African Paradise-flycatcher - Terpsiphone viridis
Seen on the drive in to the Lake Manyara Tree Lodge. So apt.
Mrs C being paid back for a Thompson's holiday to Mallorca (resort was next to the Bocca Valley and Albufera which in birding terms must be Medina or the Dome of the Rock). Anyway she earnt this the day we turned up at a resort challet with iron bedsteads with a metal mesh base. No kiddies club disco at 6 pm at this place populated by people with tattoos and shaven headed kids. Just the noisy C's - well noisy Neil over excited.
Fairy land with Paradise Flycatchers snoozing in the trees nearby.
A fitful night listening to lions roar - at the least the bed was comfy - please note that the rules at these places if you have children means that all romance is substituted for an 8 year old - as children under 14 I think cannot share !! Sammy and I rolled down the window flaps and I sat up editing pictures - c**ping myself. I hadn't seen a lion yet and as far as I was concerned one was on the porch - it was disconcerting,
Sunbreak over the rift valley ridge. Paradise
Lake Manyara, Tanzania
July 2012
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