Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Monday, September 28, 2015

Acacia Tortilis at Sunset, Amboseli Kenya

    A hazy sunset across the Amboseli salt flats.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Black Headed Heron, Masai Mara Kenya

The Black-Headed Heron, taken in the Masai Mara.

A 4 minute tour of my current exhibition can be viewed HERE

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Young Lions, Masai Mara Kenya

All eyes. The young ones are fascinated by a plane coming into land in the Mara. Mom's seen it all before....

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Yellow-Billed Stork with Catfish, Masai Mara Kenya

After struggling for 10 minutes trying to figure out how to swallow it whole, this Stork had to let let the catfish go. Just too big!

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Monday, September 21, 2015

Mature Male Lion, Masai Mara Kenya

One of the more mature alpha males in the Mara Triangle. His scars provide evidence a violent life- and dozens of offspring no doubt.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Young Elephant, Amboseli Kenya

Young Elephant usually travel securely in the middle of the family group.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Thursday, September 17, 2015

River Crossing, Masai Mara Kenya

Wildebeest crossing the Mara River earlier this month.

Commercial Note: For all of you in Nairobi, please do pop into the Talisman Restaurant in Karen to check out my exhibition. Both framed and unframed prints are available from this year's collection of 27 photos. Opening night is next Tuesday September 22nd. I'll be there 6:00 PM. The show runs through October 11th and is followed by Amy's fantabulous collection of paintings, opening on the 13th.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

White-Backed Vulture, Kenya

White-Backed Vulture on approach- Mara Triangle, Masai Mara.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Hammerkop, Mara River, Kenya.

A Hammerkop (Afrikaans for 'hammer head' I think). This bird nests in waterside trees, returning annually and adding sticks etc annually. Some nests can attain several tons in weight.

Monday, September 14, 2015

Mara Rains

Evening rain over the Mara plains.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Wet Elephant, Masai Mara Kenya

A glisteningly wet young elephant from the Mara Triangle.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Wildebeest, Masai Mara, Kenya

    A 'Bearded Gnu', AKA Wildebeest, displaying a full beard.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Mara River Croc & Wildebeest

Grass in the foreground fogs the photo a bit, but what a monster croc! He snapped half-heartedly at one gnu but didn't make a kill this time. Plenty of carcasses in the river in any case, so why even bother?

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Young Cheetah, Masai Mara Kenya

The female Cheetah with four young that we've been following over the past year in the Southern Triangle is still with all four young. Here is one of them in the middle of a gnu breakfast.

Friday, September 4, 2015

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Banded Mongoose, Masai Mara Kenya

The Banded Mongoose is a social creature, living in groups from 7 to 40 individuals. They inhabit termite mounds and prefer eating crunchy things.... like beetles and millipedes. Yum.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015