Unfortunately, today would be a long long day. We woke up at 04:00 to have a quick breakfast before boarding the boat to take us back to shore from the island of Nosy Mangabe. The boat landed us on the shore at around 05:00, at which point we were whisked away to the airport for our flight at 07:00. On the way we saw a few bits, nothing super special, but we did see our first Madagascar House Sparrows of the trip. Otherwise just commoner species from the last few days.
Once our flight had landed back in Antananarivo, around
08:30, I retrieved my luggage that the airline had previously misplaced, and we
met our next driver Alan, with his 4x4 in the car park. After a few errands, we
got on the road at 10:00 and then drove all the way north to the town of Ambondromamy
where we finally crashed, absolutely exhausted, at 19:30. It had been a long
day in a hot and sweaty car, and the journey had taken much longer than we had
anticipated, leaving us on edge to see if we would be able to manage this
section of our itinerary.
Maroantsetra Harbour: Feral Pigeon, Malagasy Palm Swift, Eurasian Whimbrel, Common Greenshank, Black Heron, Striated Heron, Squacco Heron, Great Egret, Mascarene Martin, Common Myna, House Sparrow,
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