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African Fish Eagle
African Fish Eagle
African Fish Eagle
African Grass Owl are so timid it's hard to get a close frontal shot, they seem to be always flying away from me.
African White-backed Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
Black Faced Vervet Monkey
black Faced Vervet Monkey
Black Faced Vervet Monkey
Black Faced Vervet Monkey
Black Faced Vervet Monkey
Rearranging once again
I don't take many photos that need explanation, but this was the first sighting of the Cheetah. Poking up from the mound in the center.
We really have his attention as we drive up. Afraid he's going to run away.
As we round the mound we see why it didn't run off. There are two of them and they have a fresh wildebeest kill
Or guide told us these two are brothers and they split there time between Tanzania and Kenya
While they don't like us there, they tolerate us well. Time for silence, many tourists in safari trucks don't realize the importance of silence.
Ever on the alert, cheetah can have a kill taken away by a pack of hyenas. Cheetah will not fight hard, they can't afford to get injured since they have to run…
Are you still here?
Rearranging dinner. Female cheetah live and hunt alone. Males team up to make hunting and defending territory easier. 70% of male pairs are siblings.
Messy eaters. There are roughly 1200 Cheetah in Tanzania. That would mean there are between 300 and 400 hunting pairs of brothers
One full belly
Cheetah
Well fed, bet he couldn't run...
Cleaning up the evidence
Leaving the kill to the scavengers
Looking for a place to nap
Nap time!
Cheetah
Cheetah brothers
Finishing the cleanup
Finshed cleaning
Cheetah brothers
Cheetah
Crocodiles waiting for the wildebeest to cross the river
Elephants
Elephant and wildebeest everywhere!
Elephant family with nursing calf
Elephant
Immature Fish Eagle
Giraffe
This giraffe's back left leg had been caught in a snare. The rangers darted her a few days before and provided medical care, waiting for it to heal. It's a race…
She wasn't putting any weight on that hind leg. Since the wildebeest migration was currently in the northern Serengeti, plentiful prey animals will probably…
Giraffe
Pretty girl!
Blending in
Spotted hyena watching the world go by
Spotted Hyena, he didn't like our safari truck and left
Impala
Again, I don't normally publish photos that need explaining, but our guide spotted this leopard in the tree from over 200 yards in the rearview mirror!
The closer we got, the higher she climbed so we decided to look at another leaopard in a tree
Our second Leopard of the day!
Male Leopard
Male Leopard
Male Leopard. Must be more comfortable than it looks
Male Leopard
Male Leopard. Our guide said males will not straddle a branch with their back legs, this one is pretty close!
We went back to the female we found first, she still wasn't interested in us parking under her tree.
Lilac Breated Roller - Last game drive on the way to the airport! Never turn down a game drive
Emmanuel knew I wanted better pictures of the Lilac Breasted Roller. All of a sudden he swerved the truck off the road because this one was sitting in the…
Lilac Bresasted Roller landing next to the truck
Lilac Breasted Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller
Our guide, Emmanuel, identified this as a lion kill because even the hide was eaten. Bones picked clean by scavengers.
This lioness was easy to spot against the black burn she was laying on. Before we showed up she was watching the wildebeest wander by.
Pretty girl
Lioness
Lioness
Thats a yawn, not a growl
Lioness
Lioness
Lioness, early morning light
Not a successful hunt, she wasn't able to chase them closer to the first lion.
The closer wildebeest finally start to run. Not sure why the first lioness never joins the chase, she might have been farther from them than it appears
Marabou Stork
Marabou Stork hang out with vultures
Male ostrich turn pink to attract females during mating season
Vultures, Storks, and other birds scavenging a wildebeest's remains
The tall birds are Marabou Storks
Secretary Bird, also called a Ground Eagle. Hunts small mammals and snakes.
Spotted Hyena
Spotted Hyena
Sunrise. Balloons in Kenya
Sunset on the Serengeti
Sunset
Fighting Thomsons gazelles
Fighting Thomsons Gazelles
Fighting gazelles
Thomsons Gazelles - These two fought for a few minutes then ran off
Topi
Topi
Turtle
African White-backed Vulture - some enter with much drama to intimidate the other birds
For a while everyone will settle down and just eat
Until another fight breaks out. African White-backed Vulture spreading its wings to intimidate
These two were so serious they forgot about the carcass, leaving it to the other birds.
Waterbuck
Juvenile waterbuck
Waterbuck
Female Waterbuck
Waterbuck
Water Buffalo. This herd stopped dead at about 20 meters, as soon as they became aware of our truck
White Browed Coucal
White Browed Coucal
Wildebeest everywhere!
Wildebeest running
Wildebeest waiting to cross the river
Wildebeest
If you look in the bushes on the riverbank, just right of center where the bushes end there is a dark lump laying under the bush. It's a lion and none of those…
Question is, where is the other lion? Lionesses do not hunt alone.
Wildebeest waiting to cross the river, they still don't know the lion is there.
Off to the left, the other lioness starts chasing wildebeest
The wildebeest face the lioness, not realizing there is another at their back.
Finally the first lioness emerges from under the bush. Zebra had an 'oh-shit" moment.
After an unsuccessful hunt, they start playing.
They sure know how to clear a room
