The Week in Pictures #406

Alex Jordan September 27, 2019 1 22

After a heat wave of temperatures reaching the high thirties, it has been a chilly last few days with strong winds and far cooler temperatures. This made game viewing difficult …

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The Week in Pictures #405

Sean Zeederberg September 20, 2019 18

Firstly, the answer to this week’s Bird ID challenge… The correct answer was a female Lesser Masked Weaver. Female weavers are notoriously difficult to ID, but in the case of …

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Tsalala Lioness and Cub Still Alive and Well

James Tyrrell September 11, 2019 18

The Tsalala lioness has been confining her movements almost exclusively to the Sand River. The thickets provide perfect cover in which to hide her cub and hunt, and the game …

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The Nhlanguleni Coalition

James Tyrrell September 3, 2019 1 20

Leopards – and animals in general – don’t always do what the books say, and in such a dense population as Londolozi, we are bound to start seeing behaviours as …

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Even Leopards Make Mistakes

James Tyrrell September 2, 2019 1 16

There’s no substitute for experience, but even 11 years of survival in the heart of one of the densest leopard populations in the world doesn’t prevent Londolozi’s oldest territorial female …

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Finding a Leopard on Foot

Matt Uys September 1, 2019 23

Ranger Grant Rodewijk and I had set out one afternoon for a drive, not looking for anything specific, just bumbling around for anything we could find. Not long after we …

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Male Lions: Slim Chance of Success

James Tyrrell August 15, 2019 19

Statistics are not always the best lens through which to examine a predator community. We’ve written before how populations vary and individuals within those populations vary, so a textbook or …

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The Week in Pictures #399

Dean De La Rey August 9, 2019 42

“Out here you cannot press rewind or fast forward, only play. You have to live in the present.” – Anynomous In broken English, one of my recent guests – at …

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An Experience of the Unexpected

Alex Jordan July 28, 2019 2 23

It had been a few days of incredible experiences and unbelievable sightings yet lions were still on the list to be tracked and found. A clear, cool, crisp morning sent …

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Almost the Holy Grail… But Not Quite

James Tyrrell July 16, 2019 27

Lions moving through water. The Money Shot. I don’t know what it is about a photo of a lion or lions wading across a river – no matter how shallow …

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A Glimpse into a Mother Leopard’s Day

Nick Sims July 13, 2019 1 14

Sometimes things in the bush just seem to go your way. It was my guests’ last evening drive and we had been really lucky with what we had seen over …

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The Week in Pictures #395

Paul Danckwerts July 12, 2019 17

Fasten your seat-belts and tighten your chinstraps because this week was pure safari gold! We kicked off with a ridiculously good sighting of the Flat Rock male leopard atop a …

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Are Trackers True Detectives?

Rob Jeffery July 8, 2019 14

With a keen eye, intuition and experience, trackers really are like detectives when they attempt to decipher the course of events that took place overnight. The major difference is that …

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Young Leopard Makes Good Decision, Avoids Warthog

James Tyrrell June 23, 2019 1 7

I remember a sighting in which I was sitting parked with my guests, watching the Tutlwa female leopard on the opposite river bank to the Londolozi Camps. She was moving …

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The Week in Pictures #392

James Tyrrell June 21, 2019 18

I was about to write something about the Wild Dogs about to give birth, but then decided against it, as we’ve discussed the power of the jinx before. I’ll keep …

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