Oiseaux Djoudj National Park

Posted on Friday, 20 November 2009 by robjkentjr

Parc national des oiseaux du Djoudj roughly translates to the National Park Bird Sanctuary, which easily had the largest diversity of wildlife we saw on this trip.  However, any joy we had at the park was more than wiped out at the Rosso .
Sunrise and the morning commute into work.
The nesting area for the White Pelican.  I do not know how they keep their eggs from getting stepped on.
They seem so graceful in the air and but on land they just stumble and wobble about.
An eagle with a freshly caught fish in its talons.
We scared this large tusker coming around the corner in our boat.  Pumbaa the warthog really is my favourite Disney character.
This poor guy has a long way to walk to the nearest village.
Mauritania does not allow the of alcohol so David is filling up the pirate’s nook with a secret stash of beer to smuggle across the border.  If you want to read about that miserable crossing check out Rasa’s Blog.
This estuary was the last major body of fresh water we will see until Morocco.  Once we crossed the Senegal River on the Rosso ferry, we were truly, fully and finally into the Sahara .

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