Lioness and Cub- Masai Mara Kenya

Mom had retained her sense of humor and patience. So far........

Hippo- Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Hippo emerge from water in the evening to graze on green short-grass 'lawns' during the night.

Burhell's Zebra- Masai Mara Kenya

A bit safer to drink here than in the Mara River.

Striped Mongoose- Masai Mara Kenya

Taken from afar, hence not much detail. A band of Striped Mongooses (Mongeese?) scope the terrain before a mad dash to the next ant-hill.

Lion Cubs- Masai Mara Kenya

Playful kittens

Jumping Spider- Nairobi Kenya

A jumping Spider- the pedipalps are shown clearly, which are considered to be both mouth-parts and sex organs.

Mara River Crocodile- Kenya

Who's next??

Mara River Hippo & Egyptian Geese

Gentle Giant.

Lioness with Cub- Masai Mara Kenya

Mama has no choice but to submit to her cub's inescapable leg-lock.....

Collared Sunbird- Mt. Kenya

The Collared Sunbird: a high-speed rainbow.

Lion cubs- Masai Mara

Running to greet mom......

Urban Ostrich- Nairobi Kenya

Taken in Narobi Nationa Park.... riiiiiight about HERE.

Lion play- Masai Mara Kenya

A two month-old cub wrestles it's mother to the ground in an aggressive display of dominance (?!)

Pointsettia Flower Detail

Aliens! Poinsettia flower pistils from my back yard.

Lioness with Cub- Masai Mara Kenya

A family portrait taken in the Mara Triangle last weekend. With the wildebeest migration resident for a month now, the larger predators are fat, happy and busy reproducing.

Bull Elephant, Masai Mara Kenya

Elephant olfaction. The sense of smell is probably the keenest sense the elephant possesses. Researchers claim that water can be detected from almost 20km away.

Crowned Crane and chick- Masai Mara Kenya

An 'Ugly Craneling'........

Masai Mara Panorama

Short grass season on the Mara North plains.

Male Impala- Nairobi National Park

.....and here's the masculine male Impala....

Female Impala- Nairobi Kenya

Very feminine female impala.