?Barbet Percher - Not certain of the ID
?Queen's Wreath
?Queen's Wreath
African Baobab
African Bush Elephant
African Bush Elephant
African Bush Elephant
African Bush Elephant, Long tusker. This elephant was just inside the gate to Tarangire NP and had the longest tusks seen by our guide. Standing still and I couldn't get a clean shot.
African Bush Elephant, Mama and baby
African Bush Elephant, Out from the bushes
African Bush Elephant, Part of my butts collection
African Bush Elephant -At cocktail hour on our last night a herd of elephants wandered onto the property to drink from the pools. The pools can be refilled remotely, which they were. We toured the grounds the next day and could see elephant damage. They can be very destructive.
African Bush Elephant - Baby elephant seems to be having fun in the water.
African Bush Elephant - Eating the tree after drinking all the water.
African Bush Elephant - The first closeup elephant.
African Bush Elephant. Mama and baby in the water.
African Bush Elephant. Out - time to go.
African Bush Elephant and impalas. Very typical scene.
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard
African Leopard - can you see it in the tree?
African Leopard - Finally settled down.
African Leopard. One of my favorite shots. This is the same leopard from the stump. He/she climbed the tree and I caught a bit of action.
African Leopard. The crossed legs usually signals a male, as they are trying to protect the family jewels.
Banded Mongoose
Banded Mongoose
Black-backed Jackal - lousy photo but enough for an ID
Bohor Reedbuck
Bohor Reedbuck. They were only seen near water.
Bohor Reedbuck and Nile Monitor. Look on the ground in front of the antelope for the monitor.
Bohor Reedbuck and Nile Monitor. Look on the ground in front of the antelope for the monitor.
Broad-bordered grass yellow butterfly
Bush Hyrax
Cabbage tree emperor moth. This one was dead and near the door to our lodge.
Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo, and calf
Caracal, Michael spotted this caracal as it crossed the road. We waited for bit to see if it would wander out where I could get a photo - and he/she did just that.
Caracal - and distinctive profile
Caracal - very distincive ear markings.
Cheetah. I took many photos of the field trying to spot the cheetah. It was beyond were I could se clearly. Finally he/she got up to look around and it caught a photo. It was a day full of big cats - my favorites.
Common Eland
Common Eland, and youngster.
Common Eland - shy animals
Danaid Eggfly
Danaid Eggfly
Eagle, in a tree
East African Wolf, according to iNaturalist. I thought it was a common jackal.
East African Wolf - if you saw one here you would swear it is a coyote.
Grant's Gazelle
Grant's Zebra
Grant's Zebra, keeping an eye on us.
Grant's Zebra. They often look pregnant, but some are male so that isn't the case. They have special digestive enzymes allowing them to eat grass others can't digest. I guess that gives them the look of bloat.
Grant's Zebra and Lions - We watched for a bit to see if the zebra knew the lions were nearby and if they had any interest. The lions just slept.
Grant's Zebra and Lions - We watched this group of lions for some time to see if they were going to hunt the zebra. Nope. The little one started to play.
Grant's Zebra butts.
Grant's Zebra butts.
Grant's Zebra right outside the main lodge at Lahia. The youngsters are brown.
Grant's Zebra with a odd patch of white. Still young but I doubt it will fill in correctly.
Grant’s Zebra - Coming out of the water.
Grant’s Zebra - If you ever wondered if zebra are black with white hair or white with black hair, this photo seems to show that their skin is black under the hair.
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus, big and little.
Hippopotamus having a bit of a disagreement. Michael said they were just practicing.
Hippopotamus in panorama
Hippopotamus in the pond and beautiful scenery
Hippopotamus on land. They spend most of the day in water and come out at night to feed.
Hippos with a long-tailed cormorant
Impala. The nickname is "McPala" as they are easily identified by the M on the rump.
Kirk's Dik-Dik - a cute little antelope. We saw many of these, usually in pairs as they mate for life.
Kirk's Dik-Dik. These are just cute.
