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Back from Kenya and Zanzibar
In message , Safari Adict
writes Pat Anderson pisze: In message , Safari Adict writes rydale: Hi all Made it - another great trip to Kenya and Zanzibar, this time to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. Went out at the end of July for a couple of weeks and managed Samburu (rain ( ) , Mt Kenya lodge, Lake Nakuru and the Mara (migration had nly just arrived, so relatively low numbers). A few days in Stonetown Zanzibar on top. Magic - wasn't our first time and suspect it won't be the last !!! Its taken a while to et teh photos organised (over 3,000 this time) but there's now a fair selection here - http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Wildvi...7KenyaZanzibar There are one or two birds etc which I haven't identified, so help would be appreciated! Any q's etc let me know. Regards Charles Hi Charles, I've enjoyed your photos a lot :-) Thanks for sharing! Just returned a week ago from Kenya and Zanzibar journey also and decided to share my photos too. Kenya album is he http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/safari.adict.2/Kenya2007 Any comments more than welcome. Regards, Tad PS. Zanzibar follows. Tad, thank you so much for taking the time to put your wonderful photos here for us to see, it was especially nice to see the "people" photos well as the ones of the animals. I look forward to the Zanzibar ones too. Pat. Thanks Pat, Regarding Zanzibar, here you go: http://picasaweb.google.com/safari.adict.2/Zanzibar2007 Enjoy, Tad Thanks again Tad, excellent photos. Pat. -- Pat Anderson |
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"rydale" wrote: Thanks for all the comments and help with identifications. Hadn't realised we had a serious birder on board! Corrections now done. 2 species left to sort out - Eagle on pic 61 Lizard on pic 33 Didn't notice these first time ... The eagle is pretty difficult at that size. Any chance you can crop the original down to a full sized image of the eagle itself and post it? Nice pic of the lizard! It's almost certainly a female agama, but I can't be more specific, because I've never seen a book that detailed. Wikipedia says that there are 31 species, and Brittanica online says 'about 30'. Wikipedia lists the scientific binomials, but no more info. I notice that most websites list all their agamas as Agama agama, but that's probably from lack of more specific information. Slainte Liz PS - Pat, my trip-mates in Uganda thought I was a dilettante birder. I suppose I used to be much more bird-focussed, now I'm always wishing for better light and chasing pix! -- http://www.v-liz.com - Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Galapagos |
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Hi Pat
Can't say we 'suffered' from the aircon in Stonetown. We pretty much left it on at night and it was just right. Maybe you had a duff unit? I have to confess we had a room upgrade due to our anniverary, and got one with a balcony overlooking the sea - WOW! Perhaps it wasn't as cold if it was larger. Anyway, can't say that 'too cold' is usually a problem in Zanzibar. ) Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , rydale writes Thanks for all the comments and help with identifications. Hadn't realised we had a serious birder on board! Corrections now done. 2 species left to sort out - Eagle on pic 61 Lizard on pic 33 We did think the Serena lodges were worth the (small) extra cost from last time. Sparkling wine for breakfast did it for me! About the Carnivore, as I understand it the government thought it gave out the wrong message, both to tourists (ie 'its okay to eat the wildlife') and to the locals, who are of course not allowed to hunt the game in the parks. So although it was farmed, you can't eat the game there anymore. A pity as I was quite partial to a bit of hartebeest. Rgds all Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , Liz Leyden writes In message "rydale" wrote: There are one or two birds etc which I haven't identified, so help would be appreciated! Nice pics, especially the Cheetahs. OK, some bird IDs: 31: Common Bulbul 32: Nubian Woodpecker 43: Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 44: Black-faced Sandgrouse 166: not Sandgrouse, but White-bellied Bustard. Slainte Liz Charles, I knew Liz would know the bird names! Liz, weren`t the photos great? Brought back memories for me of all the Serena hotels and lodges Charles and his wife stayed in. Pat. -- Pat Anderson Thanks Charles, Liz is a serious birder! If it were safe to go, the lower Tana river area where we were for three years in the early eighties, has about 140 species of birds I think somebody recorded and spotted ( sorry Liz if jargon is wrong! ) As for the game being unavailable at the Carnivore, that is a shame, I loved the taste of some barbecued antelope I once had in Nigeria. I used to enjoy going to the Carnivore. I agree with you about the Serena lodges and hotels, they are good, were you cold at the Zanzibar one with the really cool air conditioning like we were? Pat. -- Pat Anderson |
