Lions at Puddle-5148
I love lions. When they are not sleeping that is. Which they often do. When awake, lions are always entertaining. They like to play, fight, hunt and generally can’t sit still for long. Here’s a group of them stopping at a puddle for a drink on there way to, well, wherever they were going. Except for denning lions, their location seemed to always change and we had to search in the morning dark in the hopes of finding them. Somehow, often with the help of other guides, we found them. Just like we had to find them, they had to find the buffalo herd, or other prey that could sustain them. Being a big pride, something like a warthog would only be a snack. They often had to drink and, on this day, having rained hard, water was in abundant supply. Speaking of rain, I watched in the rain as they took shelter under an Acacia tree. Suddenly, the wind and rain became torrential and the lions, in a panic, ran from under the tree to a spot about 30 yards away, somehow aware of the danger of falling branches in the wild wind. (Panthera leo – Rongai Pride) (Sony a1, Sony 70-200 with 1.4 extender at 227mm, f/10, 1/500 second, ISO 1600)
Lions at Puddle-5148
I love lions. When they are not sleeping that is. Which they often do. When awake, lions are always entertaining. They like to play, fight, hunt and generally can’t sit still for long. Here’s a group of them stopping at a puddle for a drink on there way to, well, wherever they were going. Except for denning lions, their location seemed to always change and we had to search in the morning dark in the hopes of finding them. Somehow, often with the help of other guides, we found them. Just like we had to find them, they had to find the buffalo herd, or other prey that could sustain them. Being a big pride, something like a warthog would only be a snack. They often had to drink and, on this day, having rained hard, water was in abundant supply. Speaking of rain, I watched in the rain as they took shelter under an Acacia tree. Suddenly, the wind and rain became torrential and the lions, in a panic, ran from under the tree to a spot about 30 yards away, somehow aware of the danger of falling branches in the wild wind. (Panthera leo – Rongai Pride) (Sony a1, Sony 70-200 with 1.4 extender at 227mm, f/10, 1/500 second, ISO 1600)