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The Birmingham Males
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 (06-01-2018, 05:48 PM)Blondemane Wrote: they are in the singita, very close to matimbas... hope the old matimbas play the ghost game and avoid this guys... To be honest I think there not interested in moving further west I think that there fine were they are right now with the kambulas and that’s there main focus right now.
sorry, but i must disagree with you, you cant have 100% sure what can make them go to a certain zone, they could follow a herd of preys to that area, they can smell and hear other males from a far distance, so... its unpredictable.
 (06-02-2018, 03:58 PM)Blondemane Wrote: sorry, but i must disagree with you, you cant have 100% sure what can make them go to a certain zone, they could follow a herd of preys to that area, they can smell and hear other males from a far distance, so... its unpredictable. It is unpredictable in some ways, but on the other hand it isn't as random as just picking up camp and moving to the territory next door. With the amount of territory they now have, there's going to naturally be a limit to how much they expand, especially if they intend to care for the new prides they are courting. However, it is true that in any time they're near and on force they could hear the Matimbas and go investigate, so the Matimbas shouldn't be too over confident as well. (06-02-2018, 04:54 PM)Tshokwane Wrote:(06-02-2018, 03:58 PM)Blondemane Wrote: sorry, but i must disagree with you, you cant have 100% sure what can make them go to a certain zone, they could follow a herd of preys to that area, they can smell and hear other males from a far distance, so... its unpredictable. Exactly and one of the nkhuma females are suspected pregnant and who knows if the Styx and torch wood is doing so they most likely will stop we’re they are. And weeks ago mfumo and nsuku fought the avocas who weren’t roaring in the northern part of there territory. (06-02-2018, 08:11 PM)Chris Wrote:(06-02-2018, 04:54 PM)Tshokwane Wrote:(06-02-2018, 03:58 PM)Blondemane Wrote: sorry, but i must disagree with you, you cant have 100% sure what can make them go to a certain zone, they could follow a herd of preys to that area, they can smell and hear other males from a far distance, so... its unpredictable. Actually it was Nsuku and Tinyo that were thought to have encountered the Avocas with Nsuku looking like he took the worst of it as Tinyo was injury free. Mfumo has not been back to Djuma in quite some time now since he has become more of a lover then a fighter lol (06-04-2018, 03:42 PM)leninthebuff Wrote:Thanks for the correction(06-02-2018, 08:11 PM)Chris Wrote:(06-02-2018, 04:54 PM)Tshokwane Wrote:(06-02-2018, 03:58 PM)Blondemane Wrote: sorry, but i must disagree with you, you cant have 100% sure what can make them go to a certain zone, they could follow a herd of preys to that area, they can smell and hear other males from a far distance, so... its unpredictable.
Credits to Daniel Bailey - MalaMala.
June 4th-5th: The Kambula pride and 2 Gowrie males were seen east of Rattray’s Camp and a 3rd Gowrie male was found just west of Rattray’s. (06-07-2018, 04:21 AM)Legendary Wrote: Avoca Males have taken over Birmingham northern sabisands territory Its not yet complete It may start with incursions and run away whenever BBoys appear. It happened already twice. Slowly they will establish. The same way BBoys established there.. Initially I thought Avocas would settle down with Talamati pride as they were mating with them a week or two ago Particularly due to lot of breeding females in the pride.
Credits to Nick Kleer - Londolozi.
Volume Up! Unbelievable interactions as in leaving her territory to court the Birmingham males, a lioness from the Mhangeni pride is essentially caught behind enemy lines by the Ntsevu lionesses and attacked. Ironically the Ntsevu females are daughters of the Mhangeni pride. The Munghene female tries to defend herself against three Ntsevu females who had come across her and a Birmingham male this morning.. One thing to note. This isn't a game, she could very well get killed by the girls.   *This image is copyright of its original author This is a great shot, I'm looking for a high resolution photo of all Birmingham males together in one shot and in their primes, although I realize that several of them have died over the years. This thread is huge to look through, if anybody can help and post a photo or more that I'm looking for I'd appriciate it. (06-08-2018, 02:17 AM)Musa15 Wrote: How did some of them die? And they are in there prime.
Credits to James Souchon - Londolozi.
The coalition of the four Birmingham Male lions and the six Ntsevu lionesses continue to enthral us. This week they have been seen on regular occasions across the central parts of the reserve. They are not always all together and there has still been regular mating activity between some of the individuals. We are hoping that some of the females give birth soon and ponder the fate of the cubs that we know some of the other females have had but we are yet to see. We have had regular sightings of the four Birmingham males and there is a still been a fair amount of mating between this coalition and the lionesses of the Ntsevu Pride. On this particular morning this male was seen trailing behind two lionesses.  *This image is copyright of its original author A lone Birmingham male listens intently to the sounds of the night. His brothers were not too far away and we heard him roaring a couple of times before heading off to go and find them.  *This image is copyright of its original author
This article is from January, but I had no idea it had been posted, so apologies for not posting it earlier.
Credits to Ranger Pieter van Wyk - MalaMala. The conquerers:  *This image is copyright of its original author It appears that the Gowrie male lion coalition now has full control over the entire northern half of MalaMala Game Reserve. During the last year they’ve successfully ousted the Clarendon males, out-competed the Manyeleti males and out-intimidated the Avoca males, whilst keeping the mighty Mantimahle males at bay. But do they have control over its resident prides? Not just yet. During this week we saw two of the males mating, on different days, with a lioness from the Marthly pride. It was the first time we’d seen them with this pride. However, their main focus and reason for conquering the north has been the six lionesses of the Kambula pride, over which they now have some semblance of dominance. In the Gowrie male’s defense, the antics of these lionesses have rendered them almost uncontrollable. Three lionesses have now given birth but we are unsure of which coalition/s are the father/s. The Matshapiri male continues to spend much of his time with one of the lionesses and her three cubs and the two Avoca males are often seen in the vicinity of the second lioness and her den. How this will play out is anyone’s guess. The 4th male. By ranger Pieter van Wyk  *This image is copyright of its original author The Gowrie males were first seen on MalaMala mid 2015. The coalition comprised of five young, rather blonde males. Most of their nomadic days were spent just north of our boundary and that is where they made their first mark; by killing the cubs of the Styx pride. They have since taken control of the Styx pride as well as the Nkuhuma and Torchwood prides to our north. |
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