Yum! or Yuckie?

by | Mar 13, 2020 | African Birds, Birds, Kenya, Wildlife

… it depends on your perspective. An inquisitive red-winged starling picked something delicious and, er, sticky.

Canon 90D with Canon 55-250mm f4-5.6 STM IS lens at 250mm ISO 800 1/125 at f8

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Cape Robin-chat 2

by | Mar 11, 2020 | African Birds, Birds, Places, Wildlife

Another shot of this inquisitive little bird, this time checking out the local scene from the advantage of a branch more commonly perched on by one of the many common fiscal shrikes around the place.

Canon 90D with Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS STM lens at 250mm ISO 4000 1/1000 at f8

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Cape Robin-chat

by | Mar 10, 2020 | African Birds, Birds, Kenya, Wildlife

Cape robin-chat enjoying the late afternoon sun on the verandah at Ben & Kim’s house near Timau in the foothills of Mt Kenya.

According to Wikipedia, ‘The Cape robin-chat is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It has a disjunct range from South Sudan to South Africa. The locally familiar and confiding species has colonized and benefited from a range of man-altered habitats, including city suburbs and farmstead woodlots.’

They are certainly confident around people and cheerfully chirpy.

Canon 90D with Canon 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS STM lens at 250mm ISO 800 1/640 at f8

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Life’s a big yawn

by | Mar 7, 2020 | Kenya, Places, Wildlife

Another shot of the young male idling away the afternoon with mum and his younger siblings at the Borana Conservancy.

Canon 90D with Canon EF-S IS STM 55-250mm f4-5.6 lens at 135mm ISO 640 1/1250 at f8

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Languid lion

by | Mar 6, 2020 | Kenya, Wildlife

This young male was idling away the afternoon with mum and his younger siblings at the Borana Conservancy. The dozens of flies didn’t seem to bother him as he dreamed about his next meal.

Later in the afternoon, the group of five were seen out in the open watching a distant herd of zebra.

Canon 90D with Canon EF-S IS STM 55-250mm f4-5.6 lens at 175mm ISO 640 1/1250 at f8

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Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

by | Feb 17, 2020 | African Birds, Birds, Wildlife

Male Red-cheeked Cordon-blue (Uraeginthus bengalus) photographed in Timau, Laikipia, Kenya. The male is the same as the female except that the female has no red cheek patch.

One of four races of this bird, this one occurs throughout Kenya and other parts of East Africa from sea level to 2300m. More shots in the Gallery.

Canon 90D with Canon EF-S IS STM 55-250mm lens at 250mm ISO 800 1/500 at f9.

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Waning moon 3

by | Feb 13, 2020 | Phuket, Southeast Asia, The Sky

Third moon shot with the new 90D!

Taken at 06:29 local time on Wednesday 13 February 2020 – the moon setting over Kamala Beach, Phuket.

Canon 90D with Canon 55-250 f4 – 5.6 EF-S IS STM lens at 250mm ISO 200 1/1000 at f5.6

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