MADAGASCAR - Part I

Not at all the usual way of things as in 2010 we set off for 3 weeks in Madagascar but, for the first time and right against the grain, to join up with a formal group and right against our usual moto:-

 No Mate's No Moans! 

The train now standing at platform 9 - Tananariva the Capital
while arriving at dusk our first Bird was a lone

AFRICAN MARSH OWL
(good start)

Getting to Know the Group (yours truely left centre)
then in no particular order the good stuff begins!

BROAD-BILLED ROLLER

Meeting the First of the Locals

COMMON MYNA

DESERT PLANT LIFE
and our first Lemur

HUBBARD'S SPORTIVE

PIED CROW
along with our first avenue of

BAOBAB TREES

CHABURT'S VANGA

BARE HILLSIDES and PADDIES
on other watercourses

likely the bird that most of the party wanted to see

ALLAN'S GALLINULE

Ploughing the Paddies

COQUEREL'S SIFAKA

Village Hardware Store

INDRI

RED-BILLED TEAL

Bringing in the Sheaves - Bringing in the Golden Sheaves

Was That the Dinner Gong?
We'll Leave it There Until Next Week!