Friday, 19 December 2014

Nairobi National Park in Pictures

                                                The Main Entrance
                                             Leopard Tortoise
                                              Different skulls at Hippo pools
                                             Serval Cat
                                             Serval Cat
                                          Serval Cat
                                         Bohor's Reedbuck and a Blacksmith Plover
                                                 Zebras in Vast plains
                                         White backed Vultures having a drink
                                              One of the Rhinos in the Park
                                                Warthog and Coke's Hartebeest
                                                White Stork- a migrant from Europe
                                            Egyptian Geese
          Croton dichogamus- a bush that Lions like to rest under-they have properties that keep off flies

                                                 Maasai Giraffe
                                                Maasai dance at the Main Gate 
                                            Martial Eagle



Friday, 28 November 2014

Hike with a Happy Ending-Mount Longonot

         Mount Longonot Hike
 Longonot is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot meaning mountains of many spurs or steep ridges.   Park is 90 km from Nairobi and covers 52 square km, most of it being occupied by Mt. Longonot – a young volcano rising to 2,780 metres above sea level. The sides of the mountain have beautiful V-shaped valleys and ridge


                                          The Main Entrance
                                           The Starting point at the Gate
                                           Camping site inside the Park

                                          Beware of Buffaloes Crossing
                                          Crater Point

                                            Highest peak 2780mts
                                        A view point under a Whistling Thorn Tree
                                           Highest point
                                         Amazing views of Lake Naivasha from the highest Peak
Activities: Hiking to the rim and going round which takes 4hour
                  Game viewing
                   Bird Watching

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Why Birds attack Mirrors and Windows


The common reason for this behavior is that the birds see their mirror image, assume that the reflections are intruder birds, and spend a lot of time trying to chase the reflections




away
Often birds habitually attack only a particular window, but sometimes different windows may be attacked in sequence depending on the position of the sun. The behaviour sequence can sometimes be broken if the first window in the sequence is treated, this behaviour is particularly prominent during the breeding season Although most birds engaging in this behaviour do not hurt themselves in the process, many people look for ways to stop it, either because they are concerned for the bird, or because it is an irritation to themselves
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Friday, 21 November 2014

Hell's Gate National Park


























Hell's Gate National Park
Hell's Gate National Park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley