One of my favorite sightings on our Kenya trip two years ago was this serval cat. It was our last night of a two week safari and we were on our way back to camp for the last time, quite satisfied with all that we had seen. We had already photographed the big five, including many rhino and a few leopards. This was icing on the cake and we almost missed it as we were packing up my camera gear for the night. Servals are a medium sized cat, but with long legs, and an unusually small head a top a long neck. This one had been crouching in the grass and was just getting up — most likely to go hunting.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70_200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 1600, f/2.8 at 1/80th of a second

The Verreaux’s eagle owl is the one owl that I’ve seen the most of in my six trips to Africa. That being said, it’s still a fairly rare sighting. It’s the third heaviest owl in the world and fourth longest (just behind the great gray owl). I’ve always liked the pink eyelids that make the Verreaux’s eagle owl look like it’s wearing colorful eye shadow.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/80th of a second

It was just after sunset when we spotted these two little bat eared fox pups. Their mother had just left the den, presumably to go catch some dinner. The pups were staying pretty close to the den but were playing around, having a good old time while mom was away.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/125th of a second

Nice form and hang time for this male impala as he leaped out of a forested area and onto the plains of Laikipia in Kenya.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second

This spotted hyena seemed to be waiting for the rain to let up before venturing completely out of the den. Photo taken on the Laikipia Plains of Kenya.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/320th of a second

This little baboon was making all sorts of faces and seemed to be having a great time playing in the rain and jumping around in the wet grass on the Laikipia Plains of Kenya.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/500th of a second

This is the same cheetah that I am petting in my bio photo on my website. Her name is Sheba and she was injured and caught in a barbed wire fence when she was just six weeks old (her right eye was permanently damaged in the accident). In this photo, she is six months old (almost fully grown). Ever since her injury, a Masai warrior had been tending to her — taking her out for walks and watching over her as she learned how to fend for herself in the wild. By the time I took this photo, she was already making kills on her own of impala and zebra — and she was only about two weeks away from being completely released back into the wild.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 400, f/6.3 at 1/1600th of a second

No, just a leopard who thinks she’s all that. This one was taken just north of the Masai Mara at a place called Olare Orok. She’s referred to as Pretty Girl by the locals and apparently she’s taken the name to heart.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/400th of a second

This one goes out to the first graders of the Learning Community school in Rhode Island who are currently learning about Africa. Lions are very social for wild cats and they typically live in prides with several other family members. This mother and her cub were members of a pride of about 14 lions living in the Olare Orok Conservancy of the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 220mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/320th of a second