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Dag 20: South Bank Road en Kingfisher lodge

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Today we go from the north bank of the Gambia River to the southwest of Gambia. With a few stops it takes us 6 hours. The Northern Hornbill that we have been looking for the past few days suddenly shows itself today. From the road, Omar sees the Hornbill about 50 meters from the road. And he actually manages to take pictures of the group on the edge of denser forest. Our attempt just before that, the search for the Temminck's Racer, had not been successful. It did yield pictures of an oxpecker on a donkey.

Today's destination is the Kingfisher lodge on a river. Especially in the autumn, the sand quarry nearby is flooded, a paradise for kingfishers. Now you see rollers and dragonflies there. The quarry itself is very beautiful. The trees are often left standing on islands now. There is even a large crocodile in the water.

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<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/036 malaconotidae/laniarius barbarus/laniarius barbarus-en.html">Laniarius barbarus</a> / Yellow‑crowned gonolek / Goudkapfiskaal</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 10000, distance 11.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/040 passeriformes/106 buphagidae/buphagus africanus/buphagus africanus-en.html">Buphagus africanus</a> / Yellow‑billed oxpecker / Geelsnavelossenpikker</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 250, distance 23.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/017 accipitriformes/004 accipitridae/gyps africanus/gyps africanus-en.html">Gyps africanus</a> / White‑backed vulture / Witruggier</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 320, distance 131 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/038 bucerotiformes/004 bucorvidae/bucorvus abyssinicus/bucorvus abyssinicus-en.html">Bucorvus abyssinicus</a> / Abyssinian ground hornbill / Noordelijke hoornraaf</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 400, distance 90.1 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/primates/hominidae/homo sapiens/homo sapiens-en.html">Homo sapiens</a> / Image / Illustratie</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 50.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/024 charadriiformes/002 burhinidae/burhinus senegalensis/burhinus senegalensis-en.html">Burhinus senegalensis</a> / Senegal thick‑knee / Senegalese griel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 2500, distance 21.2 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 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 36.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/gambia/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/037 coraciiformes/001 coraciidae/coracias cyanogaster/coracias cyanogaster-en.html">Coracias cyanogaster</a> / Blue‑bellied roller / Blauwbuikscharrelaar</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 3200, distance 18.8 m

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