Why did the Ostrich Cross the Road?

The answer to the question in my previous post is "an ostrich". We must have seen about 20 last Saturday at Nairobi National Park. There were both males and females at different locations in the park. I believe that this is a male. The females have a pretty uniform brown color. On the last visit we only saw one ostrich. The visit this past week definitely had a 'fowl' theme with many different birds being spotted.

Can you guess what animal this foot belongs to?
This was taken during our photo safari at the Nairobi National Park last Saturday with Anita Brown Hinson and her nephew, Matt.

Drinking Your Bathwater

These three Zebras are in a waterhole at the Nairobi National Park. You can't see it in this photo, but there are probably 50 storks from my last post in the water as well.

This Stork Doesn't Bring Babies

When we were at Nairobi National Park yesterday, we saw this large bird. It is a Marabou Stork. It is a very large bird with a huge wingspan. They can weigh up to 20 pounds and have a wingspan of 10.5 feet. The beak is huge and looks to be sharp. It has a bald head that is reflective of its eating habits which include putting its head inside an animal carcass. If it had feathers on its head, they would become matted with blood.

The first one that we sighted was sitting on top of a dead cow and seemed to be keeping the vultures and other birds at bay. Later, we saw about 50 of them at watering hole. Overall, it was a bird day with many sightings.