March 2011 Archives
March 31, 2011
March 30, 2011
Adumu
A group of young men perform the traditional Maasai jumping dance, or adumu. These guys were jumping in tourist photos long before hipsters started doing it.
March 29, 2011
Female engineer
In Maasai culture, the women are responsible for building houses.
March 28, 2011
March 27, 2011
March 26, 2011
Souvenir market
Africans are still enamoured with Obama.
March 25, 2011
Bob Marley bike
Vehicles in Tanzania are often colourfully decorated with decals.
March 24, 2011
March 23, 2011
March 22, 2011
March 21, 2011
Male ostrich
Male ostriches turn red when they are ready to mate.
March 20, 2011
March 19, 2011
March 18, 2011
March 17, 2011
Rainbow over Maasai village
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
March 16, 2011
March 15, 2011
March 14, 2011
March 13, 2011
March 12, 2011
March 11, 2011
March 10, 2011
Elderly Elephant
Many old elephants spend the remainder of their lives in the marshy areas of the Ngorongoro caldera eating wet, softened plant matter that is easier for them to digest.
March 9, 2011
Fan-tailed widowbird
This is a male fan-tailed widowbird in non-mating plumage. Special thanks to Nick (cossypha) of BirdForum.net for helping me to identify him!
March 8, 2011
March 7, 2011
March 6, 2011
March 5, 2011
Vervet monkey picking a flower
Actually the little fella was probably more interested in the insects crawling on the leaves.
March 4, 2011
Amethyst sunbird
A sunbird is the old world equivalent of a hummingbird.
March 3, 2011
March 2, 2011
Tawny eagle and marabou stork
An odd couple considering if they should jump into the fray of vultures who have discovered a fresh corpse.
Eagle: What do you think, stork? I'll go if you do.
Stork: Nah, I'll just hang back here until the vultures are done eating.
Eagle: 'kay.
