On Safari on the 6th of November 2012.

The male lion in the photo above is called Notch,it took  several days to find him together with my guest,Donna,who she really wanted to see him.She was overwhelmed after we got him in the thick bush thickets with his two of the four sons along Talek river.Notch with his sons managed to own a huge vast of land in the Mara with about 5 prides of lions and this is one of the reasons to why he was always hard to find him. For the last two months this year(From mid August 2013 to date) Notch has been missing but his four sons are strong and moving on very well,but they are seemed to be settling on one big pride that occupies huge tract of land in Maasai Mara called Olkeju Rongai,Ol kinyei Talek area to Hamerkop.
On the picture above is a Silver backed Jackal with a kill on its mouth.Jackals are scavengers but when they find newly born babies of smaller species of antelopes they do not spare them.I have seen them always on the move trying to poke into every hole or taller grass area trying to find baby gazelles that their mothers have left them to go and feed,and if they find one they will try to divide into two equal pieces,one of the very unique behavior of a pair of Silver backed/Black backed Jackals
 We also came across four lionesses who they left marsh pride,and settle on the edge of their parents territory.When lions' pride becomes too big they will split and others would leave to form their own pride.On the picture are some of the cubs who are the very first on this new pride to which  some called Breakaway pride.The 4 males who are currently dominating the marsh pride also owns this four lionesses,isn't it special seeing these four boys serving the daughters of the Marsh pride females who are also served by the same boys?To me and you it is immoral,but to them it is very much acceptable.
Elephants feeding made our afternoon,It take elephants approximately 18 hours to feed and when you spot one you will never stop getting fascinated by these iconic mammals of Africa.Seeing a young baby elephant learning to use its trunk would leave you,"wow'ing".And as always when you go to Musiara marsh you will never miss these lovely antelopes called Defassa waterbucks that i came to understand of late that they are not spread in the Mara like other antelopes because you find them in the  Marshes or Swamps for they will never have their day passing by without a drink.
And again we had a drama to witness when we came a cross a Cape Buffalo that she had just given birth only to be got by the hyenas and lions,by the time we got their her calf was already dead but the drama was watching both lions and hyenas trying to go for the baby while the brave mother was  tirelessly protecting it not knowing that the baby was already gone.We later on came to know that it took her more than 10 hours protecting her dead calf.She later on left before darkness came in,lions for sure would have taken her down that night and lucky that she followed her herd.what a drama to witness but poor Cape buffalo and lucky hyenas and lions...this is nature and we could not intervene.Buffaloes are cooperative when they are under attack and very few brave lions will try to attack a big herd and in most cases with very minimal success,but one thing that they have never done is waiting for one of theirs to finish giving birth and seeing the calf on its feet then they leave!!!