Post 3 of an unknown number of posts that I'll be making over the next few months as I organize and select my favorites of the over 3,000 photos I took while on safari!!!
On the morning we left Lake Nakuru, we stopped en route at Lake Naivasha for a boat ride. We saw birds galore, and a pod of hippopotamuses!
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Giant kingfisher |
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Boat ride!!! |
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Pelicans |
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Cormorant with wings spread |
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Cormorants appear to be having a disagreement about something! |
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Hippo |
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Pied kingfisher |
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Green heron |
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Hadada ibis |
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Loved this shot with four different species of birds (Wally will have to tell us which are which!) |
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Time for breakfast! |
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Yum! |
There was a fish eagle hanging out in the trees by the lake. Our guide threw a fish, which the eagle swooped down to get! What a sight that was to see!
More hippopotamuses!!! We didn't get too close, cause they were mostly bigger than our boat!
The bird pictures are fantastic but I bet it was unreal to see a hippo right in front of you in the river! Great photos.
ReplyDeleteLynne x
Thanks, Lynne! The hippos were awesome to see. Those of us in the boat were happy we didn't get any closer than we did. They were BIG!!!
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