The Week In Pictures #579

Robert Ball January 13, 2023 2 22

Life, and an abundance of it! After another downpour of rain, the animals, both big and small, have been thriving on the reserve. From the young wildebeest calves and impala …

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Keeping Cool in the Delightfully Warm Summer Heat: Birds

Nick Tennick December 27, 2022 25

Welcome to the third and final instalment of the: Keeping Cool in the Delightfully Warm Summer Series. Previously we explored how Mammals and Reptiles have overcome the challenges of the …

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My Walk Through Londolozi: A Collection of Birds, Aloes and Insects

Megan Kane-Berman July 23, 2022 22

One of the biggest privileges of growing up at Londolozi is being surrounded by the beauty that the African wilderness has to offer. I’ve come to realize that you don’t …

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A Big Birding Year

Nick Sims March 2, 2022 18

Last year a group of us, Londolozi Rangers, past and present, decided to try our hands at something a little different. We decided that we were going to embark on …

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Wildlife Photography In Kruger ~ A Q&A With Ranger Nick Sims

Jemma Thorpe February 26, 2022 14

You will find many wildlife photos around my house which I have proudly framed and hung up to be admired. These images remind me of a time when I picked …

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What Birding has Meant For Me (And Can For You!)

Robert Ball October 4, 2021 26

Before arriving at Londolozi I knew very little about birds. My previous bush experience usually entailed focusing on all the other animals and especially the Big 5. Whilst I will …

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The Drongo Chicks: So Far, So Good

James Tyrrell November 7, 2020 25

A few weeks ago we ran a story on a pair of fork-tailed drongos that were nesting barely two hundred metres from the Londolozi camps. Three beautiful eggs were laid …

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Danger for the Drongos

James Tyrrell October 12, 2020 14

Fork-tailed Drongos are fairly ubiquitous across Londolozi and the region in general. They are often found following large herbivores through the bush, hoping to capitalise on any insect prey flushed …

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Photo Journal: One Afternoon on My Belly

James Tyrrell September 7, 2020 20

Getting down to eye-level is what can really bring a photo to life. With lions, leopards and other things that can bite, scratch, gore, trample, and really make that idea …

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What Bird is This? #19

James Tyrrell November 14, 2019 11

Summer is here and so are a lot of the migrants. That might be a red herring. Or it might not be. Today’s bird is fairly nondescript, as I’m sure …

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Roller vs. Starling

Bruce Arnott November 3, 2019 16

A few days ago we were stopped listening to a squirrel alarm calling at a predator in the bush. This could have meant there was a bird of prey, snake, …

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The Week in Pictures #394

James Tyrrell July 5, 2019 23

The mercury dropped to 3.1 degrees Celcius yesterday at camp. This morning it was only at 3.6, but different parts of the reserve experience slight temperature variations, as down in …

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What Bird is This? #13

James Tyrrell May 20, 2019 17

The drier months at Londolozi generally have dull browns as the dominant colour scheme, but on some of the rocky outcrops and alongside the camp walkways, bright splashes of colour …

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What Bird is This? #11

James Tyrrell April 14, 2019 10

So, nests… A totally different approach to bird identification. Bird chicks are classified into two relatively distinct groups; precocial and altricial. Precocial chicks are born in a far more advanced …

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What Bird is This? #9

James Tyrrell March 9, 2019 8

This is scary territory we’re entering into. Struggling to identify a bird because you didn’t get a good look at it is one thing, but when you can see it …

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