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On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6

by WaterGirl|  May 5, 20225:00 am| 8 Comments

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Continuation of birdwatching outing in the Maasi Mara (this time with birds)…

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 7
MAASI MARI

Jonathan scouring the tree tops for birds.

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 6
MAASI MARI

Here’s one.  But I don’t have any notes, so will depend on Albatrossity & other accomplished birders to identify it.

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 5
MARSH

View of the marsh which hosts abundant birdlife.

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 4
MARSH

Yellow billed storks fishing for long skinny fish (eels?).  (I have a short video clip of one of them eating…  )

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 3
MAASI MARI.

No notes for this very cool bird.  Albatrossity?

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 2
MAASI MARI

Banded mongoose sunning themselves on a log in the early morning. (Apologies again for the poor iPhone quality.)

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6 1
MAASI MARI

Close-up of the mongoose.

On The Road – way2blue – Massi Mara, Kenya in July 5 of 6
CAMP

I hadn’t realized it was my birthday the day before—until I found birthday greetings when checking email at dinner time.  The staff surprised me tonight with a cake accompanied by a traditional Masi chant, dance & ‘jumping’ contest.  Enchanting.

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  1. 1.

    Benw

    May 5, 2022 at 6:41 am

    I love the sky in your first pic. Is it mongooses? Mongeese?

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    May 5, 2022 at 7:16 am

    What a great birthday, even belatedly!  How cool is that?

  3. 3.

    Albatrossity

    May 5, 2022 at 8:30 am

    I think the white bird in the tree is another Yellow-billed Stork. Could be a White Stork (what is the date for this trip/picture?), but I can’t see enough of the bird to tell.

    The long-tailed black birds are Ruppell’s Starling.

  4. 4.

    way2blue

    May 5, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    @Albatrossity:  This was last July. Starling—thanks.

  5. 5.

    Albatrossity

    May 5, 2022 at 2:57 pm

    @way2blue: Probably not a White Stork in July; they should all be in Europe raising young storks at that time of year. Good bet would be Yellow-billed Stork

  6. 6.

    way2blue

    May 5, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    @Albatrossity: There was another interesting bird in the marsh.  Smaller, kind of rust colored with long red ‘toes’ that walked on top of the vegetable.  I have video of them, but no decent photos…

  7. 7.

    Albatrossity

    May 5, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    @way2blue: Maybe this guy,

  8. 8.

    TriassicSands

    May 5, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    @Benw:

    Mongooses is preferable, but mongeese is the kind of word that grows in popularity because of a similar word, i.e., goose and geese.

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