Serengeti Birds

In between hunting for the big animals and cats we saw lots of birds. We don’t remember the name of most so if you want to know there are some excellent guides out there.

Starting us off is this weird looking rather large bird. Not ostrich big but still quite close.

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This little guy would not stay still. Kept flying back and forth between the ground and this little branch. Just before the jeep pulled away Kerri managed to get this shot.

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Up in the trees we spotted a vulture nest.

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Oh this is a lilac breasted flycatcher.

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Here are more vultures, but black headed.

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This little one was helping clean off a hippo.

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This looks like some sort of hawk.

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These guys were funny because they would fan their tail feathers in the tree like the birds back in Australia.

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Not sure why this is but the foot suggests it doesn’t eat small insects and seeds.

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There were a few pelicans around too.

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We got to see a few of the crowned cranes again too.

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