The Foam Nest Frog
I know we say it a lot but our summer season is truly wonderful. The scenery and beauty is stunning. Driving along during the game drive there is new life …
I know we say it a lot but our summer season is truly wonderful. The scenery and beauty is stunning. Driving along during the game drive there is new life …
An incredibly diverse week; we rediscover a missing leopard cub, try to measure the biggest and scariest lizard on Londolozi, and arrive into the most magnificent spectacle of elephants and …
Crossing the Causeway over the Sand River on our way back to camp, we noticed something unusual. There is an island of trees in the middle channel of the river …
It’s always wonderful to be in the bush at a this time of year as there is an abundance of new life everywhere you look. I don’t even have to …
The most intricate of nests is on display right above a hippo pool, the Ximungwe young male comes of age, and the Ntsevu Pride insist on holding up air traffic …
Almost a month ago exactly, Ranger Jess Shillaw spotted the nest of a Chinspot Batis nestled in the branches of a Milkwood tree on the banks of the Manyelethi River. …
First things first: the bird in this week’s ID Challenge: It was a Thick-billed Cuckoo. Heard more than they’re seen, they’re a good tick to have on your bird list. …
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 …
The proliferation of life at this time every year is utterly astounding. It’s the birds that have really stolen the show over the last ten days; nests have been discovered …
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 …
It’s a tough life out here in the wild. Eat or get eaten. That’s pretty much the daily synopsis for 99% of the species (I’d say elephants don’t stress too …
We haven’t had one of these in over a month, so figured it was about time. Summer is the breeding season for many of Londolozi’s birds – both resident and …
For a large chunk of the year, Londolozi’s weaver population is drab and fairly nondescript, but when the rain comes and the grass grows, the males shift both their plumage …
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, …
Cardinal woodpeckers have a very distinctive call; a “chittering rattle” as described by one of South Africa’s more prominent bird books. It is often heard when out in the bush, …