This is the seventh of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
This Pied Kingfisher image was taken with late afternoon light at the Lagoon Hide on Zimanga Private Game Reserve.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
This is the sixth of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs. Another Vervet Monkey at Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide. Its gender is not in question :-).
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
This is the fifth of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs. A Yellow-fronted Canary having its bath at Mkhombe, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s morning-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
This is the fourth of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
A Crested Francolin and its reflection at Mkhombe, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s morning-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
This is the third of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
A small Vervet Monkey looking around carefully before having a drink at Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE THIS MESSAGE if you agree that CANNED LION HUNTS and BREEDING OF LIONS IN CAPTIVITY in South Africa should be STOPPED! #bloodlions
Yesterday evening I watched an excellent documentary – titled BLOODLIONS – on this subject at the 36th Durban film festival.
Pippa Hankinson, the film’s producer, recently stayed at Thanda and we had a talk on the subject. After that talk I decided to go and watch the film.
I think that regardless of what one thinks of the moral and animal-rights issues it is in the best interest of South Africa as a country to stop these hunts and the breeding in captivity as soon as possible. And if other countries (99% of the hunters are foreigners) join Australia in banning the import of Lion parts then they will help tremendously in this cause.
Tourism is one of the most important parts of the South African economy and its reputation must not be damaged by just a few thousand ‘canned’ Lion hunters being allowed to get their trophy! Currently thousands of Lions are bred and raised just to supply these hunts and the Lion bone trade business.
For more information on the subject go to http://www.bloodlions.org/
This is the second of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
This Waterbuck image was taken with late afternoon light at the Lagoon Hide on Zimanga Private Game Reserve. The hide mostly attracts water birds … and some mammals 🙂 . The Lebombo mountains provide an excellent backdrop.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Here is the first of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
These Pink-throated Twinspot pictures were taken at the Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Imagine that you are a photographer and you will spend twenty hours in five sessions in superbly built birding hides!
Well, that is what I did in the last few days 🙂 And here are some of the resulting images.
Enjoy this gallery of bird pictures (and also some mammals pictures), which were taken at Zimanga Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (www.zimanga.com). Zimanga specializes in purpose built photographic hides and the results are stunning.
A paradise for bird photographers!
To showcase this beautiful place I will follow-up this blog with ten more picture blog in the next weeks. Enjoy the images!
What a morning!
This picture shows Thanda’s South Pride (A mother with her daughter and her son) growling at Thanda’s dominant male Lion.
In the last few days, the big male has been spotted on various occasions trying to get close to the pride. But the adult female does not want him anwhere around her off-spring. As he is not the father of these cubs, she is extremely protective of them.
And a few more images from this great sighting …
… The dominant male scent-marking a tree as he trails the pride.
… The young female is bird-watching as her brother is working on the morning-cleaning-routine.
… And a bit of history: The mum with he two little ones in November 2012, when they were just a few weeks old.
Pictures by Christian Sperka – Specialist Photography Guide and Resident Wildlife Photographer – Thanda Private Game Reserve
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