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The Birmingham Males

Italy Ngala Offline
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From Nkorho Bush Lodge, credits to Nkorho Rangers:
19 March 2017
Afternoon Drive.
-Saw two of the Styx females and the two older cubs, they were sleeping out in the open with one of the Birmingham males.
-Found another Birmingham male on the main road moving north at a quick pace, scent marking all over.

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Birmingham male, from Nkorho Bush Lodge, credits to Karin van der Merwe.

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Mfumo (lion resting his head on the back of the lion in the foreground) and Nhenha (far left) in 2013 when they and the other Birmingham Boys were around 2-3 years old.
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(03-24-2017, 08:17 AM)vinodkumarn Wrote: Mfumo (lion resting his head on the back of the lion in the foreground) and Nhenha (far left) in 2013 when they and the other Birmingham Boys were around 2-3 years old.
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I don't think that these males are Bboys, Mfumo is the youngest of the coalition, the male resting his head is oldest (look the mane) of this group.
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(03-24-2017, 09:42 AM)Gamiz Wrote:
(03-24-2017, 08:17 AM)vinodkumarn Wrote: Mfumo (lion resting his head on the back of the lion in the foreground) and Nhenha (far left) in 2013 when they and the other Birmingham Boys were around 2-3 years old.
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I don't think that these males are Bboys, Mfumo is the youngest of the coalition, the male resting his head is oldest (look the mane) of this group.

Mfumo is younger but he is also the biggest of the birmingham males. His mane was the last to darken and he has a pinker nose. I am pretty sure that's him, the male resting his head on the other.
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From Nkorho Bush Lodge, credits to NKorho Rangers:
Sightings Update:
25 March 2017.
Morning Drive.

-Got to see the three Styx females, two cubs and three of the Birmingham males sleeping on the airstrip in the west.

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The mating pair Nsuku and a Styx lioness 3.26.17
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BIRMINGHAM MALE by Neil Coetzer


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Nkorho Bush Lodge
Sightings Update:

26 March 2017.Afternoon drive.
-Went to the west where one Birmingham male and one Styx female was sleeping on the airstrip, after a while they got up and had a drink of water,

27 March 2017.Morning Drive.
-Went to the west where we saw Three Styx females, two cubs and one Birminham male feasting on a Wildebeest they had killed through the night.



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After a quick sundowner we headed back towards the lodge and bumped into a one of the Birmingham Male lions and two Nkuhuma females. This allowed us an opportunity to get some great backlit and side lit images using spotlights. The male seemed interested in one of the females and followed her about.

Credits: Villiers Steyn


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Birmingham Nsuku by Tayla McCurdy.


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The Styx pride and a Birmingham male were resting out in the west this morning. There is still no sign of the new cubs moving with the pride, but we will wait and see. Image by Andrew Khosa

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Birmingham Mfumo by Trevor Ryan McCall-Peat.


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Arathusa Safari Lodge: 
A BIRMINGHAM male lion sharing a wildebeest kill with the STYX lion pride right on the Arathusa airstrip.

Birmingham Nsuku by Sean Gilbert.


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At Close Quarters:
This morning we headed out and drove towards the Manyaleti boundary in search of some lions. We soon found some tracks that were made early the night before. We followed the tracks and soon found some very fresh ones. A few minutes down the road, we found them, 3 lions walking towards us. They moved onto a large termite mound and posed beautifully for us. Shortly thereafter, they headed into some longer grass and contact called, lifting their heads above the grass, this made for some stunning images. We then found a zebra carcass nearby, it had been injured by lions about two weeks ago. Something had killed the weak animal and had eaten part of it during night.


Photos of Birmingham Mfumo by Trevor McCall-Peat & Villiers Steyn.


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