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| African skimmer |
Our final morning was planned to see if we could catch the hyenas again. Unfortunately it was not to be and after hanging out and around at the den for a while, we gave up and went to check out what else was around.
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| Black headed oriole |
Since we were still harbouring secret hopes of catching the wild dogs (they hadn't been seen in a while, but Selous is famous for them) we went off the main road away from the river as they'd sometimes been seen in that area.
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| Malachite kingfisher |
But the wild dogs of Selous still elude us, and so after stopping for a quick breakfast, it was time to head out of Selous game reserve and start the long trek back to Dar.
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| Young elephant |
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| Lions in the sun |
A successful trip especially in terms of lions, and nice to see the park in the dry season. Will we be back? Of course ;)
Birds seen on the trip:
* First time sightings
Southern ground hornbill
White-fronted bee-eater
White-browed sparrow-weaver
Spurwing lapwing
African spoonbill
Yellow-billed stork
White-fronted lapwing
Egyptian goose
African openbill
White-faced whistling duck
African fish eagle
Great egret
Little egret
Hadada Ibis
Water thickknee
Emerald-spotted wooddove
Hamerkop
Lilac-breasted roller
Red-billed oxpecker
African grey hornbill
Crowned plover
Grey go-away bird
Pied kingfisher
Helmeted guineafowl
Hooded vulture
African jacana
Goliath heron
African harrier-hawk
Pearl-spotted owlet
Crested barbet
Village indigobird
Blacksmith lapwing
Sacred Ibis
Grey heron
Striated heron
Von den Decken’s hornbill
Fork-tailed drongo
Squacco heron
Cattle egret
Senegal lapwing *
Striped kingfisher
Bateleur
African skimmer
Black-headed heron
Collared palm-thrush
Common bulbul
Bohm’s bee-eater *
White-crested helmet-shrike
African hoopoe
Malachite kingfisher
Black egret
Grey-headed kingfisher
Three-banded plover
Black-headed oriole
Swallow-tailed bee-eater
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