Big Catch-Up Part Three

2021 started off pretty rough. We went back to face-to-face classes gradually, and I was really struggling with the classload and constant schedule changes. 

In February, we had a welcome four-day weekend. I flew to Nairobi, and spent three glorious nights in a tented camp in Nairobi National Camp. 

African Cape Buffalo - one of the most dangerous animals on the continent. 

Black-winged stilts

Hartebeest

Helmeted Guinea-fowl

Impala

Leopard footprint

White Rhino

Sacred Ibis

Secretary Bird

Serval Cat

Silver-backed jackal

Variable Sunbird

White-headed vulture

 

 Big Catch-Up Part Mbili!

December 2020 - After many many tears, I made it back to Kenya in time for Christmas. I actually kissed the ground when I landed in Nairobi. I went by road to a lovely place called Elsamere, the former home of the author of Born Free. The lodge is on the shore of Lake Naivasha. I relaxed there, watched the black and white colobus monkeys, took a drive to a local sanctuary where I fell completely in love with the giraffes, and climbed a small mountain! 

African Fish Eagles

Black and White Colobus Monkey

Stonechat

Crater Lake Sanctuary

Dik-dik

Eland

Lake Naivasha

This is called 'necking.' It's how males establish dominance.

Hammerkop

Gazelle

Mount Longonot

Superb Starling

White-fronted Bee-eater