Speckled Mousebird

These mousebirds are funny little creatures . . . they descend on my pawpaw in a small flock and stuff themselves silly, then rest precariously in a bush side-by-side with their distended stomachs facing the sun, I assume to aid with digestion. These rascals trapped themselves by knocking the stick over. Even when the trap is open, they often freak out and can't figure out how to "escape."

A first week's impressions

February 2nd 2008
Technically, my day actually started very, very early in the morning, sometime between 2-4am, when a Spotted Hyena woke me by whooping right outside my banda. It must have been immediately on the other side of the wall, since I could actually hear its feet padding the ground as it loped by. Makes me think twice about just stepping out of my banda to go to the bathroom at night! So does the seve ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Laikipia

Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more

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