On the Road and In Your Backyard

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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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