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This augur buzzard was watching the Serengeti plain from atop an acacia tree near the Moru Kopjes. <b> ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

2019.06.08.3754 Augur Buzzard POD

Nikon D500
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/11.0
500.0 mm
1/1000
400

Little bee-eater near Lake Magadi in the Moru Kopjes region of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. <b> ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

2019.06.08.3717 Little Bee-Eater

Nikon D500
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/9.5
500.0 mm
1/500
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In the always wet Seronera Valley, a red-billed oxpecker looks for snacks on the back of a hippopotamus in the Seronera River. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. <b> ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

2019.06.07.3344 Oxpecker on a Hippo POD

Nikon D500
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/11.0
500.0 mm
1/60
400

A lazy leopard in the Seronera Valley region of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. This one is awake and has its eye on me. Leopards sleep in the day and ambush their prey at night. (I am not a fan of these nighttime ambushers. The cheetah is my kind of big cat.) <b> ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

2019.06.07.3261 Seronera Leopard POD

Nikon D500
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/11.0
500.0 mm
1/350
400

Kids are the same everywhere: Lion cubs at play in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. <b> c.2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

2019.06.07.3169 Play Fighting POD

Nikon D500
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/8.0
220.0 mm
1/1500
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Jonard, the owner of Marera Village Gallery near Karatu, Tanzania, sold me these Maasai-inspired crosses after much good-natured dickering. What a nice guy. <b> ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

2019.06.04.2860 Karatu I POD

Nikon D750
70.0-210.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
ƒ/13.0
116.0 mm
1/60
400

Tree swallow at high noon at Greenfield commercial center in Botetourt County, Va. <b> ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>

April 4, 2019
Nikon D750
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/16.0
700.0 mm
1/125
400

Eagles are dexterous acrobats to be sure, but they don’t <i> always </i> hit their mark. <b> 2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com</b>
Nikon D500
200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
ƒ/5.6
200.0 mm
1/8000
1600

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