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Charles,
glad you both had a lovely anniversary, the Serena on Zanzibar was great, my husband loves dhows, so that is what we have lots of pictures of, I will have to look them out. There were also some interesting things to look at in the hotel such as old instruments ( not musical) I will find the pictures and get back to you, Pat. In message , Rydale writes Hi Pat Can't say we 'suffered' from the aircon in Stonetown. We pretty much left it on at night and it was just right. Maybe you had a duff unit? I have to confess we had a room upgrade due to our anniverary, and got one with a balcony overlooking the sea - WOW! Perhaps it wasn't as cold if it was larger. Anyway, can't say that 'too cold' is usually a problem in Zanzibar. ) Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , rydale writes Thanks for all the comments and help with identifications. Hadn't realised we had a serious birder on board! Corrections now done. 2 species left to sort out - Eagle on pic 61 Lizard on pic 33 We did think the Serena lodges were worth the (small) extra cost from last time. Sparkling wine for breakfast did it for me! About the Carnivore, as I understand it the government thought it gave out the wrong message, both to tourists (ie 'its okay to eat the wildlife') and to the locals, who are of course not allowed to hunt the game in the parks. So although it was farmed, you can't eat the game there anymore. A pity as I was quite partial to a bit of hartebeest. Rgds all Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , Liz Leyden writes In message "rydale" wrote: There are one or two birds etc which I haven't identified, so help would be appreciated! Nice pics, especially the Cheetahs. OK, some bird IDs: 31: Common Bulbul 32: Nubian Woodpecker 43: Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 44: Black-faced Sandgrouse 166: not Sandgrouse, but White-bellied Bustard. Slainte Liz Charles, I knew Liz would know the bird names! Liz, weren`t the photos great? Brought back memories for me of all the Serena hotels and lodges Charles and his wife stayed in. Pat. -- Pat Anderson Thanks Charles, Liz is a serious birder! If it were safe to go, the lower Tana river area where we were for three years in the early eighties, has about 140 species of birds I think somebody recorded and spotted ( sorry Liz if jargon is wrong! ) As for the game being unavailable at the Carnivore, that is a shame, I loved the taste of some barbecued antelope I once had in Nigeria. I used to enjoy going to the Carnivore. I agree with you about the Serena lodges and hotels, they are good, were you cold at the Zanzibar one with the really cool air conditioning like we were? Pat. -- Pat Anderson -- Pat Anderson |
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Hi Liz
100% crop link attached (slightly oversharpened, but I do struggle at this kind of magnification!). http://www.tomalin.org/misc/eagle.jpg I guessed the lizard was an agama, but a) there are lots of different ones, as you say, and b) I suspect the females are all look the same anyway !! Should have taken a DNA sample! Thanks for you help - I like a bit of detective work. Charles "Liz Leyden" wrote in message ... In message "rydale" wrote: Thanks for all the comments and help with identifications. Hadn't realised we had a serious birder on board! Corrections now done. 2 species left to sort out - Eagle on pic 61 Lizard on pic 33 Didn't notice these first time ... The eagle is pretty difficult at that size. Any chance you can crop the original down to a full sized image of the eagle itself and post it? Nice pic of the lizard! It's almost certainly a female agama, but I can't be more specific, because I've never seen a book that detailed. Wikipedia says that there are 31 species, and Brittanica online says 'about 30'. Wikipedia lists the scientific binomials, but no more info. I notice that most websites list all their agamas as Agama agama, but that's probably from lack of more specific information. Slainte Liz PS - Pat, my trip-mates in Uganda thought I was a dilettante birder. I suppose I used to be much more bird-focussed, now I'm always wishing for better light and chasing pix! -- http://www.v-liz.com - Kenya; Tanzania; Namibia; India; Galapagos |
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Ah Pat - you must mean these:
http://www.tomalin.org/misc/serena1.jpg http://www.tomalin.org/misc/serena2.jpg I think the building used to be the old phone exchange or wireless office, and they found these in the basement when they renovated. Agree the dhows are amazing - particularly watching someone struggle to get the sail up on his own!! Great fun. Rgds Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... Charles, glad you both had a lovely anniversary, the Serena on Zanzibar was great, my husband loves dhows, so that is what we have lots of pictures of, I will have to look them out. There were also some interesting things to look at in the hotel such as old instruments ( not musical) I will find the pictures and get back to you, Pat. In message , Rydale writes Hi Pat Can't say we 'suffered' from the aircon in Stonetown. We pretty much left it on at night and it was just right. Maybe you had a duff unit? I have to confess we had a room upgrade due to our anniverary, and got one with a balcony overlooking the sea - WOW! Perhaps it wasn't as cold if it was larger. Anyway, can't say that 'too cold' is usually a problem in Zanzibar. ) Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , rydale writes Thanks for all the comments and help with identifications. Hadn't realised we had a serious birder on board! Corrections now done. 2 species left to sort out - Eagle on pic 61 Lizard on pic 33 We did think the Serena lodges were worth the (small) extra cost from last time. Sparkling wine for breakfast did it for me! About the Carnivore, as I understand it the government thought it gave out the wrong message, both to tourists (ie 'its okay to eat the wildlife') and to the locals, who are of course not allowed to hunt the game in the parks. So although it was farmed, you can't eat the game there anymore. A pity as I was quite partial to a bit of hartebeest. Rgds all Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , Liz Leyden writes In message "rydale" wrote: There are one or two birds etc which I haven't identified, so help would be appreciated! Nice pics, especially the Cheetahs. OK, some bird IDs: 31: Common Bulbul 32: Nubian Woodpecker 43: Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 44: Black-faced Sandgrouse 166: not Sandgrouse, but White-bellied Bustard. Slainte Liz Charles, I knew Liz would know the bird names! Liz, weren`t the photos great? Brought back memories for me of all the Serena hotels and lodges Charles and his wife stayed in. Pat. -- Pat Anderson Thanks Charles, Liz is a serious birder! If it were safe to go, the lower Tana river area where we were for three years in the early eighties, has about 140 species of birds I think somebody recorded and spotted ( sorry Liz if jargon is wrong! ) As for the game being unavailable at the Carnivore, that is a shame, I loved the taste of some barbecued antelope I once had in Nigeria. I used to enjoy going to the Carnivore. I agree with you about the Serena lodges and hotels, they are good, were you cold at the Zanzibar one with the really cool air conditioning like we were? Pat. -- Pat Anderson -- Pat Anderson |
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Hi Tad
Great collection. It looks like you spent some time on the east coast (beaches etc) which we did a few years back with the children. We decided to stick to Stonetown this time, but it was nice to see your pics from the other side - particularly with the locals. I must get back there again with a decent camera! My last efforts with a 1 megapixel digital were pitiful - http://www.tomalin.org/bedford/afric...ibar/index.htm A few 35mm ones did get scanned but they never come out so well on the screen - http://www.wildviews.com/africa1.htm - Cheers Charles "Safari Adict" no_email_please wrote in message ... Pat Anderson pisze: In message , Safari Adict writes rydale: Hi all Made it - another great trip to Kenya and Zanzibar, this time to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. Went out at the end of July for a couple of weeks and managed Samburu (rain ( ) , Mt Kenya lodge, Lake Nakuru and the Mara (migration had only :just arrived, so relatively low numbers). A few days in Stonetown Zanzibar on top. Magic - wasn't our first time and suspect it won't be the last !!! Its taken a while to et teh photos organised (over 3,000 this time) but there's now a fair selection here - http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Wildvi...7KenyaZanzibar There are one or two birds etc which I haven't identified, so help would be appreciated! Any q's etc let me know. Regards Charles Hi Charles, I've enjoyed your photos a lot :-) Thanks for sharing! Just returned a week ago from Kenya and Zanzibar journey also and decided to share my photos too. Kenya album is he http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/safari.adict.2/Kenya2007 Any comments more than welcome. Regards, Tad PS. Zanzibar follows. Tad, thank you so much for taking the time to put your wonderful photos here for us to see, it was especially nice to see the "people" photos as well as the ones of the animals. I look forward to the Zanzibar ones too. Pat. Thanks Pat, Regarding Zanzibar, here you go: http://picasaweb.google.com/safari.adict.2/Zanzibar2007 Enjoy, Tad |
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Thanks Charles, those are the ones!
