Nature in Senegal

Travel pictures from Senegal

by Günther Eichhorn

Most of the bird pictures on this page are from the Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj, a fantastic bird sanctuary, about 60 km north of the Saint Louis. The crocodiles, monitor lizard and warthogs were in that reserve as well. The monitor lizard was quite large, probably about 1.2m (4') long.

Landscapes

Arid landscape in the dry season. (666k) Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. Unfortunately there was a lot of garbage on the beach. (383k) Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (353k) Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (501k) Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (288k)
Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (298k)

Plants and land animals

Beach plants. (513k) Acacia (Acacia sp.). (513k) Yellow fever trees (Acacia xanthophloea). (830k) Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). (690k) Lizard. (247k)
Savannah Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). This monitor lizard was at leat 1 ½ m (5 feet) long. (743k) Swimming Savannah Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). (361k) Close-up of swimming Savannah Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). (383k) African Rock Python (Python sebae). (627k) African Rock Python (Python sebae). (719k)
Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus). (773k) Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas). (649k) Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). This crocodile was about 2 m (6 feet) long. (617k) Nile Crocodile. (668k) Close-up of a Nile Crocodile. (586k)

Birds

? (438k) Ring Necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola). (437k) ? (410k) ? (505k) Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus). (464k)
? in flight. (502k) ? in flight. (719k) ? in flight. (371k) Little Tern (Sternula albifrons). (424k) Little Tern in flight. (509k)
Little Tern in flight. (271k) Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus). (670k) African Jacana (Actophilornis africana). (623k) Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis). (745k) Pied Kingfishers. (677k)
Flock of White-faced Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) taking off. (482k) Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) and Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides). (698k) Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala), left, and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), right. (629k) Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia), right, Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), center, and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), left. (743k) Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), right, Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), left, and African Spoonbill (Platalea alba), next to Grey Heron. The African Spoonbill is just swallowing a fish. (517k)
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), back, and African Spoonbill (Platalea alba), front, fishing. (492k) Two Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia). (444k) Eurasian Spoonbill. (506k) African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) hot in pursuit of fish. (579k) African Spoonbill with a fresh caught fish. (570k)
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), with Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), foreground left, and Garganey ducks (Anas querquedula), forground right. (601k) Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus). (629k) Sacred Ibis in flight. (350k) Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides). (658k) Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). (596k)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta). (695k) Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) in flight. (391k) Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) in flight. (368k) Great Egret (Ardea alba). (641k) Great Egret (Ardea alba). (637k)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). (689k) Perched Grey Heron. (456k) Grey Heron stalking fish. (637k) Grey Heron with a fresh caught fish. (649k) Grey Heron with a fresh caught fish in flight. (414k)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala). (536k) Black-headed Heron in flight. (307k) Black-headed Heron in flight. (382k) Colony of cormorants. (602k) Perched Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), left, and Snake Bird, (Anhinga melanogaster), right. (603k)
Perched Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus). (741k) Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus), drying its wings. (792k) Perched Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). (552k) Perched Great Cormorant in front of a pelican colony. (413k) Swimming Great Cormorant with fresh caught fish. (480k)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) taking off with a fish. (541k) Perched Darter or Snake Bird, (Anhinga melanogaster). (411k) Perched Darter or Snake Bird. (442k) Snake Bird taking off. (488k) Landing Snake Bird. (430k)
Snake Bird drying its wings. (298k) Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis). (605k) Pelican colony in the (382k) Group of Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) with a juvenile on the left. (657k) Group of juvenile Great White Pelicans. (427k)
Colony of Great White Pelicans. (515k) Colony of Great White Pelicans with one pelican in flight in front. (452k) Group of juvenile Great White Pelicans taking off. (486k) Great White Pelican. (554k) Large group of pelicans in flight. (282k)
Group of pelicans in flight. (283k) Great White Pelican in flight. (278k) Great White Pelican in flight. (264k) Great White Pelican in flight. (275k) Landing Great White Pelican. (489k)
Fishing Great White Pelicans. (496k) Fishing Great White Pelicans. (489k) Fishing Great White Pelicans. They seem to herd the fish together and collectively dive for them. (495k) Close-up of fishing Great White Pelicans. (541k) Pelican with pouch full of fish. (405k)
Close-up of Great White Pelican, with juvenile in back. (522k) Black Kite (Milvus migrans) in flight. (333k) Black Kite in flight. (266k) Black Kites over Dakar. Sometimes there were hundres of them in the air over Dakar. (490k) African Hawk Eagle (Aquila spilogastra)? (488k)
African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer). (341k) African Fish-Eagle. (545k) African Fish-Eagle in flight (348k)

