Mara Bush Private Wing

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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Helemted Guinefowl

Numida meleagris - sounding the alarm because the Cheetahs were near and hunting.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - males.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - males taking a break after hunting proved unproductive.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Road

Typical, no maintenance reserve road.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Serengeti Crossandra

Crossandra subacaulis

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Serengeti Crossandra

Crossandra subacaulis

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Unknown

Delicate, purple-tipped stigma.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Cyanotis longifolia

A spiderwort with no common name.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Firecracker Plant

Crossandra nilotica

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Sodom Apple

Solanum incanum - potato relative.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Small Bead-bean

Maerua triphyllia

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Blue Bush-cherry

Maerua edulis

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Black-shouldered Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Yellow Morning Glory

Ipomoea specie.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Egyptian White Water-lily

Nymphaea lotus - night blooming.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Black Crake

Amaurornis flavirostra

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Three-banded Plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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Western White-bearded Wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi - female & juvenile.

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 10, 2017

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