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Eye to eye encounter with a beautiful lioness and mother.

Maasai Mara - Kenya

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...into the setting sun and Nashipai (2nd from right) with her 4 teenagers, now 1 1/2 years old, disappear into the bushes.
This great cheetah mother has actually managed to raise her four offspring without any losses.

In the next few days, the teeangers will be separated from their mother and will have to fend for themselves. The normal course of life.

And the mother....she is pregnant again!
Masai Mara - Kenya - March 2025


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The king had probably just overslept that morning. His pride had already set off without him.
When he realized that he was completely alone, he set off in search of him with a loud lion's roar.....!

Kenya - Masai Mara

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Lucy's Guest House in La Passe
La Digue, Seychellen 01.01.2019

The lion prides in the Maasai Mara can't complain about having enough offspring at the moment. However, this is increasingly causing problems, especially when the young males remain in the pride and want to change the hierarchy.

Massai Mara - Kenya

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This little 3-month-old leopard cub had already learned so much from his mother that he knew what to do when a lioness entered the leopard hide.
While the mother lured the lioness away, this cute little fellow hid in the top of a tree and didn't move for hours before the mother returned.
A scene that will stay with me forever.

Mara Triangle - Kenya


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Country: Namibia
Theme: Bird
Year: 2019

A pririt batis (Pririt de Vieillot) in a branch in the Khomas province, Daan-Viljoen Wildpark near Windhoek.

...and a colourful beak!

These are the unmistakable characteristics of the saddle-billed stork.

Kenya - Maasai Mara

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Country: Namibia
Theme: Bird
Year: 2019

Greater Blue Eared Starling (Choucadors à Oreillons Bleus) standing on a tree branch by the campsite in Torra Conservancy. The starlings were not very shy, they came regularly to check on us and to find any opportunities of getting free food. The blue shading of the birds' feathers gives incredible colors in the light of the morning sun.

One of the most attractive leopards the Masai Mara has ever had.

Bahati - Kenya - Maasai Mara

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This beautiful lioness showed herself in the almost last fascinating light of the setting sun in Samburu NP, Kenya


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Attentive cheetah-mother with her offspring in the Maasai Mara - Kenya

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Completely alone without any connection to his pride, this handsome lion was out and about in the Masai Mara.

Kenya-Masai Mara

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with its mother

Looking out on one of the many termite mounds in the
Maasai Mara - Kenya

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This beautiful white-rumped singing hawk can only be found in Africa. During the mating season, it likes to sit on the top of a tree and let out an extremely melodic whistle.

Samburu - Kenya

Der singende Habicht

Nur in Afrika trifft man diesen schönen Weißbürzel-Singhabicht an. Während der Balzzeit sitzt er sehr gerne auf einer Baumspitze und lässt ein äußerst melodisches Pfeifen hören.

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The Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) is one of the smaller of the eight pelican species.
It is a resident breeder in eastern Africa, Madagascar and south-western Arabia in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a large heap of sticks, into which two to three large white eggs are laid.
This is a small pelican, but the wingspan is still around 2.4 m, with an average weight of 5.5 kg. It is much smaller and duller than the Great White Pelican (wingspan 2.8 m, weight 10 kg).
The plumage is grey and white, with a pink back. The top of the bill is yellow and the pouch is usually greyish. Breeding adults have long feather plumes on the head.
Food is usually fish and amphibians, occasionally supplemented with fruit, and is usually obtained by fishing in groups.
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De roodrugpelikaan of kleine pelikaan (Pelecanus rufescens) is een van de kleinste van de acht soorten pelikanen.
Het is een broedvogel in oostelijk Afrika, op Madagaskar en van het Zuid-Arabisch Schiereiland.
Ze leven vooral in moerassen en ondiepe meren en riviertjes.
Het nest bestaat uit een grote hoop van stokken, waarin twee tot drie grote witte eieren worden gelegd.
Dit is een kleine pelikaan. De vleugelspanwijdte is rond 2,4 m, met een gemiddeld gewicht van 5,5 kg; veel kleiner dan bijvoorbeeld de roze pelikaan (spanwijdte 2,8 m, gewicht 10 kg).
De veren van de roodrugpelikaan zijn grijs met wat wit en met een rozerode rug. Het uiteinde van de snavel is geel en de krop is meestal grijs. Broedende volwassen exemplaren hebben lange veren (pluimpjes) op het hoofd.
Het voedsel van deze pelikaan bestaat meestal uit vis en amfibieën, soms aangevuld met fruit. Gewoonlijk gaan roodrugpelikanen in groepjes op zoek naar voedsel.
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Grande Anse Beach
La Digue, Seychelles 31.12.2018

Children are finishing playing at Anse aux Pines
Mahé, Seychelles 01.01.2019

Kommt zum Abendessen!
Kinder beenden ihr Spiel an der Anse aux Pines
Mahé, Seychellen 01.01.2019

...or just playing?
In every zebra herd, there are always scuffles between stallions.
And it's probably always the same topics.

Mara Triangle - Kenya


Frauen, Geld oder Politik....
oder nur spielen?

In jeder Zebra-Herde gibt es immer wieder Rangeleien zwischen Hengsten zu beobachten.
Und es sind wohl immer wieder die gleichen Themen.

Mara Triangle - Kenia

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A restaurant by the sea is supplied.
Tarosa Bar and Restaurant in La Passe
La Digue, Seychelles 20.12.2018
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GM93vUhCrU

Die Beute des Fischers
Ein Restaurant am Meer wird beliefert.
Tarosa Bar and Restaurant in La Passe
La Digue, Seychellen 20.12.2018
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GM93vUhCrU