King of Vultures

The Lappet Faced Vulture is considered the king of the African Vultures. Waiting for us at the end of the day close to camp, in the gathering dark

Variable Sunbird

A variable sunbird (about 4"/11cm), with all his beautiful iridescent feather reflecting the light. This was outside our room at Gibbs Farm, Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

Sunrise touched Crowned Crane

With the sunrise just over the horizon this beautiful crane hung around long enough to give us many golden hued photo opportunities

Black Shouldered Kite

Captured this little kite while having breakfast in Ngorongoro Crater. These are small raptors with red eyes, can often be mistaken for a kestrel when hovering above the plains. However in comparison the kite has quite a short tail, note how far the wings extend beyond the tail.

Kori Bustard

Standing alone on a slight rise in the middle of the Serengeti plains, a Kori Bustard in full mating plumage, sending out his low booming call.

Helmuted Guinea Fowl

Caught the beauty of this strange fowl in the Ngorongoro Crater

Hitching a ride

An oxpecker hitches a ride on a bright sunny day

Oxpecker

Catching a ride on the back of a Cape Buffalo - Ngorongoro Crater

Golden Crowned Crane

On the Serengeti plains there are quite a lot of these beautiful birds. One of my favorites for sure. I love the crown, the eyes, all of it.

Superb Starling at dusk

Caught in the last of the light at camp at Ngorongoro Crater Rim

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Hoopoe in the woods

We were out late afternoon on the Serengeti in a remote spot and went through a little wooded area. There sitting in the shadows was this gorgeous hoopoe waiting to show off for us.

Lilac Breasted Roller

I love rollers. All the colors of the rainbow and this one was really posing for us, taking rest by the side of the road.

Variable Shrike adjusted

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Golden Crowned Crane

A gorgeous portrait of a crowned crane and its golden crown

Crowned Crane at Sunrise

Being able to catch the rim light on this crowned crane, with early sunlight catching both his crown and the tufts of grass. A perfect morning!

Variable Shrike

Wandering around our picnic site I snuck up on this shrike looking for its own lunch.

Lilac Breasted Roller

We were really quite close to this gorgeous roller. Such a beautiful bird

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Lappet Faced Vulture

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Golden Crowned Crane

On the Serengeti plains there are quite a lot of these beautiful birds. One of my favorites for sure. I love the crown, the eyes, all of it.