Birds on the Masai Mara

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Birds are bigger in Kenya too.

My bird photography is not great, sorry.  There are lots more birds, very colorful and magnificent and fast and they take off just as I am about to press the camera button.  Every time.

Grey Crowned Crane – Quite regal, don’t you think?
Saddle-Billed Stork – see that bit of yellow on the top of the bill?  It really does make for a lovely spot of color with the red contrast.
Secretary Bird – so-named because their feathers are long and quill-like.   They hunt insects and small rodents and mammals by stomping on them.  Yep, no slouches here.

Ostrich.  The male hangs out by himself a lot and doesn’t mind getting in the middle of a herd of topis or wildebeests or whatever.  I feel as though it might have an identity crisis at times and thinks it is an antelope.
Lilac-breasted roller.  This is a lovely bird in flight, all pretty colors.  The blue tail combines with a nice lilac further up and shines in the sun.  You will just have to take my word for it.

S.