These are umbrella acacia trees. They are common around Ngorongoro Crater.
A hyena. It and its friends were hanging around waiting for a male lion to be done with a kill. Hyenas are the only predator with jaws strong enough to crack the large bones of a kill and eat the marrow.
It was very overcast in the crater, but that gave us opportunities because some of the animals were more active in the cool rain. Here is a dazzle of zebras with a rainbow behind them.
A male ostrich.
Finally, our best view of a lion. He and a fellow male were right beside the road with some females close by. They were chillin'. They do that a lot.
Part of the pride. A quarter mile away we saw about six more females relaxing.
Ryan at the hippo pool. The day had a peaceful beauty to it with the clouds hanging below the rim of the crater.
Snort, snort.
I finally caught some of the small colorful birds.
A Thompson's gazelle. (Unfortunately he was relieving himself.)
A close up of a zebra.
A European Stork.
A close encounter with one of my fav's - a warthog.
Good look at a Grant's gazelle.
Who don't like a gnu?
Filling my role as The Napigator.
The rarest sighting - a caracal. It was feeding on a European stork.
It's buddy. Probably the female waiting its turn.
Beautiful grey crowned cranes
The lighting was beautiful as we were leaving the crater.
Yeah! Wartlets!
We had to slow down to get past a herd of Cape Buffalo on the way out of the crater.
Here is Phil & I's shout out to the Steelers!
Former president Barak Obama is loved in east Africa because of his Kenyan heritage.
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