Elephants, hippos, warthogs all change coloration depending on their diet. Here the elephants are decidedly darker than elsewhere (and no brownish tints as elsewhere)….
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A Spotted Hyena lets us get close enough…
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LAIKIPIA WILDERNESS in north central Kenya, just beyond the northern end of the Maasi Mara. It is not frequently visited so the animals a much more wild as they are not familiar with the presence of people. Mount Kenya on the horizon. African Wild Dogs, elephants, the stunning Grevy zebra, the handsome Reticulated Giraffe, and all the usual suspects……
The interior of our tent/cabin….. now a familiar look and comfort level. Our bathroom and shower were through the zipped doors in the back.
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Showering under the stars at the back of our tent/cabin….. plenty of warm water…. Great fresh shower.
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A view from a ridgetop showing the valley. Our camp might have been on the top of the smaller hill in the background—not the one in the center but the one further away to the left of the one in the center…..
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Locally known as “baboon rock” we climbed up this granite monolith (around the baboon scat!). This is part of the way up looking back at our vehicle and the landscape beyond….
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The African Augur Buzzard
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You can barely make out the African Augur Buzzard nest below us on a cliff face. There were two chicks in it and our host said that the parents will kick the weakest one out of the nest, preferring to raise only one baby. So, Joseph climbed all the way down the cliff, climbed back up in the tree at the base of the cliff, retrieved the smallest one, and ultimately brought it back up the cliff in a canvas bag….
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Peering out for the first time from the bag that Joseph put him into when retrieved from the nest…..
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