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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/accipitriformes/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/pelecaniformes/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/coraciiformes/meropidae/merops viridissimus/merops viridissimus-en.html">Merops viridissimus</a> / African green bee‑eater / Afrikaanse kleine 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/coraciiformes/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/coraciiformes/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/coraciiformes/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/accipitriformes/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/accipitriformes/accipitridae/icthyophaga vocifer/icthyophaga vocifer-en.html">Icthyophaga 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/anseriformes/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> / 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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