School Run

My children are lucky enough to go to school most days through the NNP. And what a school run it was today! First thing in the morning I could hear the yelps & whinnys of a herd of zebra near our house and as we got into the Park my son said "look at all those zebra" as a large mob galloped along the ridge. They seemed to be nervous as though sensing a predator & they were right, for sitting at Masai Gate checking into the Park, my daughter saw a leopard! We had heard the alarm calls of a troop of vervet monkeys, perched in a safe vantage point at the top of a fig tree along the Embakasi Eiver. I checked with Jeannie Rose, saying "what colour was the tip of it's tail?" "White" came back the unhesitating reply.......
Along the road a minute later trotted a pair of silver-backed jackals, searching for the action & then we found more zebra & a herd of buffalo,looking like black ticks on the tawny hillside opposite. On the burnt plains further on were kongoni, zebra & more buffalo & as we got to the road along the edge of the Langata forest, a group of giraffes were gazing intently at something. We drove around the corner & there was a zebra stallion chasing something out of curiosity: a serval bounding through the long grass..... 3 predators in 15 minutes!
That's early morning in NNP for you.....