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Dag 14: River Gambia National Park en Wassy Steengroeve

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Today starts without bread. Too bad because a French baguette is a good start. Today we drive further inland. At the first toll gate we see an African Black Crested Eagle. The toll is for the high bridge over the Gambia. We arrive at the busy market of Farafenni, where the buses drop off their passengers. The area is now drier, poorer, more donkey carts, fewer boa trees and much less traffic.

Near the destination we go to a quarry, where the locals dig lime. Bee-eaters love it, not the digging, but the straight excavations. We see 3 different types of bee-eaters. We also saw a long-tailed bird of paradise, a male with the long tail feathers to which he owes his name.

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<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/lophaetus occipitalis/lophaetus occipitalis-en.html">Lophaetus occipitalis</a> / Long‑crested eagle / Afrikaanse zwarte kuifarend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2500 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 44.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/015 pelecaniformes/002 ardeidae/egretta ardesiaca/egretta ardesiaca-en.html">Egretta ardesiaca</a> / Black heron / Zwarte reiger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 64.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/037 coraciiformes/006 meropidae/merops viridissimus/merops viridissimus-en.html">Merops viridissimus</a> / African green bee‑eater / Afrikaanse groene bijeneter</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 18.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/037 coraciiformes/006 meropidae/merops bulocki/merops bulocki-en.html">Merops bulocki</a> / Red‑throated bee‑eater / Roodkeelbijeneter</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 15.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/037 coraciiformes/001 coraciidae/eurystomus glaucurus/eurystomus glaucurus-en.html">Eurystomus glaucurus</a> / Broad‑billed roller / Breedbekscharrelaar</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 640, distance 36.7 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/037 coraciiformes/003 alcedinidae/corythornis cristatus/corythornis cristatus-en.html">Corythornis cristatus</a> / Malachite kingfisher / Malachietijsvogel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 3200, distance 30.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/gypohierax angolensis/gypohierax angolensis-en.html">Gypohierax angolensis</a> / Palm‑nut vulture / Palmgier</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2500 sec at F6.3, ISO 1600, distance 48.7 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/crocodylia/crocodylidae/crocodylus niloticus/crocodylus niloticus-en.html">Crocodylus niloticus</a> / Nile crocodile / Nijl krokodil</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F7.1, ISO 320, distance 55.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/haliaeetus vocifer/haliaeetus vocifer-en.html">Haliaeetus vocifer</a> / African fish eagle / Afrikaanse zeearend</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/3200 sec at F5.6, ISO 200, distance 163 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/007 anseriformes/003 anatidae/plectropterus gambensis/plectropterus gambensis-en.html">Plectropterus gambensis</a> / Spur‑winged goose / Spoorwiekgans</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 800, distance 71.2 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/primates/hominidae/pan troglodytes/pan troglodytes-en.html">Pan troglodytes</a> / Common chimpanzee / Chimpansee</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 1600, distance 39.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/artiodactyla/hippopotamidae/hippopotamus amphibius/hippopotamus amphibius-en.html">Hippopotamus amphibius</a> / Common hippopotamus / Nijlpaard</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 500, distance 33.8 m

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