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~ There was a radio report of a cheetah sighting in the hinterlands of Buffalo Springs, which triggered a change in direction. While driving through fairly empty, arid ground a single female ostrich was spotted, standing in the splotchy shade of a tree. At midday the sunlight in central Kenya's arid land is intense. Both mammals and birds seek relief in shade, wherever they might find it. As I like female ostriches, I asked Anthony to pause so that we might photograph this bird in her limited patch of shade. She reacted by walking out into the bright sun.