26 December 2014
Birds are a major attraction at Lake Manyara. This post (mostly) focuses on species we did not see anywhere else.
Birds are a major attraction at Lake Manyara. This post (mostly) focuses on species we did not see anywhere else.
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| Fish eagle. |
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| I liked the grey heron and yellow-billed stork hunched up in the marsh. |
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| A bit later, both had moved to more photogenic positions and were joined by an Egyptian goose. |
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| A closer look at the yellow-billed stork. |
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| African spoonbill. |
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| Glossy ibis are dark, and silhouette against the water. |
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| The African jacana has a blue beak and forehead. Not visible here are the absurdly long toes adapted for standing on floating vegetation. |
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| Fan-tailed widowbird. If I were back in the U.S., I would take it for a red-winged blackbird. |
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| Black-winged stilt. I loved the way they walked and dipped in unison. |
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