he's around.
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African Crown
Bald Eagle
Wings
Creatures
Brown
How easy it is to identify eagles when you can see them flying. This is an African Crowned #Eagle - striped chest and the wings are half striped and half brown. What a beautiful and majestic creature
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Green
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Animales
Terek #Sandpiper in mangroves on the Swahili Coast of Tanzania
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Safari
Black And White
Black and white on a #birding safari in #Saadani NP, Tanzania: A long-tailed #cormorant and an egret in the background
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Beautiful Birds
Highlights
Eagle
Our birding highlights of 2016! Simply loving the colors and the variety of birds here on the Swahili Coast of Tanzania
Eastern Green Tinkerbird which can be identified by its pinkish bill (which is a bit hidden here in the picture)
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Little Fish
East Africa
Yellow
Yellow-streaked Greenbul trying to hunt some little fish and getting a bit wet on the way
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Robin
Africa
Red-capped Robin Chat in Saadani NP, Tanzania
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Animaux
Crested Francolin in Saadani National Park #Francolin #Saadani #Tanzania
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Grasses
Dwarf
Rain
Dwarf Bittern hiding in the high grasses of Saadani NP just at the beginning of the rain season.
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Parrot
Klaas's Cuckoo in Tembo Kijani
Red Bill
Finches
Beautiful Creatures
Male Red-billed Firefinch in front of a waterhole getting a bit refreshed in the heat of the day
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Prayer
Trail
Paradise
The African Paradise Flycatcher - what a beauty. Usually you only see a trail of red entering into the thick bushes and leaving you behind wondering what you have just seen...
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Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo Africanus) early in the morning on our way to a safari in Saadani National Park
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Flocking
Seeds
Rufous-backed Mannikin (Lonchura bicolor nigriceps) - they love to come in flocks of 20 and more, sit on the ground and pick seeds. Love the color of their beak - bright blue
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Peregrine Falcon
Trees
Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus) high up in some trees in Saadani
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Cricket
Grass
Amazing
Cricket Sport
When it's starting to get drier in Saadani National Park, the Carmine Bee-Eaters (Merops Nubicus) love to follow and hover over everything and everybody that passes through the high grass to be there at the right time when an insect, cricket or whatever else jumps up - and right into its beak. Amazing spectacle!
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Rollers
February
In January and February Saadani National Park started to be full of European Rollers (Coracias Garrulus) - you will see them wherever you turn your head - beautiful!
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Buzzard
Lizard #Buzzard on the look out (Kaupifalco monogrammicus) - easy to recognize with its stripe down the center of its throat
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Bird Feeders
Joy
Outdoor Decor
Glee
Being Happy
Teacup Bird Feeders
Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul (Andropadus importunus) in the thick bushes of the ecolodge
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White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) on the muddy parts of the salt pans in #Saadani
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