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The Week in Pictures #452

James Tyrrell August 14, 2020 1 0

Every week on the reserve seems to have a theme, although it might not be reflected in the pictures. This week was definitely buffalo, with some wonderful sightings taking place …

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Fresh Hope: A New Ostrich Nest

Pete Thorpe August 12, 2020 21

Greg Pingo: “Pete, do you think that’s an ostrich over there?” Pete: “No that’s a stump in the grass…” Needless to say, the stump swivelled at the top end, also …

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The Aftermath of a Buffalo Fight

James Tyrrell August 11, 2020 22

Those of you who follow our virtual safaris might have seen one of our recent stories documenting a couple of hours at waterhole, in which a large herd of buffalos …

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When No One’s Watching….

James Tyrrell August 10, 2020 21

Take a good look at the photo below. It is of a lion’s paw lunging in to grab a buffalo calf. Wild! We weren’t there to see this action take …

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Reminiscing Around the Sun

James Souchon August 8, 2020 20

On my hard drive I have a very well organised system for all the photos that I take. All the folders are labelled by year and then by month. I …

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The Week in Pictures #451

James Tyrrell August 7, 2020 23

First up, the answer to last week’s Mystery Bird Challenge #27. The bird – which a number of you got correct – was a juvenile African Hawk Eagle. Here is …

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Anticipating the Jump

Guy Brunskill August 4, 2020 1 22

We had not even driven out of camp before we heard bushbuck alarming just outside the entrance. As we drove into the area we saw the bushbuck, who with their …

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The Mating Leopards that Eluded Us

Sean Zeederberg August 3, 2020 11

After hearing what sounded like two leopards mating in front of camp , a search party was deployed to find them. Switching the vehicle off periodically as we went was …

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Virtual Game Drives: The Week in Video #20

James Tyrrell August 2, 2020 17

A leopard-heavy week with a mating pair in front of the camps, females chasing other females off kills, and 5 different individuals moving through the same kill in a 12 …

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The Week in Pictures #450

James Tyrrell July 31, 2020 20

The Ntsevu pride have been in and out this week, walking right across the reserve on an east-west trajectory, but as far as the actual sightings go, they have generally …

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Did You Know That Giraffes Eat Bones?

Pete Thorpe July 30, 2020 18

There is a story that has been passed on from several generations of rangers at Londolozi about a guest that repeatedly kept asking a ranger whether giraffes eat meat: Guest: …

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Glorious Winter Rain

James Souchon July 29, 2020 20

As I stepped out of my house a couple of mornings ago I was quite excited to see that it had been raining during the night. This is not a …

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Leopard Kill From my Back Door

Sean Zeederberg July 27, 2020 23

Without the full compliment of staff at the lodge, the village is a much quieter place. Most animals avoid humans, but since there are fewer of us around, it feels …

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Virtual Game Drives: The Week in Video #19

James Tyrrell July 26, 2020 19

We caught up with two of our favourite lions this week, tracked some more that we don’t see all that often, and had multiple leopards move through the same kill, …

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Exploring The Unknown: Our Only Certainty

Pete Thorpe July 25, 2020 23

James Tyrrell said it himself to me this week. “If we knew what was going to happen out here, we would all have grown bored long ago…” There’s one thing …

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