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Good Morning All,
This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.
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Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!
Today, pictures from valued commenter Albatrossity.
Last batch from Africa, mostly mammals. Thanks for all the kind comments on the previous batches of images; you jackals are a pretty fine lot.
Golden Jackal in evening light
Taken on 2018-05-20
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
This guy had a den with a couple of pups nearby, so watchfulness was in order
Black-backed Jackal
Taken on 2018-05-21
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Watching a bunch of lions gnawing on a wildebeest and hoping to dash in for some fast food
Bat-eared Foxes
Taken on 2018-05-20
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Strange little creatures who eat mostly termites. It was like finding a herd of Corgis on the Serengeti
Lion and his kill
Taken on 2018-05-19
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
A young male lion and a dead wildebeest. There were no other lions around, so we presumed he hunted this one all by himself. He was certainly guarding it closely.
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture
Taken on 2018-05-20
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
A truly massive vulture, and this species also holds the altitude record for a bird. One knocked out an engine on a plane flying at 37,000 ft in 1974…
Rocks, lioness and sky
Taken on 2018-05-21
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Surveying her domain
Giraffe and sunset over the Serengeti
Taken on 2018-05-19
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Title pretty much says it all.
Thank you so much Albatrossity, do send us more when you can.
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?BillinGlendaleCA
I was not aware that there were Balloon Juice commenters in the Serengeti, it’s nice to see them in the first two pics. I wonder what their nym’s are.
JPL
@?BillinGlendaleCA: They lost them.
Albatrossity, Great pictures and the bat eared foxes are adorable.
Mary G
Wow! Jackals for the jackals. And the giraffe in the sunset is so beautiful, even though it reminds of the black giraffe shot by a lady deplorable that has been all over Twitter. ?
p.a.
File with: thoughts I never believed I’d have : That is one handsome vulture.
otmar
Impressive photos. Thanks.
OzarkHillbilly
Haysoos crispo!
debbie
Love the giraffe, but the lioness is straight out of The Lion King.
Amir Khalid
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
They’re better looking than some of us. I envy them.
Lapassionara
Outstanding! Thanks.
arrieve
Wow wow wow. Just wonderful pictures as always, Albatrossity! Those jackals are gorgeous creatures.
WaterGirl
Amazing photos.
Tenar Arha
Those bat-eared foxes & the Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture are great. They’re all great. Thank you.
TomatoQueen
Lovely creatures! Thank you.
KSinMA
These are just marvelous. Thanks!
Elizabelle
I kinda think we could crowdfund more expeditions for albatrossity, to keep us in pictures.
Love the jackals. And the bat-eared foxes.
waratah
You always present something new to me like the bat eared foxes, and the familiar in an interesting way.
JeanneT
In Tanzania, apparently even the vultures are good looking and above average. Thank you for these amazing pictures!
Miss Bianca
Great, now I feel like my life will never be complete without a visit to the Serengeti. Thanks a lot, fellow jackal!//
Albatrossity
@Miss Bianca: Well, it’s true that your life would be more complete if you took a trip to the Serengeti! It was everything that I imagined, and a lot more.
pat
I am in awe of the quality of your photos. It must have something to do with your talent and experience, but I wonder how much can be attributed to the Leica lens that I remember you mentioning.
J R in WV
@p.a.:
“One handsome vulture!” at 37,000 feet?? Wow!
Wonderful pics, as always.
@pat:
The Leica lens enables his ability, but you still have to compose a shot!!
Great job Albatrossity. You have the eye!! just wow!
eclare
Amazing photos, was there two decades ago.
trollhattan
@OzarkHillbilly:
Yeah, why you gotta be at 7 miles to see dead stuff?
#JustShowingOff
J R in WV
These shots make it like the National Geographic, or Smithsonian magazine!!
Just Wow!!
stinger
Outstanding photography. The long legs on that black-backed jackal — I guess he needs to be quick when he’s snatching food out from under lions. Every one of these is framable.