2010-09-04 – Masai Mara N.R.

We looked for the Leopard named Acacia in the early morning and found one of her cubs instead. She has two nine-months old cubs, and today we saw the male resting on a tree and disappearing in a stream soon after sunrise. It seems that most of the animals still in the Mara Triangle have crossed the river north bound, and the situation at the crossing sites was quiet today, with just a few Zebras making their way across at Cul de Sac. In the evening, the weirdest encounter we could have in the Mara. A female Thompson’s Gazelle that due most likely to a genetic anomaly, has her face completely covered by long hair falling down on her cheek and eyes. She mingles with the other Gazelles but on a couple of occasions a male chased her off. She is very skittish and photographing her has proved much harder than expected.