Love the eye. Taken in Mara North Conservancy)

A feeding crane. Would not keep still.

Coming into land

Taken In Mara North Conservancy

Taken with Canon 50D and Canon 70-200f4 IS lens

Taken in the Masai Mara.

Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya, Samburu National Park

Lake Baringo, Kenya

A luminous Kikuyu White-eye stands bathed in the late afternoon sunshine in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya.

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Kenya, Kakamega forest

A little snack in Mara North Conservancy.

Only managed to grab a few shots. Taken in Mara North Conservancy.

Tsavo West N.P., Kenya

Kenya, Aberdares

A Superb Starling takes a break from insect and berry-hunting.

Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus), 18 cm

31 July 2010

Amboseli National Park

Kenya

© Marlene C. Francia 2010

www.marlenefrancia.com

Another coming into land

Another great sighting by our guide.

One of the most uniquely named bird. Its common name is popularly thought to derive from the crest of long quill-like feathers, lending the bird the appearance of a secretary with quill pens tucked behind his or her ear, as was once common practice. Had managed to spot this bird quite a few times, but only once did we manage to see them in a pose which kind of justifies its name. Its not a very good image but the name justifying pose made me share this.

Taken in the Masai Mara

Lake Nakuru, Kenya

This eagle gave us so many chances to photograph. Unfortunately getting late in the day.

Close up of a heron taken in the Masai Mara.

Clean background makes the bird stand out

Taken in lovely light in Mara North Conservancy

Grey Crowned Cranes skitter away as we drive by.

Lake Nakuru National Park

Kenya

20 March 2010

© Marlene C. Francia 2010

A Grey-Crowned Crane strut its stuff in Amboseli National Park

Kenya, Samburu National Park

A Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) looking at me from the rooftop.

The relatively common but oh so beautiful Grey Crowned Cranes in Masai Mara.

Preening

A Collared Sunbird basks in the late afternoon sunshine in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya

Uganda, Entebbe Botanical Garden

Taken at the Marsh in the Mara

Lovely light and quite obliging

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Kenya, Road from Mount Kenya to Thompson Falls

Kenya, filds along road from Samburu National Park to Mount Kenya

Abundant bird in the Mara area

@Lamu, Kenya

Just caught sight of next meal