We started much earlier today -- 6:15am -- to catch sight of the early
rising and more nocturnal creatures and had breakfast on the way. We saw
jackals and hyenas and a lion walking along the road (instead of the
typical sleeping posture). Some of the photos are not labeled because when I click to add the caption, they disappear. There is a series of three, starting with a hyena followed by vultures and a marabou stork that was taken from the same vantage point, and indicative of the dining protocols in the wild.
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| Another weaver bird variation -- Social Weaver |
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Hooper's Starling -- bluish purple hue. He hopped around a lot
making it impossible to get the photo I wanted. |
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| Hyrex (elephant relative) |
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| Waterbucks |
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| Gray Heron |
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| Giraffe |
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| Two Jackals |
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| Hyena |
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| Topi |
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| Two Dik-Diks |
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Lion on the road -- may be the same one with a collar tag we
saw yesterday.
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| Striped Mongoose |
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| Gray-headed shrike |
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| White Bellied Bustard |
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| Baboons |
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| Resting lion - she rolled over -- below |
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| Hippo slapping his head on the water to wet himself down |
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| Hippo dining |
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| Hippos in disappearing pool |
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| Lots more in the same situation |
We returned to the camp for lunch and to start preparing to depart tomorrow. It will be good to get home, but sad to leave Africa and the wonderful adventures we have had.
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