Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara National Reserve

Mara Bush Camp Tent #11

Completely portable camp tents.

Masai Mara, Kenya,September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#3720

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Mara Bush Camp Tent #11

View of tent and porch area.

Masai Mara, Kenya,September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#3723

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Debbie & Masai Crafts

Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#3730

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Dining Area

The Lunch buffet is served here.

Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#3731

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Food Serving

The buffet service.

Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#3732

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Tea & Coffee Cart

Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#3734

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Blacksmith Lapwing, juvenile

Vanellus armatus

Masai Mara, Kenya,September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6600

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Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6646

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Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6658

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Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6696

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Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6729

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Cheetah at Thomson's Gazelle kill

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6747

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Grant's Gazelle, male

Nanger granti

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6849

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Somali Ostrich, male

Struthio camelus molybdophanes

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6866

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Lion, female

Panthera leo - walking near our vehicle.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6885

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Lions, juvenile & female

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 8, 2012

2012-09-08#6915

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Shepherd's Tree & Sunrise

Boscia albitrunca

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#3751

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Coke's Hartebeest

Alcelaphus buselaphus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#6974

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Coke's Hartebeest

Alcelaphus buselaphus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#6983

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7032

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7060

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7107

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7150

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Somali Ostrich, female

Struthio camelus molybdophanes

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7193

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Lions, female & male

Panthera leo - we watched with interest as these two came together from considerable distance.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7229

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Lions, female & male

Panthera leo - the female wasn't pleased with his attention.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7232

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Lion, male

Panthera leo - he walked away with attitude.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7235

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White-bellied Bustards

Eupodotis senegalensis

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7257

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Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7285

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Lions, female & juvenile

Panthera leo - the very small juvenile is just visible in the grass below the female.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7336

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Lions, juveniles & female

Panthera leo - our driver negotiated an extremely rocky, grass hillside to get close to this scene.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7384

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Lions, female & juvenile

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7462

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Lion, juvenile

Panthera leo - moving with the mother to another spot.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7525

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Lion, female

Panthera leo - the mother surveying the area.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7565

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Lions, female & juveniles

Panthera leo - settled in the shade.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7592

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Lions, juvenile & female

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7612

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Lions, female & juveniles

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7661

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Ruppell's & White-backed Vultures

Gyps rueppellii & africanus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7666

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Agama Lizard, female

Agama agama

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7672

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John, Silas & Debbie

Stopping for breakfast.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#3782

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Ruppell's & White-backed Vultures

Gyps rueppelii & africanus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#3785

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7683

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Masai Giraffes

Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#3793

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Rosy-breasted Longclaw

Macronyx ameliae

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7747

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Spotted Hyaena

Crocuta crocuta

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7760

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Somali Ostrich, male & juveniles

Struthio camelus molybdophanes

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7799

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Somali Ostrich, male & juveniles

Struthio camelus molybdophanes

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#3817

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Somali Ostrich, juvenile

Struthio camelus molybdophanes - dwarfed by the massive leg of the male.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7815

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Impala, females

Aepyceros melampus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#3832

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Cheetah, female & juvenile

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7826

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Cheetah, juvenile & female

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7863

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Cheetah, juvenile & female

Acinonyx jubatus - mom having a stretch.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7884

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Cheetah, juvenile & female

Acinonyx jubatus - playful juvenile grabbing mom.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7896

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Cheetah, female & juvenile

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7935

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Cheetah, juvenile & female

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7947

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Serval

Felis serval

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7967

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Serval

Felis serval

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 9, 2012

2012-09-09#7980

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#3841

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8083

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Lion, male

Panthera leo - calling

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8089

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Topi, juvenile & female

Damaliscus lunatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8138

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Topi, juvenile

Damaliscus lunatus - testing springy legs.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8144

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8219

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Lions, female & male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8239

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Lions, female & male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8255

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Banded Mongoose

Mungos mungo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8319

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Banded Mongoose

Mungos mungo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8344

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Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk, juvenile or immature

Melierax poliopterus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8362

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Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8397

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Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8425

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Lion, male

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8497

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White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8510

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Black-shouldered Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8524

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Lions, juveniles nursing

Panthera leo - rangers spotted us off the road and ticketed our drivers.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8541

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Very Muddy River Crossing

After getting an off-the-raod ticket, we went back to camp for lunch.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#3869

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African Paradise Flycatcher, male

Tersiphone viridis - in the trees at camp.

Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8577

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Common Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea - in the camp trees.

Mara Bush Camp, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8584

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Lion, male in rain

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#3895

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Lion, male yawning

Panthera leo

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#3924

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Lion, male shaking off rain

Panthera leo - look closely and you can see the rainwater he is shaking off.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#3950

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Rain

The rain moving away.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#3961

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Southern Ground Hornbill, juvenile & male

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8644

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Southern Ground Hornbill, male

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 10, 2012

2012-09-10#8655

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Shepherd's Tree & Sunrise

Boscia albitrunca

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#3971

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Lions

Panthera leo - big pride resting after a night of hunting.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#3986

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Lions, juvenile & female

Panthera leo - juvenile with leg of a kill.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8725

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Lion, male

Panthera leo - one of the two large, dark-maned males in the area.

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8759

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Black-backed Jackal & Thomson's Gazelle kill

Canis mesomelas

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8779

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Black-backed Jackal & Thomson's Gazelle kill

Canis mesomelas

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8793

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Talek River

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#3991

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Hooded Vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus

Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8801

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Bateleur, fluffing

Terathopius ecaudatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8811

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Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8825

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Grant's Gazelle, male

Nanger granti

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8884

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Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#3994

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Hippopotamus, juvenile & female

Hippopotamus amphibius

Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8908

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Yellow-billed Stork & Hippopotamus

Mycteria ibis & Hippopotamus amphibius

Talek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8912

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Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8924

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Wildebeest, female & juvenile

Connochaetes taurinus

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8938

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Striped Kingfisher with a moth

Halcyon chelicuti

Masai Mara, Kenya, September 11, 2012

2012-09-11#8945

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