Mara Serena Safari Lodge

Rock Hyrax

Procavia capensis - just outside our room.

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Red-headed Rock Agama

Agama agama - males are colorful, females are very plain.

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Red-headed Rock Agama

Agama agama

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View

Part of the Serengeti.

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Western White-bearded Wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi

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Dwarf Mongoose

Helogale undulata - eating a large beetle.

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Rooms

I stayed here in 1999 on my first trip to Africa.

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Horniman's Green-banded Swallowtail

Papilio hornimani

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Pringle's Puffback

Dryoscopus cubla

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Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Nectarinia senegalensis - male.

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Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris - male.

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Baglafecht's Weaver

Ploceus baglafecht - male.

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Marico Sunbird

Cinnyris mariquensis - male.

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Lions

Panthera leo, females - the first of many lions seen on this trip.

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Nile Crocodile

Crocodilus niloticus - this huge crocodile was about 3 feet wide.

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Banded Mongoose

Mungos mungo

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Banded Mongooses

Mungos mungo - part of the large family group.

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Sunset

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Sunrise

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017

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Masai Giraffes

Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi - juveniles.

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Masai Giraffes

Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi - female & juvenile.

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Masai Giraffes

Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi - female & juveniles.

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Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

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White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus

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Sooty Chats

Myrmecocichla nigra - female left, male right.

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Western White-bearded Wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi

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Lion

Panthera leo - male sleeping, a very typical situation.

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Lions

Panthera leo - females and juveniles.

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Lions

Panthera leo - females

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Lions

Panthera leo - juvenile & female.

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Lions

Panthera leo - females & juveniles leaving a kill.

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Lion, White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures

Panthera leo, Gyps africanus & rueppellii - although finished with the kill, the lions didn't want the vultures to have it.

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White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures

Gyps africanus & rueppellii

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Marabou Stork, White-backed & Ruppell's Vultures

Leptoptilos crumeniferus, Gyps africanus & rueppellii

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Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis - likely a male and female.

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Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

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Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis - interesting scar on the left flank.

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Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

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Serval

Leptailurus serval

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Serval

Leptailurus serval

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Plains Zebra

Equus burchelli - a common resting pose.

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Plains Zebra

Equus burchelli

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Unknown

A tall, flowering bush that I can't identify.

Talek River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017

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Plains Zebra

Equus burchelli - drinking, not crossing the river.

Talek River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017

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White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

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Ruppell's (Long-tailel) Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

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Lion

Panthera leo - female hunting.

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Lion & Blue Wildebeest

Panthera leo & Connochaetes taurinus juvenile - the Lion caught and killed the juvenile Wildebeest.

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Lion

Panthera leo - female with her kill.

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Plains Zebra & Nile Crocodiles

Equus burchelli & Crocodilus niloticus - this Zebra didn't make it across the river.

Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 1, 2017

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