Ofcourse we were a bit early at Schiphol. But that simply provides: Gin-Tonic-Time (with "Bitterballs") !
This time no miss between tiles (KLM) but a friendly Lion (Kenya Airways).
Let's start our trip for real now! (In the car on our way to Nanyuki)
Complete garden center just at the side of the road.
The first rain this trip (and not the last!) In the cab on our way to Nanyuki for the registration.
After registration Mugambis car (who would take us from here to laikipia) wouldn't start. Time for us to go back and take some pictures!
Arriving at the registration for GGR2020 at Cape Chestnut Nanyuki.
The registration "office"
TV interview with Belinda Low Mackey, Co-Founder of Grevy's Zebtra Trust
Passer rufocinctus
Sparrow, Kenya (M)
Part 1 of our "uniform": The cap !
Acryllium vulturinum
Guineafowl, Vulturine
Loxodonta africana
Elephant, African Bush
Tockus deckeni
Hornbill, Von der Decken's (M)
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Hornbill, Red-billed (F)
Plocepasser mahali
Sparrow-weaver, White-browed
Superb Starling mobbing a Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Bubo lacteus
Eagle-Owl, Verreaux's (Superb Starling mobbing)
Eagle-Owl, Verreaux's
We may not count you today but we hope to see you tomorrow!
Ardeotis kori
Bustard, Kori (M)
Crocuta crocuta
Hyena, Spotted
Melierax poliopterus
Chanting-goshawk, Eastern
Rhodophoneus cruentus
Bushshrike, Rosy-patched (M)
Vachellia drepanolobium
Whistling thorn
Crematogaster mimosae
You can see part of the "Ethiopia–Kenya HVDC Interconnector" this is a 500Kv 1044km long connection between Ethiopia and Kenya. Not completely finished yet...
Oenanthe oenanthe
Wheatear, Northern
Burhinus capensis
Thick-knee, Spotted
Stigmochelys pardalis
Tortoise, Leopard
If you want a headshot but have a rather large lens on your camera ... this is the effect!
Buteo augur
Buzzard, Augur (I)
Looking from high ground if there are grevy's somewhere.
Polemaetus bellicosus
Eagle, Martial (I)
This is why we need long lenses. Do you see the young Martial Eagle?
Agama lionotus
Agama, Kenyan Rock (F)
Anas erythrorhyncha
Teal, Red-billed
Eurema brigitta
Yellow, Broad-bordered Grass
Apis mellifera
Honeybee, Western
Brachythemis leucosticta
Groundling, Southern Banded (M)
Anthene larydas
Hairtail, Spotted
Trithemis annulata
Dropwing, Violet
During the Great Grevys Rally we still have time to photograph little creatures. Okay the rest is having lunch but still...
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica
Locust, Brown-spotted
Mugambi looking to identify the birds.
Pseudonigrita cabanisi
Social-Weaver, Black-capped
Pterocles decoratus
Sandgrouse, Black-faced
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
Giraffe, Reticulated
Chanting-goshawk, Eastern (I)
Otocyon megalotis
Fox, Bat-eared
Genetta genetta
Genet, Common
It really felt colder than it was (19 degrees) in the open car!
Halcyon leucocephala
Kingfisher, Grey-headed
Gyrinidae
Beetle, Whirligig
Junonia oenone oenone
Pansy, Dark Blue
Belenois aurota
White, African caper
Trithemis arteriosa
Dropwing, Red-veined (M)
Lestes pallidus
Spreadwing, Pallid (I)
The road crossed this little creek with lots of 'beautiful bugs' !
Pseudagrion salisburyense
Sprite, Salisbury
Arctiini
Woolly Bear - caterpillar of the Tiger Moth Family
Aepyceros melampus
One of many bachelor herds around here!
Lophoceros nasutus
Hornbill, African Grey (F)
Equus quagga
Zebra, Plains
Charadrius tricollaris tricollaris
Plover, Three-banded
Mugambi showing us our lunch spot for today: The Waterfall.
Trithemis furva
Dropwing, Navy (M)
Madoqua guentheri
Dik-dik, Günther's (F)
Francis opening up the bushes so we can drive through in search of the Grevy's Zebra.
Panthera pardus
Leopard
Ichneumia albicauda
Mongoose, White-tailed
There's something very mysterious about a leopard sneaking away like that.
Oriolus larvatus
Oriole, Eastern Black-headed (I)
Guineafowl, Vulturine (I)
Oena capensis
Dove, Namaqua (M)
Turtur chalcospilos
Wood-dove, Emerald-spotted
Papio anubis
Baboon, Olive
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Barbet, D'Arnaud's
Turdoides rubiginosa
Chatterer, Rufous (I)
Chatterer, Rufous
Bushshrike, Rosy-patched (I/F)
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Starling, Hildebrandt's
Bradornis microrhynchus
Flycatcher, African Grey
Hirundo rustica
Swallow, Barn
Opuntia ficus-indica
Prickly-pear, Mission
Ipomoea hildebrandtii
Euphorbia candelabrum
Candelabra Tree
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata
Skink, African Five-lined (F)
Barleria eranthemoides
Pycnonotus barbatus
Bulbul, Common
Great spot for lunch
Trachylepis brevicollis
Skink, Short-necked
Resurrection Plant, okay we took this home with us but .... it died!
Camelus dromedarius
Dromedary
View over the Ewasonarock river with the new "river camp" on the right.
