This is the 13th ugliest bird in the world - a marabou stork. The second image is of a new born elephant. He appears at the watering hole every day - but is difficult to see as the adults all crowd round him looking after him,
Friday, February 23, 2018
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Elephants, monkeys, mongoose, zebras - and storks!
We're still really enjoying watching the webcam of the wildlife in Kenya. I've given the baby elephants names and we're getting to know their habits. We keep the webcam on all day, so can keep an eye on what's going on! It's quite amazing that we can watch the wildlife of Africa while we're eating our tea!
The elephants are interesting, and the other day we saw a bit of an elephant fight - there was definitely a clash of tusks. I think it was two adolescents. We also so an adolescent square up to the big male - but just one look from the boss elephant and he backed off.
There are a lot of birds, including some massive storky things - which reminds me that our storks have come back. We saw them for the first time this week - but I wonder if they are going to be too late to breed this year. There's only about three or four, but it's nice to have some here. I wonder where they've been!
The elephants are interesting, and the other day we saw a bit of an elephant fight - there was definitely a clash of tusks. I think it was two adolescents. We also so an adolescent square up to the big male - but just one look from the boss elephant and he backed off.
There are a lot of birds, including some massive storky things - which reminds me that our storks have come back. We saw them for the first time this week - but I wonder if they are going to be too late to breed this year. There's only about three or four, but it's nice to have some here. I wonder where they've been!
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Elephants !
This is amazing :) Today I saw six elephants, two babies and a monkey.
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/kenya/taita-taveta-county/voi/tsavo-east-national-park.html
Yesterday we went into Llerena and saw just one stork, so the lack of storks seems to be wider than just the village. I will have to ask and find out what's going on.
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/kenya/taita-taveta-county/voi/tsavo-east-national-park.html
Yesterday we went into Llerena and saw just one stork, so the lack of storks seems to be wider than just the village. I will have to ask and find out what's going on.
Monday, February 05, 2018
Snow & No Storks
We had a handful of snowflakes fall this morning. Quite literally a handful, we wouldn't have known that there was any, if we hadn't have been outside at the time - but it's a bit grey now, so wonder if more is coming our way. I can't remember when we last had snow. I do remember it we had it relatively frequently when we first moved here, but I think that while we thought that was normal, that was actually the exception.
We noticed there are no storks on the church or castle. We'd seen a couple flying around after Christmas, and I am sure I saw one in the nest, but there's no sign of them now and they should be nesting. Ian wondered if the dry has made this an undesirable place for storks to come to this year...?
We noticed there are no storks on the church or castle. We'd seen a couple flying around after Christmas, and I am sure I saw one in the nest, but there's no sign of them now and they should be nesting. Ian wondered if the dry has made this an undesirable place for storks to come to this year...?