End of last week we spotted the first new-born Impala. All the females of species, which have mating seasons (Impala, Wildebeest, Kudu, and Warthog), will give birth between now and January.
A lot of cuteness.
Have a good week!
Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | ISO 640 | 1/750sec | f6.3 | ev+0 | 240mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode
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This week, I saw a Black Rhino flehmen for the first time.
The bull picked up the scent of a female, stuck his nose into the soil where the cow had urinated, and then inhaled as much air as possible towards the Jacobson’s organ (vomeronasal organ) to analyze if the lady was in estrous.
Many mammals show this behaviour, but I had never seen a Black Rhino doing it. What a sighting!
Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f11/800mm | ISO 32000 | 1/500sec | ev+0 | WB 6500K | AV Mode
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My last two weeks in wildlife pictures: What a wonderful world! I hope you enjoy them.
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This morning I captured a short video clip of one of Thanda Safari’s male Lions roaring. One of the most impressive sounds to be heard on the African savanna!
Technical data Video: Canon R6 with RF lens f11/800mm | 4K video recording | Cropped/sized to HD
Technical data Picture: Canon R6 with RF lens f11/800mm | ISO 400 | 1/60sec | ev+0 | WB 6500K | AV Mode
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Sometimes work related to wildlife conservation can get very exciting.
As part of the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project one of these incredible creatures was relocated from Thanda Safari to a new home to expand the range of the species.
When the Rhino was darted it fell asleep not next to the road, as we had hoped, but a bit down a hillside. So it was decided to clean a path, partially wake it up, and then ‘rhino walk’ it up to the waiting container truck.
This is a short video showing as all hands helped, so this large mammal could get to its new home. A job well done!
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A dazzle of Burchell’s Zebra at Thanda Safari having a bit of an argument!
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My last nine weeks in wildlife pictures: What a wonderful world! I hope you enjoy them.
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Just before sunrise I took this image with my iPhone. I think it has a painting-like quality showing my road to work …
Technical data: Apple 14 Pro Max | Ultra Wide Camera 13mm | ISO 1000 | 1/6600sec | f2.2 | ev+0 | Edit: Shadows enhanced
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Black Rhino are usually very shy and do not like to be in the open. Most encounters are a quick look, a fast turn, and a run straight into protective bush.
But last night we had an incredible sighting of this Black Rhino bull calmly drinking at a waterhole and then the crossing the road walking away in a stately pace.
This is my favorite picture from our photo shoot !
Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | ISO 1000 | 1/500sec | f6.7 | ev+0 | 150mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode
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Two days ago, Mgazi (Totoli Ntshangase) died at the age of 80 at Bethesda Hospital in Zululand.
He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and a highly respected member of his community.
Over many years Thanda Safari guests visited him, his wife Silvina, and his family, to learn about life in a rural Zulu community.
I am honored to have know him as a friend, even if we needed to communicate through an interpreter.
His and his wife’s willingness to open their home to foreigners and welcome them warmly has always impressed me, and I will continue to visit the family whenever I can.
I have written this post because a few of you have known him, or read about him in the book Leon Wobbe and I wrote a few years ago. And I am sure many of you would have enjoyed knowing him.
My thoughts are with his wife and his family during this difficult time.
To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die. Thomas Campbell
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