Lappet Faced Vulture
A Lappet Faced Vulture perched high above us is on the outlook on this beautiful sunny morning
Meru National Park Kenya
Northern Kenyan wildlife and elephants, Grevy’s Zebra, Elephants, Eland, Bush Pig, Waterbuck, Cheetah, Leopard, Reticulated Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Bohor Reedbuck, Hartebeest, Python, Puff Udder, Cobra, Buffalo. Thorny bush landscape in Northern Kenya, wooded grasslands in the West and open grassland in the north, dense river forests of Doum and Raffia palms
Gabar Goshawk
High above our viewpoint a beautiful Gabar Goshawk is sitting on his favorite stick looking for small prey on the ground
Vulture circling over the savanna
Large vulture circling over the tree tops in the updraft from the hot ground
Eastern yellow billed Hornbill
Eastern yellow billed Hornbill sitting pretty on acacia tree in Meru.
Marabou storks
Hanging high in the sky a large group of Marabou storks circling in a updraft looking for the next meal.
Three giraffes
When a number of giraffes congregates it gives a image of slanted and tilted lines making for Interesting composition.
Vervet monkey and blue sky
The notorious thief of the savanna, keep your food close when these monkeys are around.
Vervet Monkey portrait
Naughty Vervet Monkey keeping an eye on our evening cooking. They are very skilled at stealing just about anything that looks eatable.
Beautiful Reticulated Giraffe in Meru National Park
Beautiful Reticulated Giraffe in Meru National Park
The moon rising over the savanna
The moon rising over the savanna in Meru northern Kenya. Sometimes the moon looks very big when hanging near the horizon beaming with warm yellow light.
Jackson’s Hornbill
Jackson’s Hornbill sitting in a thorn tree with a small fruit in the tip of the beak.
Francolin calling home on top of a broken branch.
Francolin calling home on top of a broken branch. Picture scanned from a negative and colors are a bit off due to the negative.
Vulture in black and white
Vulture in black and white. When you take a closer look at the vulture there is few things that strikes you, one is the powerfull claws and the sharp beak for ripping flesh and picking meat of the bones of dead animals. The garbage man of the savanna.
A giraffe picking green sprouts of a tree
A giraffe picking green sprouts of a tree. Meru is the famous for the bird life and the many rivers passing trough the plains of the park.