Leopard Tortoise
Leopard tortoise, not happy about the rain.
Lion
Lion
Lion
Lion - He does look a bit worse for wear.
Lion - More lions in a tree. The male didn't seem to appreciate our visit and we promptly left.
Lion - More sleeping lions
Lion -Not all lions appear dignified.
Lion - note the wounds on her
Lion - One of the lionesses
Lion - Ouch.
Lion - Pride of lions
Lion - Pride of lions
Lion - Resting lioness
Lion - Sometimes they make funny (or seems that way) faces.
Lion - So you see the male lion under the tree?
Lion - Testing if the wildebeest is dead.
Lion - Testing if the wildebeest is dead.
Lion - The lioness is either very well fed or pregnant.
Lion - The male in the pride had an open wound on his face and pestered by flies.
Lion - These two were mating. The lioness would roll on her tummy and the male would do his thing, roll off and wait for the next time. Apparently they do this many times for a couple days.
Lion - The three males were there first, and then the two females joined in.
Lion - They do move, on occasion.
Lion - The young males are funny looking with their Mohawk mane.
Lion - This lioness had just brought down this wildebeest. She held on to the throat for several minutes to make sure it was dead.
Lion - Three male and two female lions took some time to drink from puddles near the road. I think there was a water pump station nearby and the puddles were runoff.
Lion - Yes, they do like to perch on the top of rock outcrops.
Lion. When she confirmed it was dead, the lioness wandered off to rest in the shade of another tree nearby. Our guide said they often wait a full day before eating the catch. Look at the muscles and wounds.
Lion in a tree
Lion in a tree. This park is famous for these lions. Apparently the flies are less bothersome in a tree.
Lion just sleeping in the road.
Lion youngsters
Maasai Giraffe
Maasai Giraffe, leucistic. He wandered off before I could get a photo of the eye color.
Maasai Giraffe - A Male? They often have a median forehead lump.
Maasai Giraffe - A Male? They often have a median forehead lump.
Maasai Giraffe - Typical road block
Maasai Giraffe - Typical road block
Maasai Giraffe - Typical scene at Lake Manyara
Maasai Giraffe butts. This type of giraffe is endangered and is the largest subspecies. Native to East Africa. It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches that extend to the hooves.
Manyara Monkey, a subspecies of the Blue Monkey
Manyara Monkey, a subspecies of the Blue Monkey
Nile Crocodile
Nile crocodile - this one was big!
Nile grass rat
Nile grass rat
Nile monitor
Olive baboon, up close
Olive Baboon. They are usually in large troops.
Queen's wreath
Queen's wreath - Lovely plant that looked like a cross between lilac and wisteria.
Rhino - Can you see the blurry rhino in the distance? Our only rhino spotting.
Serval - gorgeous cat and the last of the big cats we spotted.
Serval and East African wolf standoff
Serval and East African wolf standoff
Serval and East African wolf standoff. The wolf buddy stopped by too. Everyone left unharmed.
Serval ears
Southern Greater Kudu. The male is still young as his horns haven't made several twists.
Spotted hyena
Spotted Hyena
Spotted hyena - being bothered by flies (as was I).
Spotted hyena - this one looks relatively free from flies.
Spotted hyena. I can't figure out what he/she is eating.
Spotted hyena. I can't figure out what he/she is eating.
Spotted hyena laying in the water to cool off from digesting a meal.
Spotted hyenas, lounging in the mud holes.
Striped Skink - lousy photo
Topi - the patched antelope
Topi patches
Typical Agamas
Vervet Monkey, with baby. There was a large community of these in the area behind our lodge. They are ubiquitous and curious. They will try to steal from the safari vehicles and have been known to leave a present (poop) on the seat if they can't find anything they like. Roof closed, windows up!
Wildebeest, Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest. With wildebeest come flies, lots of flies.
Wildebeest, Western White-bearded
Wildebeest, Western White-bearded - Mini migration through the water
Wildebeest, Western White-bearded - Weather in the distance. They did have some lovely cloud formations, inspiration for paintings.