Lake Nakuru
It seems as though we have mainly driven
north about 100 km and taking about 2+ hours per trip. This day we went to
visit Nakuru, one of the "soda" lakes famed
for its flamingoes. We saw tens of thousands--maybe 100,000--flamingoes.
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From a distance, we see what look like pink flowers (Far L) along
the salt-crusted lakeshore. We get a bit closer (Top L), and
closer (Top R), and closer (Far R) to detect non-stop flamingoes, standing one or both legs, flying, floating, and talking amongst themselves. |
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Bet you didn't know that vervet monkey like to ride bicycles (Far L)
and hitch rides on cars (Top L). Of course baboons don't know which end is up ((Top R) or who is related to whom (Far R). |
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Lest you think we only saw flamingoes...we saw a lovely red & black
bird ((Far L). Species anyone? (Above L) Crowned Cranes
pranced next to a Sacred Ibis. (Above R) A lone pelican ignores 2 Sacred Ibises. (Far R) Unsuspecting Cape Buffalo's horn becomes the landing pad for another bird. |
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one would ever accuse Cape Buffalo of quoting Shakespeare but (Far
L), two could be saying, "What light through yonder window breaks?"
And (Above L) the buffalo on the right saying to the one on the left, "Look not to the stars but thyself." Lake Nakuru recently became a sanctuary for White Rhinos' (Top R) re-introduction to central Kenya. Then there's the ever-humble warthog (Far R), Wendy's favorite. |
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Last but not least, unusual ungulates. (Far L) a two-headed Impala,
a surprised Reedbuck (Top L) and the smallest in the family the
Dik-Dik (Top R). Finally a zebra salutes us good-bye with one ear up, one down (Far R). |
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