Category: wildebeest

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Kindergarten!

At this time of the year a lot of baby mammals can be seen on game drives.

And, as the Blue Wildebeest calf’s in this picture, they often huddle together in small ‘Kindergarten’ groups.

Quite a few mammal species have a breeding season and therefore the females almost all drop at the same time. At the end of the year Kudus, Impalas, Warthogs, and Blue Wildebeests all give birth to their next generation. So January/February is a great time to look out for Kindergartens!

Elephants, Black and White Rhinos, Cape Buffalos, Giraffes, Nyalas, Zebras, primates, and all the predators do not have a clearly defined breeding season and youngsters can be born at any time of the year.

Technical data: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max | Telephoto Camera | 77mm | Auto Setting

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Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | ISO 1600 | 1/500sec | f6.7 | ev+0 | 240mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 20% of original image

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Babies everywhere!

At this time of the year a lot of baby animals are being born. Some of the species have a ‘dropping season’ as they had a ‘breeding season’ months ago, others give birth at any time during the year.

The little Warthogs and the young Impalas are all appearing at this time. The Zebra-, Nyala-, and Giraffe-babies can appear at any time. And the little Wildebeest will be born soon. The small Warthogs and little Impala in these pictures are my first newborn sightings for this season.

Technical data (top left to bottom right):

Canon R6 / EF 4/500mm lens & EF 2.8/70-200mm lens

Nyala – 200mm / 1/750s / f2.8 / ISO200

Zebra – 500mm / 1/500s / f4 / ISO160

Warthog – 500mm / 1/500s / f4 / ISO100

Giraffe – 150mm / 1/500s / f2.8 / ISO1000

Impala – 200mm / 1/750s / f2.8 / ISO100

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Hanging out together.

An unusual pair! Blue Wildebeest and Black Rhino.

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A Black Widebeest …

… at Golden Gate Memorial National Park, Free State, South Africa.

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JUST BORN

This Wildebeest calf was born a few minutes before we arrived on this scene and it started running following mum a few minutes later.

Nature is amazing!

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THE EVENING POST – ONE MINUTE

This is a speedy one minute Thanda Safari with a herd of Wildebeest on the way to having a drink at a waterhole.

Have a good evening 😊

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