The Week in Pictures #388

James Tyrrell May 24, 2019 21

First off the answer to this weeks’s bird challenge… Many of you got it right; it was of course a female Scarlet-Chested Sunbird. The streaky breast was a big clue; …

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Why do Leopards Cede Territory?

James Tyrrell May 16, 2019 12

I don’t want to go too much into the science on this one as I’m going to get it wrong and I don’t currently have the research at hand, but …

Leopards Wildlife

New Male Leopard Seen on Londolozi

James Tyrrell April 11, 2019 14

Londolozi has one of the densest leopard populations in the world. With prime habitat, ample prey species and essentially zero human interference, the local cats carry on as if we …

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Bird Combat: Guineafowl Capoeira

James Tyrrell April 3, 2019 9

Birds can be pretty vicious it seems, especially when armed with long legs, powerful muscles with which to kick and sharp claws at the end of their toes. Helmeted Guineafowl, …

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The Ntsevu Pride: Lions of Summer

James Tyrrell January 10, 2019 13

The movements of Londolozi’s lion prides are usually dictated by either the season or the resident male population. Lionesses might be hiding their cubs from an invading male coalition, or …

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Old Male Leopard Returns to Londolozi

James Tyrrell October 9, 2018 1 13

Many of you would have read Fin Lawlor’s recent post about his glorious afternoon spent at a waterhole. In it he made mention of the Kashane/Kaxane male leopard; an old …

Leopards Wildlife

How Do the Big Cats Give Birth?

James Tyrrell September 18, 2018 5

The bush never gets stale thankfully, although I’m not going to ram home the cliché that every day is different, as it should be patently obvious to most. The way …

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Birmingham Male Lion Searching for Tsalala Lioness

James Tyrrell September 17, 2018 16

The lonely roars of the Tsalala lioness have been emanating from the Sand River a lot recently. I use “lonely” in the acceptance that it is a human construct, and …

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Why Lion Prides are Like the Starks of Winterfell

James Tyrrell September 3, 2018 18

Lions are tough. Resilient, hardcore, strong. This is in no way anthropomorphizing. Those are not exclusively human traits. Those are facts. Lions are as tough as nails, simply because they …

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Lion Update: Lots of Question Marks

James Tyrrell August 29, 2018 20

Do you ever get that feeling like something’s been sitting in equilibrium for too long, and change is imminent? Not necessarily drastic change, but something has to give soon, or …

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My Incredible Few Days of Leopards

Jutta Mielke Nestle August 20, 2018 5 27

After a roundtrip in Namibia my husband and I returned to Londolozi for the third time in the hope of seeing more leopards .But what happened during those three days …

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A Crazy Fight Between Geese

Bruce Arnott August 14, 2018 16

Male Egyptian geese are fiercely territorial and aggressively protective over their females. These geese are monogamous meaning that they have one mate and will only find another if their mate …

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Leopards Compete for Territory

James Tyrrell July 25, 2018 6 11

In the wake of the Tamboti female’s disappearance (we will release a tribute post soon, as by now we have to accept that she has died), it is suddenly all …

Leopards Wildlife

Who is the Hosana Male Leopard?

James Tyrrell June 28, 2018 2 39

Many of you would have noticed a new face popping up in our posts over the last few weeks; it seems that it’s a face that many of you are …

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Clash of the Titans: Rhinos Fight for Dominance

Rob Jeffery June 13, 2018 8

We could see some movement in a waterhole up ahead, slightly obscured by a large bush. At first tracker Judas and I thought it was a buffalo wallowing. We drove …

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