So much to see!
Here is one of the Black Kite (
Milvus migrans) that swoop around the lunch area looking to pluck food out of your lunch box!
Dad outside of the gates of Ngorogoro Crater Natural Conservation Area
Villages of Masai warriors live in and around the conservation area. As they are herders of their own livestock, they are allowed to be there because they don't impact the wildlife negatively... unless of course, a lion tries to take one of them! I was irritated when Dad and Jake jumped out of the car and gave money to these guys (a lot!) so that Jake could take a picture with them. In hindsight... it's all good and the picture is pretty cool!
Herd of Blue Wildebeest (
Connochaetes taurinus) on the move in the crater as we descend into it...
A Thomson's Gazelle (
Eudorcas thomsonii), though it has a couple of other scientific names it seems
Spotted Hyaena (English spelling?)---
Crocuta crocuta
Three major players in the crater
Greater and Lesser Flamingos (
Phoenicopterus ruber and
P. minor) in the background... African Sacred Ibis (
Threskiornis aethiopicus) in white on the right... and some Egyptian Geese (
Alopochen aegyptiacus) toward the left.
Coke's Hartebeest (
Alcelaphus buselaphus kongoli) and a West African Crowned Crane (
Balearica pavonina pavonina)
Black-headed Heron (
Ardea melanocephala)
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