AFRICA 2014
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| Vicki at the totally recognizable Big Ben. Grey, rainy and 40 degrees all day. |
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| Tom in Westminster Abbey. Beautiful and interesting in every way possible! |
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| Tom, Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty was in residence, but napping at the time we paid our call. |
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| Vick at the memorial of her namesake, Queen Victoria |
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| St. James Park with Pelicans, Swans, Pintails, Mallard, and numerous other wonderful Ducks I still need to identify. Oh yes, and Buckingham Palace in the background. |
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| Lake Duluti Serena Lodge. Separate abodes, dining room, business center and boutique. |
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| Staff is excellent. Each meal had a fresh buffet for salads and fruit as well as a menu. |
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| Our hut overlooked the lake. Lots of beautiful birds and a few monkeys with babies along for the ride. |
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| Plantains |
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| Black-faced Vervet |
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| Mom and young elephant |
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| African-Grey Hornbill |
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| Giraffes are vulnerable when they drink... |
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| Leopard ... soooo sleepy. |
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| Amazing to see them up close. |
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| Bee-eater |
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| Secretary Bird |
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| Red-billed Hornbill |
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| Steppe Eagle |
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| Bare-faced Go Away Bird (folks who are still working may want to print a picture of this bird for their work area) |
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| Coke's Hartebeest |
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| Female giraffes have fur on the ends of the nobs on their head (as this one does). Males wear their knob fur off sparing with other males. |
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| Elephant (very big) |
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| Kirk's Dik-Dik (stands 17" high) |
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| Black-faced Vervet Monkey |
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| Zebra |
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| Young male lion |
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| Typical activity for lions during the day |
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| Vervet Monkey and Baby |
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| Black-backed Jackal |
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| Superb Starling - even more beautiful when it flies away from you ! |
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| The ever popular Warthog. |
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| One of our pop top vehicles with a view of Tarangire Hill in the background. |
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| Baby Elephants who can walk under their mothers, as this one is doing, are judged to be about one month old. |
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| In the center of the picture, perched on a slanted rock is a Klipspringer, one of Africa's smallest antelopes. |
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| Blue Monkey. Not as cute as a Vervet Black-faced Monkey, but cuter than a Baboon. |
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| Candelabra Tree |
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| Impala |
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| Lions typically do not sleep in trees, but we saw several. This young lion's position is pretty crazy. |
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| Lake Manyara Serena Lodge was a favorite. Each round building had two rooms upstairs, and two rooms at ground level. |
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| The view as we descend into Ngorongoro Crater. |
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| Maasai Tribe family settlement seen on the way to the crater. The Maasai are allowed to live on the crater rim and graze their cattle and goats. |
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| Sweet |
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| Male Eland with a Bateleur (short-tailed eagle) flying towards him |
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| Beautiful bougainvillea photo taken outside the crater. |
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| White (European) Storks |
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| Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover) |
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| Sacred Ibis |
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| Hippo lookin' at ya. |
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| Kori Bustard staking out his territory to attract a mate. |
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| A Kori in full, proud display, waiting for the "right one" to notice. |
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| We are in love with Grey Crowned Cranes . So elegant... |
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| Elephant, Wildebeest, Zebra grazing together. |
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| Spotted Hyena |
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| Grey Crowned Cranes. We took many photos of these birds! |
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| Sweet baby Thompson's Gazelle in a field of daisies. |
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| We first saw this Rhino too far away for a photo. We returned later to check on him and were rewarded with this reflection photo. |
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| Vicki at the crater entry as we check-out for the day with the gate agent. |
