While in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, we were lucky to see both species of African rhinoceros, the white and the black. The names are somewhat misleading, as the two species aren’t really distinguishable by color but by other physical traits. The white rhino is larger and has a wide, square upper lip as opposed to the more pointed or hooked lip of the black rhino. Because of this, they are sometimes commonly known as the square-lipped rhino and the hook-lipped rhino. Black rhinos are also more rare and are listed as critically endangered. One subspecies, the western black rhinoceros was declared extinct just last year.

First off, I just want to announce that I finally have a shopping cart function on the site. To purchase a print of any photo, just go to the appropriate gallery in the drop down menu and choose a size, mounting, etc. (in addition to the galleries, everything posted here in the photo of the day blog is also available at the same prices. The shopping cart isn’t yet working here though, so if interested, find the price in the galleries and then send me an email).

On to the photo of the day.

These two little bat-eared fox pups were only about a month old. They were playing around just outside their den at the end of the day while their mother was busy hunting.

One more mother and baby photo for Mother’s Day week. This mother baboon and her baby were looking for a little shelter from all the rain in Laikipia, Kenya. I liked the way the baby was sucking its thumb as it rode upon the mother’s back.

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Next up for Mother’s Day week is this fine looking African elephant and her young calf. We spotted them just down the road from the rhinos that I posted yesterday. Both the rhinos and the elephants make their home in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. On another note, I’m hoping that all my server issues have been resolved and everyone gets this post. Sorry for the problems yesterday.

Next up for Mother’s Day week is this fine looking African elephant and her young calf. We spotted them just down the road from the rhinos that I posted yesterday. Both the rhinos and the elephants make their home in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. On another note, I’m hoping that all my server issues have been resolved and everyone gets this post. Sorry for the problems yesterday.

Continuing with the theme for Mother’s Day week, here is a rhino with her calf. Baby rhinos can weigh up to 150 pounds when born. Unlike many other mammals that will trail their parents, baby rhinos will often run out in front of their mothers for protection… and there aren’t many animals that want to mess with a full grown and angry rhinoceros.

This olive baboon didn’t seemed too bothered by all the rain and let out a big yawn just as I snapped the shutter. The locations was Laikipia in Kenya. Again, if this post appears and then disappears (or doesn’t appear at all), it’s because I’m in the process of changing service providers. All should be back to normal sometime on Wednesday.

This may be the last post for a couple of days as I attempt to move my site to a new server, but who knows. If you don’t hear from me for a few days, well… that’s the issue. In the meantime, this is the cheetah that we were able to get extremely close to. They were in the process of re-introducing her to the wild. She had already made several kills on her own, but was still very comfortable around people. I, of course, was loving it, being able to get wide angle shots like this with very little effort. The location is Lewa in Kenya.

In honor of my mother, whose birthday it is today, I had to go with a mother/baby shot. These two lions were temporarily separated from the rest of the pride — the mom guarding a wildebeest kill she had just made. The baby kept nuzzling up to the mom, but every now and again — probably bored because there was no one else to play with — would come out of the bushes to investigate us. Happy Birthday Mom.

This poor little lion cub got pinned against that log when its mother rolled over in her sleep. After a quick struggle, the little guy was able to get free and climb on top of mom to continue playing.