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Wawa, Ontario Tourist Points of Interest – The Michipicoten Dump
Wawa, Ontario Tourist Points of Interest – The Michipicoten Dump Most tourists wouldn’t consider the town dump to be a point of interest but for some, birders in particular, a rural town dump is usually ranked right up near the … Continue reading
Breeding Bird Survey 2012 – Day 3 – Moving camp from The Shoals to White River
Breeding Bird Survey 2012 – Day 3 – Moving camp from The Shoals to White River As we were traveling along the forest road from the end of today’s BBS – tha Shoals, we were discussing stopping for lunch in … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario
Tagged bird species, bird survey, birds song, Breeding Bird Survey, common yellowthroat, melospiza melodia, mystery creature, Provincial Park, red winged black birds, savannah sparrow, savannah sparrows, song sparrow, song sparrows, u turn, White River Ontario
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Lyonia Preserve, Deltona, Florida
The Lyonia Preserve is a relatively new wildlife ecological preserve established to develop a restored scrub preserve in Volusia County north of Orlando, Florida. I first learned of the preserve when visiting the Marine Science Center at Ponce Inlet a … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged acorns, Aphelocoma coerulescens, benches, bird species, brisk pace, cactus, Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Florida, Florida Scrub, Florida Scrub Jay, Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens, footing, grained sand, Gray Catbird, Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis, hot day, leisurely pace, lyonia preserve, marine science center, orlando florida, photography, photos, pictures, ponce inlet, Rufous-sided Towhee, sand dune, school groups, scrub jays, signpost, squirrel, trails, velusia county, volusia county
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Saying Goodbye to the Masai Mara
African Safari – Saying Goodbye to the Masai Mara National Park First, I should say that I don’t know who Jess or Sean are, but the leaf carving outside the SOPA lodge was an interesting find (see the above banner). … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, amp, beautiful creatures, bird species, bush bucks, close-up, copyright all rights reserved, Coracias caudatus, elephants, face time, game drive, glimpse, goodbye, images, jess, last game, Lavender Breasted Roller, leopard, Lilac-breasted Roller, masai mara national, masai mara national park, photographs, photos, pictures, prey, quota, reed, reed bucks, RJHay, Ron Hay, safari, sightseeing, sopa lodge, tourists
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African Safari – October 25th – Evening game drive – Lake Nakuru National Park
After a quick lunch we headed out for our first game drive at Nakuru Lake where we had our safari vans with pop-up roofs. There were a lot of animals, but our first of the big five was the White … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Coracias caudatus, flamingo, game drive, Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, Lilac-breasted Roller, Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus), monkeys, nakuru national park, ostrich, Ostrich (Struthio camelus), pelican, rhino, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, Struthio camelus, vans, Vervet Monkey
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African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru Accomodation
African Safari – Getting to our Lake Nakuru accommodation After leaving the monkeys at the gate of the park, we began the journey on rough, unpaved roads to the end of the lake where our accommodation was located. We would … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, African Hoopoe, African Pied Wagtail, African Rock Pigeon, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Columba guinea, Dioptrornis fischeri, flamingo, game drive, Hadada Ibis, Hagedashia hagedash, Helmeted Guineafowl, lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, monkeys, Motacilla aguimp, nakuru national park, Numida meleagris, pelican, rhino, Ring-necked Dove, Rock Pigeon, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, Speckled Pigeon, Streptopelia capicola, Upupa epops africana, vans, Vervet Monkey, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
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African Safari – Lake Nakuru National Park – Monkey Video
Lake Nakuru – Background Information and video I’ve put the wildlife video of the animals that we saw at the park in this post (rhinos, hyenas, etc) while the other posts on the park will follow specifically what we saw … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, flamingo, game drive, lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, Monkey video, monkeys, movie, nakuru national park, pelican, rhino, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, vans, Vervet Monkey, video
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African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around
African Safari – October 25th – Lake Nakuru National Park and Monkeying around After a long drive along some bumpy roads, we arrived at our first National Park. Before even getting through the gates, we saw some monkeys, photographed some … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, blue scrotum, Blue-balled monkey, bumpy roads, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, flamingo, game drive, Lake Nakura National Park, lake nakuru national park, Lamprotornis purpuropterus, monkeys, nakuru national park, pelican, rhino, Ruppell`s Long-tailed Starling, safari, vans, Vervet Monkey
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African Safari – October 25th – Driving through the Great Rift Valley
African Safari – October 25th – Down into the Valley Once we had crested the top of the escarpment and stopped for a bit of time to take in the view and visited the curio shops that perched precariously on … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african safari, animals, bird species, bumpy roads, flamingo, game drive, lake nakuru national park, monkeys, nakuru national park, pelican, rhino, safari, vans
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Amherst Island, Ontario
Amherst Island, Ontario Ring-Billed Gull Amherst Island, Ontario – birding outing Amherst Island is a popular spot for birders to visit especially in the winter months and early Spring (Location)
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Tagged Amherst Island, bird species, birders, birding, ferry, ferry passengers, flock, gull, Ontario, ontario birding, owl, owl species, pasture land, raptor, raptor populations, red-tailed hawk, ring billed gulls, ring-billed gull, RJHay, Ron Hay, saw-whet owl, spruce tree, starling, starlings
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