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Dag 11: Tendaba Camp en Jamora Lodge

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A travel day, for now the rhythm is a new location every 3 days. We go to a place on the Gambia river, about 100 km inland. But first we drive, with stops at good birding spots. A pool where Jacanas live. A part where it is very dry now. Eventually we arrive at a hotel on the river. The tidal difference is quite large, there are large mudflats. There is no harbor or shipping, except for fishing boats, canoes mainly. Quite special that there is no hinterland, very few people live there.

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<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/105 sturnidae/lamprotornis chloropterus/lamprotornis chloropterus-en.html">Lamprotornis chloropterus</a> / Lesser blue‑eared starling / Noordelijke blauwoorglansspreeuw</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/800 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 24.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/039 piciformes/009 picidae/dendropicos goertae/dendropicos goertae-en.html">Dendropicos goertae</a> / African grey woodpecker / Grijsgroene specht</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/125 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 26.7 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/butastur rufipennis/butastur rufipennis-en.html">Butastur rufipennis</a> / Grasshopper buzzard / Sprinkhaanbuizerd</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 200, distance 43.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/equidae/equus asinus/equus asinus-en.html">Equus asinus</a> / Ass / Ezel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 79.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/073 alaudidae/eremopterix leucotis/eremopterix leucotis-en.html">Eremopterix leucotis</a> / Chestnut‑backed sparrow‑lark / Bruinrugvinkleeuwerik</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 11.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/circaetus cinereus/circaetus cinereus-en.html">Circaetus cinereus</a> / Brown snake eagle / Bruine slangenarend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 44.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/024 charadriiformes/009 charadriidae/vanellus tectus/vanellus tectus-en.html">Vanellus tectus</a> / Black‑headed lapwing / Zwartkopkievit</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 26.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/aquila rapax/aquila rapax-en.html">Aquila rapax</a> / Tawny eagle / Savannearend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 76.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/051 dicruridae/dicrurus adsimilis/dicrurus adsimilis-en.html">Dicrurus adsimilis</a> / Fork‑tailed drongo / Treurdrongo</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 24.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/024 charadriiformes/016 glareolidae/rhinoptilus chalcopterus/rhinoptilus chalcopterus-en.html">Rhinoptilus chalcopterus</a> / Bronze‑winged courser / Bronsvleugelrenvogel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1250, distance 17.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/115 estrildidae/pytilia phoenicoptera/pytilia phoenicoptera-en.html">Pytilia phoenicoptera</a> / Red‑winged pytilia / Aurora‑astrild</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1250, distance 5.86 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/chiroptera/pteropodidae/epomophorus gambianus/epomophorus gambianus-en.html">Epomophorus gambianus</a> / Gambian epauletted fruit bat / </h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/640 sec at F7.1, ISO 10000, distance 8.3 m

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