TPC II: South Pools

Checking out some birds.

We've visited TPC many times (see here) but usually when we're birding there is not much to blog about, unless you're particularly interested in a rare or infrequent species that we see. TPC mainly provides a nearby area (30-40 minutes drive) whereby one can walk undisturbed along various habitats, though virtually all the areas are small and surrounded by plots of sugar cane.

One of our favorite spots is back in the "south pools" an area that has water year round and therefore attracts various water birds. This time of the year is the "short rain" season, and thus the grass emerging from the dry ground is a picturesque sight.

It's a great Sunday morning activity for us and we usually finish up by going out to lunch in Moshi. We love to see the fluctuation in species, for example, in the last two trips (3 weeks apart), we saw about 35 species each time with 15 or so being different species. The only downside is that it gets awfully hot, but when you have a nice lunch to look forward to, it's not so bad!

One of the pools.

Checking the bird book for ID help.

Some more pools with new grass coming up.

One of the roads at TPC with massive flowering trees.