Kenya
03/01/2006 - 24/01/2006
[Green-bordered photos by me;
red-bordered photos by Margarita Ramos;
black-bordered photos by Anping Chen;
blue-bordered photos by Jeanne Denoyer;
brown-bordered photos by Janeene Touchton;
bird identifications by Christie Riehl]

Mpala

Panoramic view of the savannah at Mpala Research Station, Laikipia District, Central Kenya

       
Dikdik; giraffe; impala

Endangered Grevy's zebras

               
Cheetah; jackals; spotted hyena; baboons; baboon with baby

               
Hippos; impala; waterbuck; hartebeest; hippos

       
Griraffe; hartebeest; elephants

       
Grevy's zebra; Grevy's zebras; Grevy's zebras and Mt Kenya

                       
Dark-capped Bulbul; Secretary Bird and Mt Kenya; Speckled Mousebird; Lilac-breasted Roller; Red-billed Hornbill; Grey Crowned Crane

               
Wire-tailed Swallow; Superb Starling; Darter; Plover (?); Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

   
Parrot (?); Guinea Fowl (?)

              
Tawny Eagle; Cinnamon-breasted Bee-eater; Pale Chanting Goshawk; Rosy-patched Bush-shrike; African Harrier Hawk

               
Go-away Birds; Secretary Bird; Ostrich; Thrush (?); Kori Bustard

           
Ruppell's Griffon Vultures (?); Black-headed Heron; White-browed Sparrow-weaver; Speckled Pigeon

               
Grasshopper; gecko; skink; spider; toad

   
Damselflies

                    
Assorted plants

                   
More assorted plants

                    
Boma huts; village above Mpala Research Station; tree with stone wall; mpala horn; buffalo skull

       
Giraffe silhouette; anthropogenic artefact; village

       
Cattle in the boma; the boma; camels

               
Miscellaneous textures

           
The Kongoni Plain; rainbow; El Karama; waterhole

               
Termite mound; Jeanne with nests; fig tree; camp administrators; Christie and Janeene

                   
Riding on top of the van; driving away from the sunset; no showers tonight; sundowner drinks at Hyrax Village; me in the jeep; dinner

           
Christie; group; guides and Dan; Mark

           
Anping, Leslie, Patrick; John; me; Mark, Raphael

       
Bushbaby; bushbaby; moon

Hyrax City, Mpala

           
Curious hyrax; me on top of Hyrax City; relaxed hyrax; juvenile hyrax

                   
Hyrax City--daytime

                   
Hyrax behaviour

               
Hyrax City--dawn and dusk

Elephant at Hyrax City

Sweetwaters

           
Janeene; water buffalo; elephants; plains zebra

       
Murani, the friendly rhinoceros at Sweetwaters

               
Waterbuck; baby elephant; lion with radio collar; warthog; elephant from behind

                   
Pelicans; familiar ibis; Spotted Thick-knee; the equator; Marabou Stork

   
Elephant herd of thirty; riding in the bus

Mombasa

                
Witch doctor; lilies; baby vervet monkey; Black-headed Weaver constructing nest; Leslie

               
Flame tree at Haller Park; pond and casuarinas at Haller Park; tree in coral rag forest; oryx at Haller Park; Christie

               
Me in coral rag forest; preparing our presentation; group with giant tortoise; Jeanne bird-watching; the Princeton planting at Haller Park

               
Giant millipede; snail; Bamburi limestone mine; cicada shell; vervet monkey

               
Black-headed Weaver in flight; Margarita; monitor lizard; baby vervets; mother vervet and baby

               
Reticulated giraffe; reticulated giraffe; agama lizard; crocodile; hippos

       
Beach near coral rag forest; beach outside hotel; boat with half a familiar flag

       
Textures in Mombasa