Serengeti and Ngorongoro Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Serengeti and Ngorongoro

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Unbelievable: new shock-absorbers!	José seeing our car is being fixed	Daan and José waiting at a shop for our shock-absorbers to come from Arusha	Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht reichenowi	Grosbeak Weaver Amlyospiza albifrons montana
Grosbeak Weaver Amlyospiza albifrons montana	Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht reichenowi	Long-Tailed Blue Lampides boeticus	Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus falkensteini	Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis kilimensis
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis kilimensis	Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates	Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates	Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates	White-Eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri fischeri
White-Eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri fischeri	Dry county of the Ngorongoro	Spotted Thick-Knee Burhinus capensis capensis	Pectoral-Patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens nakuruensis	Rufous-Tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
African Grass Rat Arvicanthis niloticus	Banded Parisoma Parisoma boehmi boehmi	Uganda Blue-Headed Tree Agama Agama ugandaensis	Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori struthiunculus	Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori struthiunculus
Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti granti	Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius	Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius	Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris
Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris	Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris	Three-Banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris	Cooking area at the campsite	Grey-Breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus
Grey-Breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus	Ruff Calidris pugnax	Chestnut-Bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus olivascens	African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus microrhynchus	Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
Never alone...	Grey-Breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Rüppell's Long-Tailed Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera
Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus
Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus
White-Headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Leopard Panthera pardus pardus	Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta	Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus meridionalis
Yellow-Spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei	Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula	Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula	Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula	Black-Necked Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis johnstoni
Yellow-Spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei	Yellow-Spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei	Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula	Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula	Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula
Grey-Capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi arnaudi	Grey-Capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi arnaudi	Speckle-Fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis emini	Grey-Capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi arnaudi	Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus uluensis
Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro	Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro	Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro	Speckle-Fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis emini	Mwanza Flat-Headed Agama Agama mwanzae
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus	Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus	Yellow-Spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei	Yellow-Spotted Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei	Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii	Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus massaicus	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus massaicus	Common Ostrich Struthio camelus massaicus
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia	Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus	Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus massaicus	Coke's Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii	Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori struthiunculus	Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori struthiunculus	Just a water pool	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita
African Helmeted Turtle Pelomedusa subrufa	Safari Madness	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita
Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Lion Panthera leo melanochaita	Chestnut-Bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus olivascens
Yellow-Throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis saturatior	Red-Billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger intermedius	Red-Billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger intermedius	Yellow-Throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis saturatior	Yellow-Throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis saturatior
Yellow-Throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis saturatior	Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus suahelicus	Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus suahelicus	Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus suahelicus	White-Headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli boehmi
Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus suahelicus	Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus suahelicus	Von Der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana tropicalis	Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana tropicalis
Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana tropicalis	Rick & José making dinner	Dessert: tanned fruits	Rick enjoying the main course: baked beans with moulded white bread	Typical 'kopje'
White-Bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis erlangeri	Deceptive skies	Spotted Thick-Knee Burhinus capensis capensis	Spotted Thick-Knee Burhinus capensis capensis	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior
Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	The open grasslands of the Serengeti	Marsh Owl Asio capensis capensis	Marsh Owl Asio capensis capensis	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior
Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	Tropical Spiny Agama Agama armata
Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	Red-Capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior	From the crater rim down towards the Serengeti	Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii
Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii	Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana tropicalis	Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana tropicalis	Rufous-Naped Lark Mirafra africana tropicalis	Masai Village
Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata livingstonii	Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata livingstonii	Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata livingstonii	Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata livingstonii	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris
Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus striolatus	Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus striolatus	Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus striolatus	Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus striolatus	Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus striolatus
Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus striolatus	Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates	Eastern Double-Collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris mediocris	Eastern Double-Collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris mediocris	Eastern Double-Collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris mediocris
Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates	Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates