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The Masai Mara is a truly magical place, and everything I imagined it to be. There are few things in nature to match the thrill of seeing big cats take down prey, or a horde of wildebeest crossing the Mara river, or coming across unexpected animals (such as a serval lurking in the bushes).

We did 2 days of safari in the Masai Mara, which was not dedicated to birding, otherwise I would have added a few dozen lifers to my list. 

African Wattled Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
African White-backed Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
African White-backed Vulture
Augur Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Bare-faced Go-Away-Bird
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Black-shouldered Kite
Black-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Common Ostrich (female)
Common Ostrich pooping
Common Ostrich
Common Ostrich
Common Ostrich
Crowned Lapwing
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Grey Heron
Hammerkop
Hammerkop
Long-tailed Widowbird
Marabou Stork
Marabou Stork
Marabou Stork
Northern Black Flycatcher
Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Red-billed Oxpecker
Red-chested Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Red-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling
Scavengers (MS, LFV, AWBV, RGV)
Secretary Bird
Secretary Bird
Secretary Bird
Secretary Bird
Secretary Bird
Speckled Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Brimstone Canary
Cliff Chat
Grey-capped Social Weaver
Wailing Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Speke's Weaver
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Red-billed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Rattling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Cocui Francolin (female)
Cocui Francolin
Cocui Francolin
Fawn-coloured Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
African Grey Flycatcher
Red-billed Oxpecker
White-browed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Lappet-faced Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Helmeted Guineafowl
Secretary Bird
Secretary Bird