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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 wildebee...

Masai Mara, Kenya Day 3 Before sunrise in the Masai Mara Sunrise in the Masai Mara There was a gorgeous sunrise this morning and we watch a number of hot air balloons take to the sky. The sun rises around an orange glow. We watch some zebras fight. Not as brutal as the wild horses but they do bite each other. Two jackals have a kill and keep watch nervously as they eat just in case someone comes to steal their find. A Maribou Stork stands close by waiting patiently until they have finished - he's not a vulture but is still part of the clean up crew. What did I do to you? The pride is lazing about as usual In the long tall grass we come across a pride of eight lions but you can only see seven. When they lie down flat, they are well camouflaged. There is a reason they are the colour of dry grass as they frequent the savannah plains and you could quite easily be a couple of metres from a lion and not know it. The grass is very long this year. A woman has take...