A herd of mostly male Impalas (impala is a medium-sized antelope)
Plains Zebras in the treeless grassland
Masai Giraffes (aka. Kilimanjaro Giraffes) having a drink
Elephants feeding in swamp
African Elephant
Tussling
Dust-bathing or sand-bathing
Plains Zebras, Mt. Kilimanjaro in background
Zebras taking a dust bath
Black-headed heron at dawn
Elephants feeding at sunset in Amboseli
Zebras at dawn
Vervet monkey
This small, black-faced monkey is common in East Africa
Napping in a tree for safety
Portrait of a Grey Crowned Crane
Foraging in grassland near wetlands, but roost in water or trees
Egyptian Goose is not really a goose, but is actually a Shelduck. It is a cross between a goose and a duck.
Long-toed Lapwing with white face and throat. Feeds mainly on the surface of floating vegetation, rather like Jacanas
Blacksmith Lapwing or Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Heron
Great White Pelican
Goliath Heron; a rarely seen nocturnal giant heron
A female Taveta Golden Weaver.
Grey-headed kingfisher
African Mourning Dove
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
A song hawk. The male bird makes a series of melodic whistles while perched at the top of a tree or pole during the breeding season.
Tawny Eagle
African Spoonbill
Egyptian Goose
Masai ostrich (male), <em>aka</em> the pink-necked ostrich or East African ostrich, is a large subspecies of the common ostrich
Saddle-billed Stork
The grey crowned crane has powerful flight, but it has to taking a running start before taking flight
Spotted hyenas stride across the open plains
Close-up of a spotted hyena
Tourists looking on as a herd of Wildebeest crosses
Elephants with Mt. Kilimanjaro in background
Elephants and Thomson's Gazelle
Visiting a Masai village
Maasai women -- the red color in their cloths represents bravery and strength, blue represents the sky, white is the color of cow's milk
Our Masai host -- our host invites us inside his dung hut
Thomson's Gazelle
Zebra herd walking to an acacia tree
Thomson's Gazelle
A female red-headed Rock Agama
Red-headed rock Agama lizard -- A rock agama lizard at the Amboseli Serena Lodge
A female Red-headed Rock Agama
African Jacana has blue frontal plate, white and black head
Feeding Egyptian Geese
Long-toed Lapwing
Speckled Pigeon
African Pied Wagtail
African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo
A male ostrich strides across the Masai plains
Cape buffalo and young. Buffalo are reported to kill more hunters in Africa than any other animal.
Dust Devil in Amboseli
Dancing with the Masai
A herd of female Impalas with baboons in the background
Masai giraffes by the lake shore.
African Sacred Ibis. Once it lived in Egypt and is depicted in many ancient Egyptian wall murals and sculptures. It is now extinct throughout Egypt.
Grey Crowned Crane's red throat gular sac will be inflated when making calls
White-browed Coucal; a species of cuckoo
Two-banded Courser, <em>aka</em> Double-banded Courser, a bird of dry open country
Dwarf mongoose looking for insects. They often feed together, as the mongoose disturb insects with their muzzles.
African Jacana. Has a chestnut body, and feeds on freshwater wetlands
Crowned Lapwing; has distinctive horizontal black and white bands surrounding a black crown
Taita Fiscal, known as the 'dry-country Shrike'
A female Taveta Golden Weaver.
Village children singing -- in front of their traditional huts made of mud and cow dung
Our Masai host -- also the teacher of the village
Blue Wildebeest. A safari van waiting with a herd of wildebeest crossing
Sunset in Amboseli
