Early morning in Msambweni
The sun has just risen over the horizon and an Back Headed Heron is in dark silhouette against the warm light.
The sun has just risen over the horizon and an Back Headed Heron is in dark silhouette against the warm light.
Sitting high above our little boat this beautiful Fish Eagle was perched on a branch on the edge of the mangrove swamps covering parts of Funzi island.
In the dense mangrove swamps of southern Kenya you will find a diverse and rich selection of birds living off the prey in the water. Here a beautiful image of a Little Egret.
Behind Funzi island inside the dense mangrove swamps you can find some small shy saltwater crocodiles. Their diet is fish and it can be difficult to spot these small creatures especially when they are resting inside the dense mangrove roots and branches.
Out fishing for kingfish in a traditional mango tree outrigger near the old fishing town of Msambweni on the Kenyan south coast.
A Great blue Heron fishing near the shoreline south coast Kenya. The Heron is targeting the small fish that are trapped inside the reef at low tide.
A closer look at the small sucking fish that was holding on to a big Sailfish. What is visible on the picture is the suction area that the fish uses to attach itself to the larger creature that will act as the underwater host.
Out on a beautiful day, deep sea fishing in the Indian Ocean
Dolphin family trailing our boat near Wasini. Quite a large family where the individual dolphins weave in and out of the surface waters to get air.
Mangrove trees are quite an amazing plant as it grows directly in saltwater with strong tidal variation. In order to survive this hostile environment the Mangrove tree has barriers in the roots that filter out salt. Mangrove seeds float and it can therefore be dispersed over a large area of coast line.
Diving at the reef of the Kenyan south coast of Shimoni. Shimoni has a dark past and used to be a important holding and trading center for slaves in the mid seventeen hundred to the mid eighteen hundred.
Deterministic chaos unfolding in a flock of sea birds as they weave in and out at great speed
Quite unusual to experience complete still air and the sea looking like a gigantic mirror of the morning sky.
Colobus monkeys are very gentle and friendly monkeys. Comparing them to Sykes, you have the Sykes that are extremely opportunistic and the Colobus that can live peacefully without stealing or marauding. The Colobus monkeys are herbivorous, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and twigs and normally lives in large families. The Colobus monkey has a beautiful long haired black and white coat, although newborn Colobuses are completely white. The images here is from Diani beach in Kenya where there is a number of families living in the coastal area next to the beach.