From the shore of Lake Naivasha we picked up waterbirds: Red-knobbed Coot, Little Egret, Gray Heron, Yellow-billed Stork, Blacksmith Plover, Pink-backed Pelican, and more. In the US a nickname for cuckoos is raincrow. But it is Africa’s Red-chested Cuckoo that incessantly says “it will rain” no matter what the forecast. At night we heard hippos bellowing; in fact we were not allowed to walk the grounds then because these huge animals graze on the lawn and walk between the rooms, as Allan and Kathleen can attest.