Tuesday, April 28, 2009

in flight

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As an avid amateur photographer my favorite subject is birds, particularly the very difficult: birds in flight. (Click for larger sizes)
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Monday, April 20, 2009

99.75%

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Uganda . In a word, in a color: green. Green like a wave, green like a storm. No calm seas, no lucid pools. A torrent of green, an assault. ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Caught in the act

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Apparently, adult hyenas can be pesky too. Every few nights, hyenas from the Serena North Clan come into camp and act like they own the pla...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Occupational hazard of the day

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This is what happens when pesky hyena cubs decide that your license plate looks like a delicious chew toy...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Not just a pretty face

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We all know that lions are arrogant, haughty jerks. (OK, OK, I’m exaggerating a bit…behind my lion-bashing façade, I'm enthralled by tho...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

A proverb's worth a thousand words

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Kiswahili, which is widely spoken here in Kenya, is a fantastic and colorful language. It’s also been tough for me to learn…yesterday mornin...
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

That's my stick!

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There's nothing like a rousing game of tug-o-war first thing in the morning...
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Rain, rain, go away

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In the Mara, we don’t have to deal with Shompole’s dust, but we’re currently experiencing the other end of the extreme weather spectrum. Her...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

So you say it's dusty...

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You know I tell a lot of people that it's dusty where we study striped hyenas in Shompole, Kenya but really... no one gets it. People sa...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Follow-up to Kate's encounter

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Just a couple thoughts on dolphins, in light of Kate's most recent post: Dolphins are actually a lot like hyenas. They both live in fiss...
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