Adventures in the Mara

Vultures have quite a dark reputation, so it's easy to forget what lovely birds they are until you see them up close. And even though th...

The Mara Conservancy ranger told us not to put our tent there... but things had been going so well on our first camping adventure in the Mar...

753 macroinvertebrates in one small water sample.  This sample nearly drove me insane...most of the samples only have between 100-300 macroi...

These guys are all over the Maasai Mara...usually running in packs up to 30.  We once saw a large pack of them feeding on a carcass next to ...

Black Headed Heron just after he snagged a little rodent in the savannah of the Maasai Mara.  

That's right...we had a campfire going the other night and introduced about 15 of our Kenyan friends to the deliciousness of S'mores...

Ok, let's talk Water Scarcity.   Rainwater Harvesting is a big deal here since there just isn't enough water to go around.  There ar...