Pat. In message , rydale writes Ah Pat - you must mean these: http://www.tomalin.org/misc/serena1.jpg http://www.tomalin.org/misc/serena2.jpg I think the building used to be the old phone exchange or wireless office, and they found these in the basement when they renovated. Agree the dhows are amazing - particularly watching someone struggle to get the sail up on his own!! Great fun. Rgds Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... Charles, glad you both had a lovely anniversary, the Serena on Zanzibar was great, my husband loves dhows, so that is what we have lots of pictures of, I will have to look them out. There were also some interesting things to look at in the hotel such as old instruments ( not musical) I will find the pictures and get back to you, Pat. In message , Rydale writes Hi Pat Can't say we 'suffered' from the aircon in Stonetown. We pretty much left it on at night and it was just right. Maybe you had a duff unit? I have to confess we had a room upgrade due to our anniverary, and got one with a balcony overlooking the sea - WOW! Perhaps it wasn't as cold if it was larger. Anyway, can't say that 'too cold' is usually a problem in Zanzibar. ) Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , rydale writes Thanks for all the comments and help with identifications. Hadn't realised we had a serious birder on board! Corrections now done. 2 species left to sort out - Eagle on pic 61 Lizard on pic 33 We did think the Serena lodges were worth the (small) extra cost from last time. Sparkling wine for breakfast did it for me! About the Carnivore, as I understand it the government thought it gave out the wrong message, both to tourists (ie 'its okay to eat the wildlife') and to the locals, who are of course not allowed to hunt the game in the parks. So although it was farmed, you can't eat the game there anymore. A pity as I was quite partial to a bit of hartebeest. Rgds all Charles "Pat Anderson" wrote in message ... In message , Liz Leyden writes In message "rydale" wrote: There are one or two birds etc which I haven't identified, so help would be appreciated! Nice pics, especially the Cheetahs. OK, some bird IDs: 31: Common Bulbul 32: Nubian Woodpecker 43: Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 44: Black-faced Sandgrouse 166: not Sandgrouse, but White-bellied Bustard. Slainte Liz Charles, I knew Liz would know the bird names! Liz, weren`t the photos great? Brought back memories for me of all the Serena hotels and lodges Charles and his wife stayed in. Pat. -- Pat Anderson Thanks Charles, Liz is a serious birder! If it were safe to go, the lower Tana river area where we were for three years in the early eighties, has about 140 species of birds I think somebody recorded and spotted ( sorry Liz if jargon is wrong! ) As for the game being unavailable at the Carnivore, that is a shame, I loved the taste of some barbecued antelope I once had in Nigeria. I used to enjoy going to the Carnivore. I agree with you about the Serena lodges and hotels, they are good, were you cold at the Zanzibar one with the really cool air conditioning like we were? Pat. -- Pat Anderson -- Pat Anderson -- Pat Anderson |
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