Taking pictures of the Lion's Ear in the wind with a long lens. Tricky!
Leonotis nepetifolia
Lion's Ear
Nothing beats waking up with a fresh coffee and biscuit in front of your tent!
Panthera leo
Lion, Southern
The victim's parents watch from a safe distance. This is nature ...
After such a spectacular sight always nice to relax with a cup of coffee and muffins!
Heterohyrax brucei
Hyrax, Bush
Ludwiga adscendens
Primrose, Water
Although the weather isn't great, a lunch like this ... you have to love it!
Cisticola chiniana
Cisticola, Rattling
View of the Ewaso Narok River
Pentas parvifolia
Catacroptera cloanthe
Pirate
Dropwing, Navy (F)
Skink, African Five-lined (M/F)
Skink, African Five-lined (M)
Agama, Kenyan Rock (M)
Procavia capensis
Hyrax, Rock
Broadleysaurus major
Lizard, Rough-scaled Plated
Gymnoris pyrgita
Bush-sparrow, Yellow-spotted
Sporopipes frontalis
Weaver, Speckle-fronted
Ploceus vitellinus
Weaver, Vitelline Masked (M)
Lagonosticta senegala
Firefinch, Red-billed (M)
Clamator jacobinus
Cuckoo, Jacobin
Chloropicus spodocephalus
Woodpecker, Grey-headed (M)
Parked the car at the edge of the swamp
Charadrius pecuarius
Plover, Kittlitz's
Pterocles exustus
Sandgrouse, Chestnut-bellied
Anas undulata undulata
Duck, Yellow-billed
Lanius dorsalis
Fiscal, Taita (I on top)
Agama caudospinosa
Agama, Elmenteita Rock (F/M)
Agama, Elmenteita Rock (M)
Agama, Elmenteita Rock (F)
Cisticola juncidis
Cisticola, Zitting (F)
Balearica regulorum
Crowned Crane, Grey
There is something in the backgroud.. oh it's our car!
Anaplectes rubriceps
Weaver, Northern Red-headed (M)
Dendropicos namaquus
Woodpecker, Bearded (F)
Lamprotornis regius
Starling, Golden-breasted
Chalcomitra hunteri
Sunbird, Hunter's (M)
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Courser, Three-banded
Turdus tephronotus
Thrush, Bare-eyed
D'arnaud's Barbet eating an African Giant Centipede
Lanius isabellinus
Shrike, Isabelline (M)
Fiscal, Taita (I)
Always very impressive to be so close to these giants.
Euplectes capensis
Bishop, Yellow
Cinnyris mariquensis
Sunbird, Mariqua (M)
Looking for a signal from the wild dogs.
Calendulauda alopex intercedens
Lark, Foxy
Lamprotornis superbus
Starling, Superb
Centropus superciliosus
Coucal, White-browed
Nilaus afer
Brubru
Xerus erythropus
Squirrel, Striped Ground
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Scrub-robin, White-browed
Dik-dik, Günther's
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Goose, Egyptian
Setting up the camera-trap - hopefully we catch leopard and aardvark tonight!
Lycosidae
Spider, Wolf
Unidentified insect
Grasshopper
Batis, Chinspot (F)
Sunbird, Mariqua (I)
Vidua fischeri
Whydah, Straw-tailed (M)
That's also part of safari!
Subfamily Oedipodinae
Grasshopper, Band-winged
Genus Truxalis
Locust, Funnyface
Family Tettigoniidae
Katydid
Family Acrididae
Grasshopper, Short-horned
Coracias caudatus
Roller, Lilac-breasted
Cichladusa guttata
Palm-thrush, Spotted
Hyena, Spotted (2xI)
Beautiful in the early morning.
Numida meleagris
Guineafowl, Helmeted
Corythaixoides leucogaster
Go-away-bird, White-bellied (M)
Waiting for the leopard to come back.
A leopard fled the scene!
Syncerus caffer
Buffalo, Cape
Upupa epops
Hoopoe, (African) Common
Hyrax, Bush (I)
Eurocephalus rueppelli
Shrike, Northern White-crowned (I)
Shrike, Northern White-crowned
Crithagra sulphurata
Canary, Brimstone
Oenanthe pleschanka
Wheatear, Pied (non-br M)
Eremopterix leucopareia
Sparrow-Lark, Fischer's (M)
Ptychadena anchietae
Frog, Anchieta's Ridged
Dropwing, Red-veined (F)
Orthetrum julia
Skimmer, Julia
Still no leopard...
Always beautiful sceneries with elephants at Laikipia.
Setting up the camera trap near to the carcass.
Caprimulgus donaldsoni
Nightjar, Donaldson-Smith's
Setting up a camera trap near Mugambi's house
Rainy start of our morning drive!
Feeling lucky today!
Carcass was moved but nothing on our camera traps....
This is how you normally see a Steenbok!
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Starling, Greater Blue-Eared
Indicator indicator
Honeyguide, Greater
Big bull chasing a mother and calf
Another beautiful place to have a coffee break!
Always nice to see such a tower!
Phacochoerus africanus
Warthog, Common
Bustard, Kori
Laikipia Wilderness camp - our tent is on the right
Nanger granti
Gazelle, Grant's
We haven't seen these the whole week: Greater Kudu
And another species not seen before this holiday: Gerenuk
Loving the roads in Kenya!
Epomophorus
Fruit bat, Epauletted
A bit of rain during this ride but more is coming!
Last meal at the airport before our flight home...
