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Day 6 of Safari - Birds
« on: July 26, 2016, 09:37:04 AM »
Day 6 of our safari saw us down in the Ngorongoro Crater (actually Caldera).  It is 30x20km across and acts as a mini ecosystem all on its own as the steep walls minimize migration in and out of the Caldera.

We saw some more beautiful birds this day, both in the crater and at our lodge in the Ngorongoro highlands, nearby.

1. Black-Chested Snake Eagle

Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

2. Probably a few thousand Lesser Flamingos feeding in the Alkali lakes

Wildebeest walking past Lesser Flamingos by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

3. An Egyptian Goose that found a very interesting place to sleep.

Just resting - on a hippo! by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

4. A Capped Wheatear

Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

5. Rosy Pelicans

Rosy Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

6. A whiskered Tern flitting in the marshes, eating bugs

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) in flight by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

7. Augur Buzzard

Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

We saw a bunch of other ones too, but I won't clutter things up too much in this post.  Check out the day's pictures at: https://flic.kr/s/aHskF2rzU4
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