East African Savana : Butterflies and Plants
Since I had very less free time to roam around, I managed to photograph only two Butterflies and I am yet to look for the identities of both.
The first one is this, probably a
Lycaenidae
this another
Pieridae looks like a Gull.
The Savanna walk was full of wild flowers. I did not have too much time to spend, but did manage to click few interesting ones.
This looks like
Fabaceae
And this a
Liliaceae
This a ground Orchid ?
Typical Savanna trees. Looks like some
Acacia
Aloe seen in wild
I guess this is an
Ipomea 
This is
Acacia species
This reminds me of Apta
A
Solanaceae 
This is a
Cadaba species of
Capparaceae. Reminded me of
Cadaba fruticosa I seen back in Bangalore.
This one I am not remembering now.
This was an interesting herb, some ground orchid probably.
All the identities are listed here are wild guess of a non-botanist. Please let me know any hints on the identities here in comments or by email.Labels: Africa, Butterflies, Kenya, Plants, travel
East African Savana : Animals
During the walk in the Savannas, I could spot few Animals too. But since I was on foot, and had less time, could not see most of them from near.
First mammals we spotted were Gazelles. The Thomson's gazelle (
Eudorcas thomsoni). They were very far from us.
After moving forward, we saw Zebra's. I guess they were The Plains zebra (
Equus quagga, formerly
Equus burchelli). There were many of them and were slowly moving away as we approaced them.
On the horizon we could spot some Giraffe (
Giraffa camelopardalis) .
There was another type of Gazelles. I think they were The Grant's Gazelle (
Nanger granti). It disappeared behind the trees.
There were a few wildebeest too, among a group of zebras at a distance, but could not approach them.
On the way back, from the vehicle, I could see the wildebeests from near and I think they were The Blue Wildebeest (
Connochaetes taurinus).
In a short time that I managed, I could see lot of things I feel.
Labels: Africa, Animals, biodiversity, Kenya, travel, wildlife
Vijay Barve
Hanging nests of weaver birds.
