A disturbed buffalo warps shape, while oxpeckers continue to clear ticks from their hide in the Maasai Mara, Kenya
Several trips to Africa previously had not rewarded me with any true sightings of the beautiful leopard. This trip I was determined would be different. A vigil each dusk often returned no results. Determined that my patience would be rewarded, I joined a group on a four hour 'stakeout' to capture a glimpse of this most elusive creature. Scanning undergrowth and craning necks towards the branches of leopard friendly trees, we saw nothing. Nothing! Then we turned a corner on our route homeward and there she was, seemingly waiting for us. Watching. Motionless. I stole this opportunity to make a lifelong dream come true and capture the moment I had always dreamed of - me..eye to eye with a leopard.
A leopard prowls in the dried stream beds near Kicheche Mara Camp, Maasai Mara, Kenya
