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Wildebeests crossing Mara River, October 2007

The photos were taken over a period of about 45 minutes, as a herd of wildebeests, with some zebra fellow-travelers and an assortment of cattle egrets, make up their minds to head back south to Tanzania. The crocodile doesn't show up till later...
Waiting for a hero
Waiting for a hero		 The zebras stick together
The zebras stick together		 An early adopter
An early adopter		 Side by side
Side by side
Made it! sort of...
Made it! sort of...		 Gnus are not great climbers
Gnus are not great climbers		 Gnus are not good at picking leaders
Gnus are not good at picking leaders		 Gnus cannot jump over mountains
Gnus cannot jump over mountains
But there are lots of others coming
But there are lots of others coming		 An orderly advance
An orderly advance		 Some differences of opinion
Some differences of opinion		 Follow the leaders
Follow the leaders
Half way up the wrong way
Half way up the wrong way		 The surge hits another snag
The surge hits another snag		 Another bad idea
Another bad idea		 Stay the course...
Stay the course...
Breakthrough
Breakthrough		 Meanwhile, back in Kenya
Meanwhile, back in Kenya		 The zebras think it over
The zebras think it over		 The zebras take a drink
The zebras take a drink
Zebras at the Mara River
Zebras at the Mara River		 Taking the broad view
Taking the broad view		 The broad view
The broad view		 Zebras on their own
Zebras on their own
Gnus don't take the hint
Gnus don't take the hint		 An attractive dead end
An attractive dead end		 A crocodile problem (see dead center)
A crocodile problem (see dead center)		 The croc picks an entree
The croc picks an entree
The wildebeest is not pleased
The wildebeest is not pleased		 Chomp
Chomp		 A good grip
A good grip		 The gnu at lower left has a crocodile on its leg; not a good thing
The gnu at lower left has a crocodile on its leg; not a good thing
Waiting for new leadership
Waiting for new leadership

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Bill & Carolyn Hilton02-Jan-2008 00:23
Fantastic sequence Rich, congratulations. Many people spend a week there and don't get to see a crossing. Maybe next fall we'll get to see this too. Vote. Bill
MarcWildPassion01-Jan-2008 23:33
You had certainly a great time in having for spectacle one of the largest wild movement (if not THE largest) ..I await with impatience if you will publish some others.
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