The Week in Pictures #360

James Tyrrell November 9, 2018 1 13

First off, the answer to the bird challenge from this week. A number of you got the right answer, which is a young male Greater Honeyguide. The combination of brown …

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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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A Lesson in Fishing from One of Londolozi’s Most Beautiful Birds

David Dampier October 30, 2018 16

The Malachite is one of 9 kingfisher species found at Londolozi. Measuring just 14 cm from tail to bill and weighing only 17 grams, it would seldom be seen if …

Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #358

James Tyrrell October 26, 2018 20

Again the Ottawa male seems to be front and centre in the lion dynamics this week (although I don’t have a picture of him today). Seven days ago we were …

Wildlife

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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The Week in Pictures #357

James Tyrrell October 19, 2018 8

I finally got a glimpse of the Ottawa male lion, as he was found next to the Sand River, barely 200 metres from where one of the Birmingham males had …

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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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The Week in Pictures #355

Pete Thorpe October 5, 2018 4 17

A dry and windy week ended with 4.4 mm of rain yesterday bringing joy to everyone. Water levels across the reserve have dropped to very low levels, so the soft, …

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Lions Help Find Londolozi’s Rarest Kingfisher

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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The Week in Pictures #352

James Tyrrell September 14, 2018 8

First things first: the mystery bird in our first challenge was a Wood Sandpiper. Congratulations to who everyone who answered correctly. The pictures below give a comparison between the Wood …

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What Bird is This? #1

James Tyrrell September 10, 2018 44

Birding is a huge component of a wilderness experience, or at least it should be. With almost 350 bird species having been recorded at Londolozi, it’s safe to say that …

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The Week in Pictures #350

Paul Danckwerts August 31, 2018 24

This week there were elephants around every corner. On Tuesday we counted a herd of at least one hundred and fifty of the pachyderms, then yesterday morning we found one …

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The Week in Pictures #349

James Tyrrell August 24, 2018 23

The slight rain we had a few days ago didn’t really change anything in the bush, apart from making for a slightly damp morning’s game drive. What it did do was …

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Photography Challenge: Birds

James Souchon August 16, 2018 17

Inspired by Pete Thorpe’s recent blog post on birding I set myself a little creative photography challenge which I haven’t done in some time. I decided to focus my photographic efforts …

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