Very special lion day

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Masai Mara National Park, Kenya

 Day 7
We saw balloons most mornings
This is why we get up so early - look at that light
I'm all paws
A bit of discipline is needed
This little fellow looks like he gets into lots of trouble
Three musketeers 
There's something down there
We followed the pride of lions until they went into the bush and then they played on an dead tree

Bee eaters - Oh no, they really do eat bees!
You don't see the hippos out of the water very often
African Green Pigeon 
Juvenile Marshal Eagle, he hasn't got his poker dots on his legs yet



Are they playing Twister?
Lilac-breasted Roller

 Day 8



Sunbird
One less grasshopper
One of the many water crossings
This is what the banks of the Mara River look like where the wildebeest cross
No, we aren't moving for you
Hurry up

Martin, Lindsay and me at the marker of Tanzania
There are some wildebeest here, just not where we want them

4th & 5th September 2018

 Day 1 & 2: The rains of Africa
Day 3 & 4: An unlikely trio
Day 5 & 6: Lion's prize
Day 7 & 8: this post
Day 9 & 10: not published yet
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya

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