White Rhino, Laikipia Kenya

 

Malachite Kingfisher, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Masai Mara Lioness

 

Secretary Bird, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Leopard, Mara Triangle, Masai Mara Kenya

 Often when asked if we spotted any leopard on safari it's "No, not today, but some spotted us for sure'.

Burchell's Zebra, Acacia gerardii in bloom and a Fig tree

 A typical Mara Triangle scene.

Galloping Gnus, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Yellow-throated Longclaw, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Lilac-Breasted Roller, Masai Mara

 

Lamu 'Jahazis'

  These are the Pemba style, introduced from Tanzania in the south a decade or so ago.

A Gnu Portrait

 

Baby Elephant's Learning Process

 

Learning to master the 150,000 muscles in a new trunk takes time. Fortunately there's a more direct, less complex approach to grazing as an alternative.

Elephants in Amboseli, Kenya

 There's probably no better place than Amboseli to photograph Elephants in the wild.

Wildebeest Migration 2022, Masai Mara Kenya

Just passing through- all 1 million of them.

Long Crested Eagle, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Leopard, Masai Mara Grassland Kenya

 Camouflage gone wrong?

Topi, Masai Mara, Kenya

 I am informed that Topi have great eyesight.... they just appear rather unusual & oddly positioned.

White-backed Vultures, Masai Mara Kenya

 My office was like this today......

Grevy's Zebras, Laikipia Kenya

 Grevy's Zebras have more stripes than Burchell's.....

Agama Lizard, Lamu Kenya

 Being inconspicuous.

Amboseli Tusker

 A classically large Amboseli tusker.

Amboseli Elephants

 Playtimes are mornings and evenings with cooler temperatures.

Hammerkop, Masai Mara Kenya

 Possibly a descendant of the Pterodactyl?

Lilac-Breasted Rollers, Masai Mara Kenya

 A bit of Roller-on-Roller action.

Thompson's Gazelle, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Have to crop very short at the end of the dry season. Thompson's Gazelles are pretty good at that.

 

Laikipia Elephant Calf

 

Elephant & Barn Swallow, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Greater Flamingos Filter Feeding, Amboseli Kenya

 

GosHawk on departure, Masai Mara

 

Egyptian Goose, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Male Waterbuck, Mara Triangle Kenya

 

White Rhinos, Laikipia Kenya

 Midday Drinkers.

Gnu, Wildebeest, Masai Mara Kenya

 A handsome Gnu. One in a million.

Hoopo, Laikipia Kenya

 

Mara Elephant and Long Grass

 Like ships in a sea of grass.

Red-Billed Oxpeckers on Giraffe, Kenya

 

Hottentot Teal from Lake Amboseli Kenya

 

Wildebeest on the move, Masai Mara Kenya

 

Swahili Carved Door, Lamu Kenya

 

Greater Blue-eared Starling, Masai Mara Kenya

 

 Blue Ears? The whole bird is blue. Who comes up with these names anyhow?

Female Leopard, Mara Triangle

 A lovely lady cat from the Mara Triangle.

Greater Flamingo, Amboseli Kenya

 I didn't think there was such a thing as a 'Bull Flamingo'.... but this sure looks like one.

Egyptian Geese, Laikipia Kenya

 

Family outing.

 

Lioness bathing, Masai Mara Kenya

 Keeping cool.

Grevy's Zebra, Laikipia Kenya

 

Somali Ostrich, Laikipia Kenya

This one gets a bird's eye view without being able to fly.

Silver-back Jackal, Masai Mara Kenya

 There's an unusually high number of Jackals in the Mara Triangle this year.

Black Winged Stilt, Lake Amboseli Kenya

 

Elephant Detail

 

Long-crested Eagle, Masai Mara Kenya