Mara Bush Private Wing

Talek River Crossing Point

One of the crossing points.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Kirk's Dik-diks

Madoqua kirkii

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Kirk's Dik-dik

Madoqua kirkii

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Bubo lacteus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Leopard

Panthera pardus, male - we drove around a corner and this Leopard was just lying in the shade.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Leopard

Panthera pardus - male.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Leopard

Panthera pardus, male - Silas was able to stay with this Leopard for quite a while.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Leopard

Panthera pardus, male - drinking, then disappearing into the brush.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 7, 2017

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Eland

Taurotragus oryx - females & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Eland

Taurotragus oryx - juveniles & females.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Bat-eared Fox

Otocyon megalotis

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Resurrection Plant

Craterostigma pumilum

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Aardvark excavation

Big hole in a termite mound.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Spotted Hyenas

Crocuta crocuta

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Rufous-naped Lark

Mirafra africana

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus - feeding on a carcass.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Nile Crocodiles

Crocodilus niloticus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Topi & Masai Giraffe

Damaliscus lunatus & Giraffa camelopardalis itppleskirchi

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Kori Bustard

Ardeotis kori

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

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Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Indoor Dining

We ate here a couple evenings when it rained.

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Fire Circle

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Bar

James was the barman.

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Tent #8, Crocodile

ISO 102,400 - two nice, bowl lavatories, shower on the left, toilet on the right.

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Bed

Tent #8, Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Porch

Tent #8, Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Hippo Pool

The view from the porch.

Tent #8, Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Tent #8, Crocodile

Very large, canvas-walled tent on a large platform.

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Tent #8, Crocodile

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Johnathan, Hippo Pool Viewing

A Masai keeping watch at our end of the camp.

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Rushfoil

Croton dichogamus

Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 8, 2017

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Sunrise

Nice morning clouds just before the sun came up.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - sunlight edge lighting the Lions while they fed.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - mostly large juveniles in a playful mood.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles playing with a stick and a piece of plastic.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - a real treat, this female with two month old cubs in the open.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles this age are very cute.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles not too far from their mother.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles moved a few yards.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles nursing.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles with a big sister nearby.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - the mother lion didn't want her big daughter or sister to get too close to the juveniles.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Ethiopian Swallow

Hirundo aethiopica

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Violet Wild Petunia

Ruellia nudiflora

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Topi

Damaliscus lunatus - near our breakfast stop.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Unknown

Possibly Xerophyta adendorffii.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Breakfast Stop

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Kirk's Dik-dik

Madoqua kirkii

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Firecracker Plant

Crossandra nilotica

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Unknown

No idea what this is.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Water Shamrock

Marsilea quadrifolia

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Thomson's Gazelles

Eudorcas thomsonii - females.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Unknown

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Unknown

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Creek

We had to cross this dry creek to get to a Cheetah kill.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - females with their male Impala kill.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - females.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lunch Stop

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Dragonfly

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Wildlife

Impala, Plains Zebra, Elephants & Topi.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Marsh Sandpipers

Tringa stagnatilis

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Africana Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana - female & juvenile.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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African Elephants

Loxodonta africana - female & juvenile.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - males.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Cape Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis nitens

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Thomson's Gazelle

Eudorcas thomsonii - male.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Long-toed Stints

Calidris subminuta - just passing through, rare visitor.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Nice Clouds

Just a very pretty afternoon to be on safari in Kenya.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus - female.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius - back at camp, sitting on the porch watching the Hippopotamus.

Tent #8, Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Tent #8, Mara Bush Private Wing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 9, 2017

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Talek River Crossing

Heading out for another day of photography.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Wildlife & Balloons

Plains Zebra, African Buffalo and Hot Air Balloons.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Bare-faced Go-away-birds

Corythaixoides personatus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Lion

Panthera leo - juvenile.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Lions

Panthera leo - males and one of the safari vehicles that cats always attract.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Lion

Panthera leo - male with a large number of flies.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Lion

Panthera leo - the other male, also with a lot of flies.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Lion

Panthera leo - male shaking off the flies temporarily.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Lion

Panthera leo - with females and cubs of the pride on a kill, we hoped to see how the males would be received.  They laid down a few yards away and took naps.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus - one of the five males that hunt together.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - the oldest male has a tracking collar.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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