Kalama Safaris https://kalamasafaris.com African Wildlife and Photographic Safaris Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:08:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://kalamasafaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2A-Original-Kalama-Logo-300x300-1-150x150.png Kalama Safaris https://kalamasafaris.com 32 32 214700941 The Young Weaver Bird https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/the-young-weaver-bird/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/the-young-weaver-bird/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:15:06 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=8093 Some of the youngsters of the weaver birds have no clue what it takes to impress a mate. They think all you have to do is build a nest and she will be pleased. as time goes by they try their best to woe the females but they don’t even pay attention for their cute dances. It takes lots of experience to be able to do it once and win them, some of the things needed to be learned is, 1. Wind direction 2, security type of materials used to build (talk about pick lady.) availability of food as she takes care of the chicks as the they grow up etc. the older mature makes it look so easy. The sad part is that the younger males may build up to 10 nests sometimes just to win one female for the season.

]]> https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/the-young-weaver-bird/feed/ 0 8093 The Evening in Amboseli https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/the-evening-in-amboseli/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/the-evening-in-amboseli/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:49:21 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=8077 This is how animals have learned to evolve in Amboseli, while we think its a problem for them as the environment changes to the its normal. They take every change with lots of ease. Remember they were there before we did, and these changes have been there before…

]]> https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/the-evening-in-amboseli/feed/ 0 8077 An Evening in Amboseli https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/an-evening-in-amboseli/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/an-evening-in-amboseli/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:41:11 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=8085 This is how animals have learned to evolve in Amboseli, while we think its a problem for them as the environment changes to the its normal. They take every change with lots of ease. Remember they were there before we did, and these changes have been there before.

]]> https://kalamasafaris.com/2021/04/06/an-evening-in-amboseli/feed/ 0 8085 Good Morning, Africa https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/12/06/good-morning-africa/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/12/06/good-morning-africa/#respond Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:18:14 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=8031 It is 5:15 in the morning. The morning birds sing for joy celebrating the break of dawn. Inside my tent all the lights are off, and I hear a little cricket crackling at the edge of the tent covers. Just when I turn and pull the covers over me thinking it’s still too early for me to get up, I hear a heavy, deep roar. It feels like three huge males outside my tent, knowing a lion’s roar, I know how far they are. Once, then twice, then another roar picks up.

Now it’s a vocal only one hears to understand how Africa wakes up. Like a guide on steroids, I get up, grab my t-shirt and throw it over my shoulder, put car keys in my pocket, and gather my camera and lenses. I feel the sweetest breeze of an African dawn. With my thermos full of coffee filled up last night before going to bed, I fill up my cup as I watch the sky turning from a dark, gray shower of colors, amber then a thick orange. As the first ray of the sun peeps at the edge of the mountain. I cannot help but appreciate how beautiful Mama Africa is when she gets up, and how grateful I am to be here to enjoy this.

Listen, you have only one life and a day in it is gone by and will never ever come back again. You are so blessed to be alive today. Travel, and see the world. Come to Africa, and let’s enjoy it like it is the only time we have. Good morning from Africa!

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This is the way I see it; nature is so beautiful that it does not need to change its looks. How many times do I need to buy new clothes with different colors to look all that? This dress, or outfit becomes the only thing this Beauty Queen will ever wear. Believe me, you will see a crested crane a 1000 times and always say its so beautiful. Nature is just too perfect!

]]> https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/12/06/natures-colors/feed/ 0 8015 Morning of the Jackal https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/12/04/morning-of-the-jackal/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/12/04/morning-of-the-jackal/#respond Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:19:48 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=7945 We were both out early in the morning. I was on a game drive, and he was out hunting. He was very curious, and most of the time he walked very close to the car and sniff the tires. It’s the Morning of the Jackal in Masai Mara!!

]]> https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/12/04/morning-of-the-jackal/feed/ 0 7945 Hyena Dinner? https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/11/28/7921/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/11/28/7921/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:47:20 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=7921 Imagine having dinner at Tipiikwani Mara Camp while listening to the calls of hyenas just meters away from me. I don’t know if they are saying, “Let’s go hunting, or Guys, a fat, juicy guide just checked in. What a lucky day for us!”? 

Ellen Migdal added, “Or, they are auditioning for the sequel to Disney’s Lion King.”  

]]> https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/11/28/7921/feed/ 0 7921 Be on the Run for Happiness https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/11/23/be-on-the-run-for-happiness/ https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/11/23/be-on-the-run-for-happiness/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:48:28 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=7899 My camera accidentally changed settings and ended up with a black and white wildebeest.

Whether you choose to be unhappy or happy, both are good choices, because they are all yours. Fear is good, but should never dictate how you live the next minute. Always be on the run for happiness. Our lives are like flowers, so sweet and beautiful, but without notice they are gone Please enjoy your life; I wish you happiness and adventure!

Wake up every morning with or without news updates on Covid-19. I tell myself it’s going to be a beautiful day, and I will rejoice and be glad in it. The sweet spirits of the wild await!!!

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Jeannie Schwulst
A favorite night for me as I sat and listened. Very special.
 
Vernon C Ray
Yep, David – this is not the first video I have seen your vocal powers. And, actually, I think it was at the same lodge. 🙂
 
Meg Griffiths Costigan
This is how I tell my kids goodnight ever since our trip… great memories!
 
]]> 7704 She’s Mine https://kalamasafaris.com/2020/09/04/shes-mine/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:50:49 +0000 https://kalamasafaris.com/?p=6290 Zebras, the two stallions, went for each other while the lady followed them. From afar she said, “I will be going out with the winner!!!”

The message from a nearby female was so sweet that the two boys could not agree to whom she belonged to. She moved on the side to watch

All hell broke loose!!!

I guess I would have taken him down for her, just saying.

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