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April 1, 2017

2017-04-01: WPC Dense

The WordPress prompt for this week is Dense. Rather than post a selfie (ha ha ha), here are some photos from East Africa that fit in with the theme.

DSC_9802-Edit — A crocodile ensures that a group of wildebeest crossing the Mara River stick very close together in the rush to get out of the water.

DSC_9757-Edit — A portion of the wildebeest herd tightly packed, waiting to cross the river.

A pod of hippos sunning themselves in a quieter spot along the Mara River.

DSC_9595-Edit — Wildebeest as far as the eye could see.

DSC_7819-Edit — A large group of flamingos take flight over the Amboseli Swamp.

DSC_6366-Edit — A chimpanzee swings through the lush vegetation of the Kibale Forest.

DSC_5996-Edit — A squacco heron almost disappears amongst the dense vegetation at the side of the Kazinga Channel.

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WPC: Dense

March 31, 2017

2017-03-31: Feel Good Friday

Happy Friday! The work week is over and it is time to relax a bit. Wishing everyone a great weekend ahead. And try not to do too many nasty pranks tomorrow!

20170331_FGF — Lion cubs laying with a stick in the Masai Mara, Kenya. September, 2016. (I’m kinda feeling like the cub on the left at the moment!)

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March 29, 2017

2017-03-29: Wordless Wednesday

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March 27, 2017

For Monochrome Monday this week, I decided to share some birds in black and white. I thought it was a nice way to emphasize the shapes amongst the environment. Enjoy, and wishing everyone a great week ahead.

P1010532-Edit — A brown snake age perched on Euphorbia near the Kazinga channel in Uganda.

DSC_9615-Edit — Marabou storks, one of the undertakers of the bush, hang around at the back of a herd of wildebeest in the Masai Mara. It won’t be long before their next meal.

DSC_8380-Edit — A group of ostrich jog through the Selenkay Conservancy in Kenya.

DSC_7835-Edit — A group of egrets in Amboseli, each with their own section of swamp to scour for tasty morsels.

DSC_7726-Edit — A blacksmith lapwing near the Amboseli swamps. I’ve seen these birds throughout my African travels, and they are always entertaining to watch.

DSC_7692-Edit — A grey heron perched in the Amboseli swamp.

DSC_7616-Edit — This little guy… I believe it is some type of plover, but as it is a juvenile, I can’t identify exactly which type.

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March 26, 2017

2017-03-26: WPC Green

The WordPress post prompt for this week is “It IS easy being green” and when I saw that, I immediately thought of Uganda. Many of the places I visited in Uganda were amazingly lush forested areas, with varying tones of green as far as the eye could see.

I hope you enjoy my selection of green images 🙂

A hamerkop fishing at the edge of the Kazinga Channel. If I had to guess, I’d say it caught a tilapia.

P1010483-Edit — A black and white colobus monkey eyes us from the treetops. My wonderful guide JP spotted this beauty while driving between Ishasha Wilderness Camp and the Mweya Lodge, overlooking the Kazinga Channel.

One of the pathways through the Kibale Forest, where I searched for chimpanzees.

DSC_6502-Edit — A young chimpanzee in the treetops, munching on the tiny fruits that were in abundance on that particular tree variety. Photographing the chimpanzees was even more challenging than the gorillas, and I came away with only a few shots I could use, but memories that will last a lifetime.

DSC_5414-Edit — A rather sizeable monitor lizard, steps from my tent door at the Ishasha Wilderness Camp. When I showed this photo to others in my group at lunch, one woman commented she was very glad it had not been outside her tent.

bwindi — A beautiful vista while heading into the Bwindi region. Terraced fields growing tea, coffee, bananas and an assortment of other fruits and vegetables.

DSC_4872-Edit — A L’hoests monkey seen from the deck at Buhoma Lodge in Bwindi. These monkeys were plentiful in the village, and gorged themselves on the avocados growing on the property.

DSC_4184-Edit — My first day in Bwindi, I took a village tour and we took a walk into the hills to visit a Batwa village (a pygmy community). I snapped this shot of the community fields below and plots up the opposite hillside… but mostly I think I was stopped to catch my breath as the walk was very steep and our guide kept a fairly vigorous pace!

DSC_5069-Edit — And last, but certainly not least, a gorilla sleeping amongst the leaves, in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

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WPC: Green

March 24, 2017

2017-03-24: Feel Good Friday

I’ve not posted a feel good Friday post in some time, and decided I needed to share a bit of elephant love!

Wishing everyone a fantastic weekend.

DSC_9279-Edit — A pair of elephants giving our vehicle the sniff check.

DSC_8492-Edit — Young elephants playing at the edge of Amboseli Swamp. If I could only pick one animal to see in Africa, it would be the elephant. They are always such a joy to watch.

DSC_8482-Edit — Mama and siblings gather around the baby while it naps. Elephants are so wonderfully protective of their young.

March 21, 2017

2017-03-21: WPC Atop

The WordPress prompt for the week is Atop – photographs showing a vantage point of being above the subject. I hope you enjoy my selection of images from my travels.

DSC_8335-Edit — The expanse of the Amboseli National Park, and a dust-devil in the distance. Viewed from the Amboseli lookout point.

DSC_8306-Edit — Another view from the Amboseli lookout.

DSC_6634-Edit — Coming in to land at the airstrip in Selenkay.

DSC_6629-Edit — A view of a Maasai village from the air; somewhere on route to Porini’s Mara camp.

DSC_5539-Edit — Near the Ishasha Wilderness Camp, we found a lovely spot perched over the river valley, the perfect place to watch the sunrise.

DSC_5532-Edit — From our perch in Ishasha, not only did we watch the sunrise, but we also watched some hyena hassle a group of crowned cranes.

DSC_5520-Edit — Another day, and the start of another lovely sunrise in Ishasha.

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WPC Atop

March 20, 2017

2017-03-20: Monochrome Monday

Happy first day of Spring! My goodness I am certainly happy to say that, and also very happy that it is finally starting to feel like winter has loosened its grip around here. I’m at the point now where only 50% of my lawn is still cover in snow!

For today, I thought I would share a mixed bag of photos from my trip to East Africa.

Happy Monday all, and have a wonderful week!