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What a weekend!

I enjoyed another successful birding weekend at Pakamisa Private Game Reserve. These are pictures I took of only a few of the bird species which we sighted on walks and game drives. The next birding weekend will be from 6 to 9 August. A few rooms are still available!

Contact res@pakamisa.co.za for more information or reservations

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Full of energy …

With energy into the new week 😊

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The Trunk …

If anyone tells you Elephants drink through their trunk, tell them they should try to drink through their nose 😊.

Elephants use their trunks like a large syringes. The fill them with water and then empty them into their mouth!

Depending on their size they can drink between 70 and 200 liters (18-50 Gal.) of water per day. The trunk will hold up to 10 liters (2.6 Gal.) to be deposited into the mouth at one go!

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LARGE LIONS…

… are as impressive as small Lions are cute. Have a good day!

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LITTLE LIONS …

… are as cute as large Lions are impressive. Have a good day!

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Book Review

For the German speakers among you: My book ‘Thanda Cats’ has been reviewed very positively on the Swiss photo news site www.fotointern.ch by Urs Tillmann. Have a look!

The book is available at the Thanda Safari curio shops or can be ordered online https://sperka.info/thandacats/.

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147 birds …

3rd Thanda Safari Birding Weekend

Everything went very well, even if some of our Lions turned today’s net setup into a bit of a challenge .

The guests had a great time experiencing many different bird species close up and personal.

The weekend’s final capture, ringing and release statistics: 32 species / 147 birds!

We are already looking forward to our next ‘bird ringing weekend’.

📷 Pictures by Christian Sperka

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3rd Thanda Safari Birding Weekend

We had a very successful first bird ringing day of the 3rd Thanda Safari Birding Weekend. 53 birds (15 species) were ringed and our guests enjoyed releasing them back into the wild. And we even got a new species for our bird list: The Green Twinspot. For tomorrow the nets are set up in the Thanda savanna area. More pictures to follow soon…

📷 Picture by Christian Sperka

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