Ifaty Spiny Forest

Mandrare River

Very wide flood plain speaks to the volume when/if it rains.

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Mandrare River

Heading back to Ft Dauphin to fly to Tulear, a 13 hour drive under the best of circumstances.

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Shop

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Village

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Roadside Kiosk

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Pothole Road

The drive to and from Berenty was dodge-the-pothole.

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Memorials

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Making Gravel

Hard work.

Berenty to Ft Dauphin, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Ft Dauphin Waves

Airplane Photo, Air Madagascar ATR72, Ft Dauphin to Tulear, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Boats

Low Tide, Tulear, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Pousse-Pousse

Tulear, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Pousse-Pousse

Tulear, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Women & Children

Tulear, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Zebu Cart

Tulear to Ifaty, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Coastline

Tulear to Ifaty, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Coastline Boat

Sail made from rice bags.

Tulear to Ifaty, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Beach

In front of our room.

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Souimanga Sunbird female

Nectarinia souimanga

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa - up early to explore this area for a few endemic birds.

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Decary's Poinciana

Delonix decaryi

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Stripe-throated Jery

Neomixis striatigula

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Banded Kestrel

Falco zoniventris

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Madagascar Coucal

Centropus toulou

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Madagascar Coucal & Chameleon Prey

Centropus toulou - I was hoping the Chameleon would get away, but they are such slow movers that it was unlikely.

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Subdesert Mesite

Mesitornis benschi - we were urged to not frighten this bird for the welfare of the bird.

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Madagascar Magpie-Robin male

Copsychus albospecularis

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Octopus Tree

Didierea madagascariensis

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Octopus Tree

Didierea madagascariensis

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Running Coua

Coua cursor

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Madagascar Palm

Pachypodium geayi

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Long-tailed Ground-roller

Uratelornis chimaera

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Aloe megalacantha

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Decary's Poinciana

Delonix decaryi

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Spurge Tree

Euphorbia fiherenensis

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Souimanga Sunbird male

Nectarinia souimanga

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobabs

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Decary's Poinsiana

Delonix decaryi

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Sakalava Weaver male & nest

Ploceus sakalava

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Sakalava Weaver male & nest

Ploceus sakalava - initial stage of nest building.

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Lesser Vasa (Black) Parrot

Coracopsis nigra

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Octopus Tree

Didierea madagascariensis

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Goats

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Children

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Madagascar Plover

Charadrius thoracicus

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Boats with Rice Bag Sails

Ifaty, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Boat with Rice Bag Sail

Ifaty, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Boat with Pakistan Rice Bag Sail

Rice bags from Pakistan.

Ifaty, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Woman

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Children

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 29, 2007

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Woman with Fish

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Village

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Kiosks

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Kiosk

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Kiosk

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Room #4

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Gold-spotted Mabuya

Trachylepis aureopunctata

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Hissing Cockroach

Gromphadorhina portentosa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Silver Thicket

Euphorbia stenoclada

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Fony Baobab

Adansonia rubrostipa

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Peter's Plated Lizard

Tracheloptychus petersi

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Canoe

Most likely an illegal act in the forest.

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Unknown Flowers

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Rainbow Bush Locust

Phymateus saxosus

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Zebu Cart

As we walked back through the village after our afternoon in the Spiny Forest.

Night, Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 30, 2007

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Thamnornis Warbler

Thamnornis chloropetoides

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Unknown Flower

Ifaty Spiny Forest, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Sakalava Weaver male

Ploceus sakalava

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Madagascar Bulbul

Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Sakalava Weaver female

Ploceus sakalava

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Spider Tortoise

Pyxis arachnoids

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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White-fronted Plover

Charadrius marginatus

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Grey (Black-bellied) Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Ifaty Beach, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Subdesert Brush Warbler

Nesillas lantzii

Ifaty Beach Club, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Grinding Grain

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Produce

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Longhorn Cowfish

Lactoria cornuta

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Kiosk

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Woman

Sunscreen or a facial.

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Kiosk Food

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Beer & Coca-Cola Ads

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Fish

A variety kept under rough sales conditions.

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Fried Fish Kiosk

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Used Bicycle Parts

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Pizza Restaurant

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Pickup Transportion

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Kiosk Food

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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New Bicycle Parts

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Bicycle Shop

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Van Transportation

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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Produce

Ifaty Village, Madagascar, October 31, 2007

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