Mara Bush Private Wing

Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles.

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Lions

Panthera leo - juveniles.

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

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Lions

Panthera leo - female & juveniles.

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Lions

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

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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.

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Ethiopian Swallow

Hirundo aethiopica

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Violet Wild Petunia

Ruellia nudiflora

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Topi

Damaliscus lunatus - near our breakfast stop.

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Unknown

Possibly Xerophyta adendorffii.

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Breakfast Stop

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Kirk's Dik-dik

Madoqua kirkii

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Firecracker Plant

Crossandra nilotica

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Unknown

No idea what this is.

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Water Shamrock

Marsilea quadrifolia

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Thomson's Gazelles

Eudorcas thomsonii - females.

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Unknown

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Creek

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

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - females with their male Impala kill.

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus - females.

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Cheetahs

Acinonyx jubatus

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Lunch Stop

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Dragonfly

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Wildlife

Impala, Plains Zebra, Elephants & Topi.

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Marsh Sandpipers

Tringa stagnatilis

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Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

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Africana Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

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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.

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Lions

Panthera leo - males.

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Cape Glossy Starling

Lamprotornis nitens

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Thomson's Gazelle

Eudorcas thomsonii - male.

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Long-toed Stints

Calidris subminuta - just passing through, rare visitor.

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Nice Clouds

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

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Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus - female.

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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.

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Wildlife & Balloons

Plains Zebra, African Buffalo and Hot Air Balloons.

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Bare-faced Go-away-birds

Corythaixoides personatus

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Lion

Panthera leo - juvenile.

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Lions

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

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Lion

Panthera leo - male with a large number of flies.

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Lion

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

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Lion

Panthera leo - male shaking off the flies temporarily.

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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.

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Cheetah

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

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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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