Birds from Tanzanian Safari - Day 4 (Serengeti)

Day 4 of our Safari saw us heading up to the North, Lobo area. Not as many birds this time, but a few, nonetheless....

1) The morning started with a pair of Egyptian Geese singing and dancing

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JvDs​6d Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

2) Next to the geese was an apprentice Blacksmith Plover (juvenile)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JTtM​sJ Juvenile Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

3) Rummaging nearby was a Black Crake

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/J15B​yf Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostra) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

4) Later, as the sun was higher, we saw what we figured to be a Juvenile Magpie Shrike

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JvDr​43 Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

5) We even drove by a few bushes with these guys in them... Rattling Cisticola

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/J15A​bW Rattling cisticola (Cisticola chiniana) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

6) We actually had a Helmeted Guineafowl not run madly away, into the bushes

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JMiw​eQ Helmeted Guineafowl by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

7) Then we saw this guy - I know he's not a bird, but MAN... he is so cool. A flap-necked chameleon!

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/JMih​DU Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

On this day we saw amazingly close leopards, lions and cape buffalo. We saw a cheetah on a fresh kill and a spotted hyena that looked like it had been through a war. These pics and others from the day can be found at the flickr album for the day at https://flic.kr/s/aHsk​CVmwpC

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