Yeah, the fully black ones are melanistic. If you're ever near Komodo, definitely dive there. Life everywhere you look, beautiful scenery, amazing people, food etc. Cheers for commenting, hope you get to do some more diving soon!

I think more than one 😂

Hey mate, no worries. We went with Birding Tanzania w/ birding guide Anthony Raphael. We were there in November during the short wet season, so it was pretty green and most of the birds were at least halfway into their breeding plumage, lots of activity. To get to Speke Bay you have to fly to Mwanza and then drive ~2-3 hours north by mostly bitumen roads. The lodge is beautiful with everything you could want, great accom and food. Good luck with your trip! Reach out if you have any other questions I'll try give you a hand

@mahadak100 to give you some idea, our first checklist from a ~3-hour walk in the morning at Speke Bay Lodge had 78 species. Over 3 mornings we got about 130 species there, including some rarities flying across the lake and a Blue-headed Coucal (which is out of range there) in the papyrus.

@jakeharfield8516 thanks a ton mate for all the details so far. I'm thinking of doing a mix of safari game drives and atleast 2 days of birding at speke Lodge. Trying to find am operator who can give a reasonable quote. Also did you do any trips from speke lodge like a boat ride or something to see the nile crocodile and nile monitor lizard? Kindly share

@@mahadak100 No problem at all. We did a mixed wildlife/birding trip and everywhere we looked was expensive, so I hope you find somewhere affordable! We saw Nile Crocodile and Monitor Lizard at the lodge itself---we had about 8 of the monitors right outside our room at one time, so unless they are less active when you go, I doubt you'll miss them! Crocodile is basically guaranteed at the river crossings in the Serengeti as well. The Lodge offered some boat trips to local fishing villages, but our guide recommended against them as we were visiting other villages and could use the time better. If you walk around the lodge during the day, you'll see the tracks of hippos that are active at night. In fact it's quite dangerous wandering around at night there! We also saw a Bushbuck and groups of Dwarf Mongoose on the grounds.

​@jakeharfield8516 thanks a ton! Would you please be so kind to share the link to your tour/itinerary which you booked with the operator info if possible. I will contact them. Hope you don't mind. I'm going to visit this jan 2025 hoping to see these lovely birds and nile monitor lizard too.

Thanks!

Thank you :)

Thank you!

Oh I will eventually, I just have a huge catalogue of recordings/snaps to post to iNaturalist because I don't have the skills to ID bugs myself hahaha

😂😂😂😂😂😂 why you being mad💀💀💀 But it is because so u can see the crocodile

They're adorable haha, was so happy to see the ones playing around in the rock pool. It was hard to leave!

Thank you. It was all taken over a month-long trip in the NT and SA, but the real time is in editing the footage haha. I have hundreds of hours more, but just can't find the time to get to it!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully, you'll be able to get back here some time :)

They're great to watch!

Thanks, and I know right! They're amazing. Can't wait to catch one in the right light -- still need a good photo!!

@@jakeharfield8516 I hope you manage to achieve that Jake! That would be another awesome treat.

Thanks!

Thank you.

Big time!

It's crazy hey, insane core strength on these tiny guys haha

Glad you liked it! KI is so similar to Albany. The coastline, plants, animals, rock formations. Beautiful place!

Really interesting hey, fascinating to watch them walk around!

Right!

Glad you liked it. There's quite a few hidden away spots, always fun to explore and you never know when something uncommon will turn up! I'm working on some new videos, hopefully have them out in a couple of months. Been too busy with work this year :(

Work always gets in the way of what we enjoy doing and what keeps us going! I'll look forward very much to seeing what you can contribute to the world when you can.

@@denisesavage2382 Definitely does. Thanks Denise, you've motivated me to get back out there!

Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks, Denise! :) Glad you liked it.

I did it using Premiere Pro. You can add little animations using keyframes. It takes a while and it isn't as effective as After Effects as far as I understand!

Thanks Fred! Good luck - I'll keep my eye out for that series :)

I know right... I was looking over the footage realising how many birds I missed on the other side of the lawn :P Thanks for watching! Glad it was relaxing. I've really gotta get out and do this again!

Thanks Hitesh. Haha there you go, you'll have to go check it out this summer! Hope to see you out there!

Thank you so much for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it! It's really a hidden gem.

Ah yes you're right. Thanks for that! The light was intense at the time and I couldn't see, obviously didn't pay enough attention while processing :p

@@jakeharfield8516 No problem, a very nice video too.

@@noddyphotography3696 Thank you! Appreciate it.

Thanks man :D

Thanks, was pretty happy - if I realised it was a Black Kite I could've probably got something better...oh well.

@@jakeharfield8516 Ah, yeah.. I guess not till you get back home and properly inspect the files do you realise what the bird actually is? Maybe you need to add binoculars to your list of never ending gear acquisition haha

@@SummersSnaps I usually can, but it's quite similar and unexpected for the region so just assumed otherwise... I do have bigger binos on my list... hahaha

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

Thank you! Love those lil robin's 😁

Greetings Perì, thank you! :)

Awesome, thank you!