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Arid landscape in the dry season. (666k)	Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. Unfortunately there was a lot of garbage on the beach. (383k)	Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (353k)	Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (501k)	Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (288k)
Sunset on the beach in Saint Louis. (298k)

Beach plants. (513k)	*Acacia (Acacia sp.). (513k)*	*Yellow fever trees (Acacia xanthophloea). (830k)*	*Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). (690k)*	Lizard. (247k)
*Savannah Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). This monitor lizard was at leat 1 ½ m (5 feet) long. (743k)*	*Swimming Savannah Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). (361k)*	*Close-up of swimming Savannah Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). (383k)*	*African Rock Python (Python sebae). (627k)*	*African Rock Python (Python sebae). (719k)*
*Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus). (773k)*	*Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas). (649k)*	*Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). This crocodile was about 2 m (6 feet) long. (617k)*	Nile Crocodile. (668k)	Close-up of a Nile Crocodile. (586k)

? (438k)	*Ring Necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola). (437k)*	? (410k)	? (505k)	*Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus). (464k)*
? in flight. (502k)	? in flight. (719k)	? in flight. (371k)	*Little Tern (Sternula albifrons). (424k)*	Little Tern in flight. (509k)
Little Tern in flight. (271k)	*Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus). (670k)*	*African Jacana (Actophilornis africana). (623k)*	*Pied Kingfishers (Ceryle rudis). (745k)*	Pied Kingfishers. (677k)
*Flock of White-faced Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) taking off. (482k)*	*Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) and Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides). (698k)*	*Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala), left, and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), right. (629k)*	*Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia), right, Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides), center, and Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), left. (743k)*	Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), right, Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), left, and African Spoonbill (Platalea alba), next to Grey Heron. The African Spoonbill is just swallowing a fish. (517k)
*Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), back, and African Spoonbill (Platalea alba), front, fishing. (492k)*	*Two Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia). (444k)*	Eurasian Spoonbill. (506k)	*African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) hot in pursuit of fish. (579k)*	African Spoonbill with a fresh caught fish. (570k)
*Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), with Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), foreground left, and Garganey ducks (Anas querquedula), forground right. (601k)*	*Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus). (629k)*	Sacred Ibis in flight. (350k)	*Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides). (658k)*	*Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). (596k)*
*Little Egret (Egretta garzetta). (695k)*	*Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) in flight. (391k)*	*Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) in flight. (368k)*	*Great Egret (Ardea alba). (641k)*	*Great Egret (Ardea alba). (637k)*
*Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). (689k)*	Perched Grey Heron. (456k)	Grey Heron stalking fish. (637k)	Grey Heron with a fresh caught fish. (649k)	Grey Heron with a fresh caught fish in flight. (414k)
*Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala). (536k)*	Black-headed Heron in flight. (307k)	Black-headed Heron in flight. (382k)	Colony of cormorants. (602k)	*Perched Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), left, and Snake Bird, (Anhinga melanogaster), right. (603k)*
*Perched Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus). (741k)*	*Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus), drying its wings. (792k)*	*Perched Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). (552k)*	Perched Great Cormorant in front of a pelican colony. (413k)	Swimming Great Cormorant with fresh caught fish. (480k)
*Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) taking off with a fish. (541k)*	*Perched Darter or Snake Bird, (Anhinga melanogaster). (411k)*	Perched Darter or Snake Bird. (442k)	Snake Bird taking off. (488k)	Landing Snake Bird. (430k)
Snake Bird drying its wings. (298k)	*Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis). (605k)*	Pelican colony in the (382k)	*Group of Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) with a juvenile on the left. (657k)*	Group of juvenile Great White Pelicans. (427k)
Colony of Great White Pelicans. (515k)	Colony of Great White Pelicans with one pelican in flight in front. (452k)	Group of juvenile Great White Pelicans taking off. (486k)	Great White Pelican. (554k)	Large group of pelicans in flight. (282k)
Group of pelicans in flight. (283k)	Great White Pelican in flight. (278k)	Great White Pelican in flight. (264k)	Great White Pelican in flight. (275k)	Landing Great White Pelican. (489k)
Fishing Great White Pelicans. (496k)	Fishing Great White Pelicans. (489k)	Fishing Great White Pelicans. They seem to herd the fish together and collectively dive for them. (495k)	Close-up of fishing Great White Pelicans. (541k)	Pelican with pouch full of fish. (405k)
Close-up of Great White Pelican, with juvenile in back. (522k)	*Black Kite (Milvus migrans) in flight. (333k)*	Black Kite in flight. (266k)	Black Kites over Dakar. Sometimes there were hundres of them in the air over Dakar. (490k)	*African Hawk Eagle (Aquila spilogastra)? (488k)*
*African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer). (341k)*	African Fish-Eagle. (545k)	African Fish-Eagle in flight (348k)