On the first Sunday of December 2010 the Nairobi National Park had its last game census of this year. These game counts happen after every two months. Volunteers and young conservationists help the Kenya Wildlife Service to count all the mammals in the park. We had a mix of wildlife in our counting block; we counted Lions, Zebras, Hartebeests, Impalas, Thompson’s gazelles, Grant’s gazelles, Maasai Giraffes, Black Rhinos, White Rhinos and Elands. Game birds are also included in the census; Ostriches, Vultures, Bustards, Guineafowls, Spurfowls and Eagles.

After counting in our block we had extra couple of hours doing a general game drive in the park and had a picnic at the Leopard Cliff picnic site. We saw more wildlife including Vervet monkeys, a warthog with young one, a lone Buffalo, Martial eagle, Widowbirds in their breeding plumage, a Black shouldered Kite and lots of Carpenter Bees, Butterflies and Dragonflies. Most plants in the park were also in beautiful blooms.

Here are some photos of our group members and the wildlife in our counting block…and other parts of the park.

A herd of Coke’s Hartebeetes with young

Herd of female Impalas

A male Impala

Common Zebras having a bath

Female Ostrich with young

A Maasai Giraffe feeding

White Rhinos grazing

A lone Buffalo

Warthog with young

A White browed Coucal

A flowering Acacia tree

Our group; Fiona, Michael, Catherine, Susan and I

All work and no play…

Martha