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| Uncountable numbers of wildebeest are migrating and giving birth in this period. Here we see a newborn struggling to stand. Amazingly, it has ability to run with the herd in five to seven minutes after birth! |
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| The beard/fringe sometimes fools a throat-grabbing lion and leaves it with just a mouthful of hair. |
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| Wildebeest placenta is a delicacy for many animals and a problem for the Masai because their cows can eat it and pick up wildebeest diseases. |
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| Maribou storks also like wildebeest placenta. |
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| A cheetah observes without any hunting attention |
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| A male Kory's Bustard knows how to attract females with a puffed-up throat and tail. |
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| Jackal |
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| Pregnant cheetah. We sought her out two more times (and found her against general expectations) in the hope of seeing her with newborns. But we lost her on the fourth try. |
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| Breakfast on the back of a Toyota Land Cruiser. Leaving the camp at 6:30 or 7 we don't eat until 9 or 10. |
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| Tuki, our bushman tracker, spotted a leopard tortoise hiding under a bush. |
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| Ostriches do the tango. |
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| One of the typical Serengetti landscapes with the remnant of a Masai house. |
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| Masai with cattle |
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| My favorite creature, the dung beetle. Favorite because it most resembles humans in devoting itself to the accumulation of shit. If time and internet connections permit, I will devote more to this insect. |
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| Red-headed lizard |
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| Cocktails on the rocks. |
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| Our tent at Kasekkio camp |
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| Lovebird |
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| Brown Eagle |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Lost Young Wildebeest |
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| Classic Cheetah |
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| Cheetah imitating house cat |
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| Lunch on the Serengetti Plain |
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| Relaxation on the Serengetti Plain |
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| Eurasion Roller |
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