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You are here: Home / Photo Blogging / On The Road / Albatrossity / On the Road and In Your Backyard

On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  July 5, 20185:00 am| 25 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture, Serengeti

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

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.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

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.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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25Comments

  1. 1.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 5, 2018 at 5:20 am

    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.

  2. 2.

    JPL

    July 5, 2018 at 5:44 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: They lost them.

    Albatrossity, Great pictures and the bat eared foxes are adorable.

  3. 3.

    Mary G

    July 5, 2018 at 5:49 am

    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. ?

  4. 4.

    p.a.

    July 5, 2018 at 5:57 am

    File with: thoughts I never believed I’d have : That is one handsome vulture.

  5. 5.

    otmar

    July 5, 2018 at 5:58 am

    Impressive photos. Thanks.

  6. 6.

    OzarkHillbilly

    July 5, 2018 at 7:01 am

    One knocked out an engine on a plane flying at 37,000 ft in 1974…

    Haysoos crispo!

  7. 7.

    debbie

    July 5, 2018 at 7:02 am

    Love the giraffe, but the lioness is straight out of The Lion King.

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    July 5, 2018 at 7:17 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    They’re better looking than some of us. I envy them.

  9. 9.

    Lapassionara

    July 5, 2018 at 7:21 am

    Outstanding! Thanks.

  10. 10.

    arrieve

    July 5, 2018 at 7:34 am

    Wow wow wow. Just wonderful pictures as always, Albatrossity! Those jackals are gorgeous creatures.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    July 5, 2018 at 8:14 am

    Amazing photos.

  12. 12.

    Tenar Arha

    July 5, 2018 at 8:32 am

    Those bat-eared foxes & the Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture are great. They’re all great. Thank you.

  13. 13.

    TomatoQueen

    July 5, 2018 at 8:43 am

    Lovely creatures! Thank you.

  14. 14.

    KSinMA

    July 5, 2018 at 9:02 am

    These are just marvelous. Thanks!

  15. 15.

    Elizabelle

    July 5, 2018 at 9:22 am

    I kinda think we could crowdfund more expeditions for albatrossity, to keep us in pictures.

    Love the jackals. And the bat-eared foxes.

    It was like finding a herd of Corgis on the Serengeti

  16. 16.

    waratah

    July 5, 2018 at 9:26 am

    You always present something new to me like the bat eared foxes, and the familiar in an interesting way.

  17. 17.

    JeanneT

    July 5, 2018 at 9:45 am

    In Tanzania, apparently even the vultures are good looking and above average. Thank you for these amazing pictures!

  18. 18.

    Miss Bianca

    July 5, 2018 at 9:50 am

    Great, now I feel like my life will never be complete without a visit to the Serengeti. Thanks a lot, fellow jackal!//

  19. 19.

    Albatrossity

    July 5, 2018 at 10:09 am

    @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.

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    pat

    July 5, 2018 at 10:16 am

    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.

  21. 21.

    J R in WV

    July 5, 2018 at 10:39 am

    @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!

  22. 22.

    eclare

    July 5, 2018 at 10:52 am

    Amazing photos, was there two decades ago.

  23. 23.

    trollhattan

    July 5, 2018 at 10:56 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:
    Yeah, why you gotta be at 7 miles to see dead stuff?

    #JustShowingOff

  24. 24.

    J R in WV

    July 5, 2018 at 10:59 am

    These shots make it like the National Geographic, or Smithsonian magazine!!

    Just Wow!!

  25. 25.

    stinger

    July 5, 2018 at 11:08 am

    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.

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