Today is International Zebra Day. I found this information about zebras on Safariltd.com website: Zebras live in Africa, and are found in many different habitats, including savannas, mountains, woodlands and hills. They are known for their stripes, which are unique to every individual, like a fingerprint! Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with …
Last Cheetah Sighting
Just a few hours before we left the Mara, we spotted this Cheetah across the river. We were hoping it would go down to the river to drink, and it was heading in that direction, but it paused and then turned around and went back up the hill.
Bee Eaters
For these photos, we did a little experimenting. I had already gotten some bee-eater photos so we decided to slow the shutter speed to get some blur. But it took two to take these photos. Bee-eaters will generally return to the same branch when it goes off to catch an insect. So when one of …
Vultures
Wherever you find a kill in Africa, you will find the vultures circling overhead. They have a very keen sense of smell and can smell a dead animal from more than a mile away. Most people have the misconception that vultures are dirty. The opposite is true. In reality they are very hygienic, caring parents, and …
Sensitive Content – Lioness with her Kill
On our last morning in the Mara we came across the pride of lions we had been watching throughout the week. It had rained the night before and the lions had made several wildebeest kills. We watched this lioness drag this dead wildebeest across the plains back to the pride. An adult wildebeest can weight …
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