the wandering chick
...East Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
female elephant taken at Paraa Lodge, Uganda
a hooded vulture
Cheetah, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
A hyeana at Masai Mara National Park; if you've ever heard the sound of a hyeana, you'll agree it's a horrendous sound; not sure where the term 'laughing hyeana' came from.
a jackal
a female lion
Giraffe at Masai Mara Natl Reserve
Mt. Kilamanjaro is an inactive volcanic mountain in Tanazia and is the highest mountain in Africa. It's the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, more than 15,000 feet at its summit.
An agama lizard taken at Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya
This animal in the monkey family is a vervet.
An elephant herd at Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Topi, taken at Masai Mara National Reserve
Note the two types of Zebra found in East Africa. The one above is a Plains zebra. The main characteristic is that the stripes go completely around the zebra and are wider than those of the Grevy zebra, below. Note its white belly.
An ant hill at Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
Not all in pretty and pleasant in East Africa.
A male lion takes a break after eating the remains of a hartebeest at Amboseli National Park in Kenya.
A female lion and her cub eat a recent kill, a wildebeest, at Amboseli in Kenya.
At Amboseli National Park in Kenya
Hippos on the Nile River in Uganda
Bats sleep in trees in Entebee, Uganda.
Left and Above: A rural fruit market in Kenya
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