Grey Heron - Lake Naivasha

Taken 9th February 2016
For more details on my trip, see here: http://www.zoochat.com/808/trip-kenya-february-2016-a-435669/

Really great stuff. Since I will probably never step foot on the African continent myself, I enjoy "visiting" via photos like this.

A lot of Marabou in the background.

Arizona Docent said:

Really great stuff. Since I will probably never step foot on the African continent myself, I enjoy "visiting" via photos like this.

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Pleased that you are enjoying them . And you never know, maybe you will visit Africa sometime...

Hix said:

A lot of Marabou in the background.

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The numbers of Marabou at Naivasha was staggering. I saw well over 100 individuals over my boat trip around the lake (just under two hours).

Another interesting observation, and related to this picture, was the number of Grey Herons. I counted eight at Lake Naivasha, and only one Black-headed Heron. However, Grey Herons are supposed to be much rarer in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Black-headed being far more common (and this was reflected at eg. Lake Nakuru, where I saw several Black-headed Herons, and no Greys).