Amboseli Elephants, Kenya

 

A hazy dusty morning in Amboseli.

Sooty Chat, Masai Mara Kenya

A Sooty Chat from the Mara. The 'eyebrows' lend a certain gravitas....

Zebras and Wildebeest, Mara River, Masai Mara Kenya.

Patient Zebras waiting for the Gnus to test the waters. The Migration has now entered the Mara on schedule and in the usual usual vast numbers.

Moorish Idol, Mahe Seychelles

A Moorish Idol fish from the Seychelles. Wish I was there now!

Praying Mantis, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lockdown Backyard Safaris: A Praying Mantis threat display. Just out of frame is an approaching Chameleon.

Young Lioness, Masai Mara Kenya

A snarl? Naw... just the beginning of a yawn. 

Wattled Plover, Masai Mara Kenya

One of the more distinctive faces from the Mara- a Wattled Plover.

Thompson's Gazelle, Masai Mara Kenya

Looking back at things- a typical Thompson's Gazelle posture.

African Paradise Flycatcher, Baringo Kenya

A white variant (race) of the African Paradise Flycatcher from Lake Baringo last weekend.

Bee Fly, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lock-down Backard Safari: Another more detailed image of what (as I'm informed) may not be a Hover Fly, but a Bee Fly.

Hover Fly, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lock-down Backyard Safaris: A Hoverfly. So called due to it's flying style.

Tusker, Masai Mara Kenya

This big fella was quite 'chilled' when we met.

Von Hohnel's Chameleon, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lockdown Backyard Safaris: A nicely coloured Von Hohnel's Chameleon deep in vegetation.

Young Grasshoppers, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lockdown Backyard Safari: Hoppers; young 'Milkweed Grasshoppers'.

Crowned Cranes, Masai Mara Kenya

A couple of the Mara Triangle swamp residents.

Praying Mantis, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lockdown Backyard Safari: Another portrait of my favourite insect.

Young Masai Giraffe, Masai Mara Kenya

The young 'uns have long hair on their 'horns'. 

Praying Mantis Camouflaged, Nairobi Kenya

Covid Lockdown Backyard Safaris: My favourite insect. My interaction with Mantises began in Ontario Canada  as a child....

Common Fiscal Shrike, Masai Mara Kenya

This is the 'Butcher Bird'- so named due to it's habit of impaling surplus food (insects, lizards etc) on thorns for later consumption.