Wildlife Faces of Kenya is one of many articles to be created from photos taken on three connected safaris (Botswana and Zambia, Tanzania, and Kenya) between June 20 and July 31, 2009, with Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris, Saratoga, California (www.cheesemans.com).
Diane and I flew out of Peoria on a 6:00 AM flight to Minneapolis on June 20. After a 7-hour wait, it was on to Amsterdam. After a 5-hour wait, we boarded a plane for an 11-hour flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, where we stayed overnight.
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The Whitebellied Korhaan (male) is
found only in this part of Africa and nowhere else in the world. It...
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The Gemsbok (Oryx) has ringed horns up
up to 30 inches long, making them formidable weapons. It is a large antelope...
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This Female Kudu is a woodland antelope
with a narrow body and long legs. Its coat can range from...
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The Superb Starling has a black head
and an iridescent blue-to-green back, upper breast, wings, and tail....
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The female Crested Guineafowl has
black plumage with dense white spots and a gray-blue neck and face.
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The Defassa Waterbuck (female) is
found in scrub and savanna areas near water where it eats grass. Despite its...
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An African female impala.
An African impala (female). Common impalas in Africa are estimated to number...
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A Gerenuk (male) is reddish-brown with
lighter flanks and a white belly with a "M" marking on its rear.
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This Female Kirk's Dik-Dik is a small
antelope found in eastern and southwestern Africa. It grows to 28 inches in...
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The Warthog gets its name from the four
large wart-like protrusions on its head. It has two pairs of tusks protruding...
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The Kirk's Dik-Dik eats a wide range of
plants. It has hooves with rubbery bottoms, which are effective when...
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The Black-faced Sandgrouse is an
attractively-patterned bird with very distinct markings.
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An African Crocodile usually congregates
in freshwater areas like rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish...
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Elephant close-up.
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An Impala (male) will begin to leap
when frightened or startled to confuse its predator. Leopards, cheetah, lions...
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The meat of a Defassa Waterbuck (female)
is safe to be eaten although it is not particularly tasty.
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The Defassa Waterbuck (female) will
gather in herds of numbering two to six hundred.
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The Male and Female Defassa Waterbucks
clearly show the male's long spiral-structured horns, which sweep...
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A Male Impala is referred to as a ram.
Males have lyre-shaped horns. Females, referred to as ewes, have no horns.
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Kirk's Dik-Dik is named for the sound it
makes when alarmed.
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The Cape Hare emerges after dark to
feed on grasses and occasionally on other plants. Its upper incisors are long...
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Grevy's Zebra.
Easily identified by the thin stripes, white belly and the thick V on the chest.
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Grevy's Zebra with a Redbilled
Oxpecker on its back. When perched there, its favorite food is blood. The...
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The Male Kirk's Dik-Dik has horns which
are small (only about 3 inches) and slanted backwards. The head of the...
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This Southern Whitecrowned Shrike will
catch insects, small birds, or mammals and impale their bodies on...
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Africa
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