My daughter RAchel, and her husband Ricky came to Kenya in June. I will be posting a series of Blogs in random order about our travels and ministry while they were here. Last week we traveled to Maasai Mara to see God's magnificent creation in the form of animals. I am labeling each picture in case there are some strange creatures you may not have encountered before. Enjoy!

Male Ostrich

This is called a Secretary Bird
Most of you will know these are warthogs. I wish we could have captured them on the run because their tails are straight up like little flags when they are running. They often eat on their front knees.
This is a wildebeest. These travel by the hundreds of thousands or possibly millions in an annual migration from Tanzania to Kenya. We didn't see them in those numbers, but the migration has begun and we saw several clusters of them. They normally travel with zebras during migration.
This beautiful bird is called a Lilac Breasted Roller. (Try say that 10 times fast)

This is a Bustard
We were delighted to see these two beautiful cheetahs before we even entered the gates of Maasai Mara. They were teasing the zebras and wildebeests. They would first run at the other animals and then back off. Then the wildebeests and zebras would run at them. I think the cheetahs were seeing a meal, but it didn't happen while we were there. They eventually ran off into the bush.
This is the Sand River Crossing at the Tanzania border. We walked through the gates and stepped into Tanzania.

Jeremiah couldn't resist touching the skulls of an elephant and caped buffalo at the Sand River Crossing.
I never tire of watching these magnificent creatures. Elephants are so interesting to watch. They are very loving and affectionate to one another.
Additionally we saw the following:

Zebras

Grants gazelles

Thompson gazelles

Giraffes

Topi

Silver backed jackal

Antelope

Hartbeest

Vultures

Superb Starling (bird)

Egyptian geese

Waterbuck

Lizards

Maribou stork

Babboons

Hippos

Mongoose

Cape buffalo

Dik Dik (smallest deer about the size of a dog)

Lion

Hyena

It was a wonderful trip enjoyed with family and friends.