One have to really keep in focus of what they really want when out on a photography trip. especially in Masai Mara. There are so many interesting thing to shoot. From landscape, cultural, and the most famous Big Five!
While shooting animals, I'm also always on the look out for other feathers friend that are nearby. I shall start with birds of grassland and open areas.
I saw this Southern ground hornbill fly pass overhead while I'm busy shooting a cheetah. However, this hornbill prefer to have our full attention and willing to wait for us to finish with the cheetah! She make sure we have good photo of her before she fly away. What a good way to start by African birds collection!
I'm so excited when I first saw this Pied Crow. All the crow in Singapore are black in colour.
I have seen this Helmeted Guineafowl many times. But this is also my first time seeing one in their natural habitats.
Unmistakable, Ostrich is the fastest running birds in the world. The only animal that fast enough to catch them is cheetah.
Another very common bird in Masai Mara is Anteater Chat. I see them almost every day.
African pipit is another new bird for me. So far all the birds that I spotted are new to me! Going at this rate, seeing 30 or 40 new birds for this trip is not a problem at all.
Temminck’s Courser have a rather short tail compare to the body size. May be that is the reason they prefer to run from any threat rather than take flight...
Yellow-throated Longclaw have a very distinctive yellow throat that set them apart from pipit.
Black-bellied Bustard is also a new bird for me.
Kori bustard is one of the largest bird that can fly. Although Ostrich is much larger but they have lost the ability to fly.
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