SafariWest meets FM_NorCal

It was a sunny June morning when the brave group
headed out into the Northern part of the
wild Bay Area and were determined to come home
with some captures of some critters that they
had never been so close to before....
Brave attendees were Jia Liu, Jerry Kurata,
Shiva Shankar, Nelcha Cross,
Alexis Dang, Alan Dang,
Deepak Lakshmanan, and
Stephen Coyle brought
along his bodyguard & better-half Laura
for protection from the beasts.

















First they were introduced to their buggy for the journey,
"Rosie"...and she has been around the block a few times.
Rosie had that "We CAN do it" attitude and shook all of the
fear out of the participants as we traveled over hill and dale
in search of animals large and small.

After Rosie had carried us for approx 2.5 hours
so we could be close to Cape Buffalo, Giraffe,
Ibex, Kudu, Watusi Cattle and many others..
then we unloaded and ventured into the area
that had the cheetahs and lemurs and
eventually into the aviary enclosure.
The only mammal in the aviary was the tiny
dik-dik, that stands 30–40 cm at the shoulder
and weighs 3–6 kg, so small they would be lost
out in the hinterlands of the Safari Preserve.

It was a very intense 3 hour adventure that I was
sad to see end so quickly. It is a trip I would
definitely like to repeat and try different lenses.
Hope everyone had a good a time as I did....
It was Great to meet some of the faces
I had only known by name until then.
The images I have seen so far have been keepers.
cheers, Nelcha


















Those interested in seeing the complete list of
critters they have there or signing up for the
2009 Group Trip please go to the wiki page:
http://fmnorcal.pbwiki.com/SafariWest-Photo-Tour