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What Bird is This? #8

James Tyrrell February 12, 2019 5

Here is our Bird Challenge for the month of February. Ok it may not end up being the only one, as if we happen to get some particularly cryptic photos …

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Incredible Footage: Geese Saving Goslings’ Lives From Otter

James Tyrrell February 6, 2019 11

It’s possible that fewer otters have been seen at Londolozi over the last 10 years than pangolins! And we hardly ever see pangolins… So the recent sighting that one Londolozi …

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What Bird is This? #7

James Tyrrell January 31, 2019 7

Our first Bird Challenge of 2019 is a slightly more unorthodox take on the concept. We’ve talked before about how birds don’t always sit still for you to identify them. …

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Bird Analysis: A Retraction of Identification

James Tyrrell January 9, 2019 4

It’s been almost a year and I still can’t let this thing go. This post may not be for everyone, but it’s something I started obsessing about again, and decided …

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What Bird is This? #6

James Tyrrell December 26, 2018 16

Annoyingly, my whole approach to birding has shifted somewhat since we started this series. Now I think of the most cryptic way to represent a bird in a photograph while …

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What Bird is This? #5

James Tyrrell December 17, 2018 12

We’ve been rather happy to discover how much people have been enjoying this ongoing Bird Quiz series. The great thing is we’re unlikely to ever run out of material, so …

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What Bird is This? #4

James Tyrrell December 4, 2018 26

So, here we are again… Sometimes the bird itself isn’t a difficult species to ID. It doesn’t have to be in non-breeding plumage, nondescript, tiny or a random vagrant for …

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What’s On The Property Market at Londolozi?

Dean Frank De La Rey November 27, 2018 22

As summer slowly approaches, we are starting to see a lot more construction. Not the type of construction you may be used to in the concrete jungles of the world …

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The Curious Case Of The Cuckoos

Nick Sims November 15, 2018 7

The recent rains at Londolozi have provided much needed respite from the dry season. As the rain nourishes the earth, the trees draw that moisture up through their roots and …

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What Bird is This? #3

James Tyrrell November 5, 2018 20

It doesn’t get much tougher than the last bird challenge we presented. The juvenile Long-tailed Paradise Whydah that we are 95% sure it was had many people stumped, including most …

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Why Are Hornbills So Cool?

James Tyrrell October 25, 2018 8

Ubiquity in a bird species is often an excuse to overlook them, no matter how weird or wonderful they may initially appear. See them a few times and they don’t …

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What Bird is This? #2

James Tyrrell October 8, 2018 26

I simply wanted to type here, “Good luck!” and leave it at that! Our second Mystery Bird in the ongoing challenge series is tough. Understatement. I’ll give you some background …

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Delight is in the Diversity

Rob Jeffery October 7, 2018 14

I read Fin Lawlor’s post from a day or two ago, and funnily enough I had written a very similar post totally independently. Spending time at a waterhole, I remembered …

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Lions Help Find Londolozi’s Rarest Kingfisher

Byron Serrao October 4, 2018 14

Usually it’s a case of stopping to look at a bird that leads you to find a predator. This time it was the other way round. Londolozi alumnus Byron Serrao, …

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4 Changes at Londolozi That Come With The Spring Equinox

Jemma Brewitt September 19, 2018 10

It’s that time of year again, when birds chirp a little sweeter and when previously, ordinary looking plants now beam with pride showing off their floral array. If you’re in …

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