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The Birmingham Males
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Nice Blog from Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve:
Settling Lion Dynamics Oct 8, 2015 By Craig Hamilton & Justin Glanvill It seems to have become a fact that the Birmingham males are now the confirmed new territorial males in the Northern Sabi Sands. They have chased the Matimba males off, have been mating with females from both the Styx and Nkuhuma prides and are constantly calling and scent marking without challenge from any other males.  *This image is copyright of its original author The take over started out on a rather rocky road, with the Birmingham males killing various lions from the Nkuhuma and Styx prides, as well as the Styx pride cubs, which led to the lionesses leaving the area for a while. After eventually mating with the two different lionesses, we are now seeing the prides settle down back into their previous territories.  *This image is copyright of its original author The Nkuhuma pride are resting up on the eastern sector in Buffelshoek, and the Talamati pride (5 of them) have also re-entered their old territory. The Talamati pride are on a wildebeest kill close to our northern boundary and the Styx pride have been seen resting up around Djuma dam on Cheetah Plains. The Birmingham males have been hunting extremely successfully. After following a herd of buffalo north, they managed to make not one, or even two, not even three, but Four kills last night around three in a row pan on Cheetah Plains. We found them resting up next to the pan, looking very well fed. The kills are two buffalo cows and two calves, and it appears that these males are really prolific hunters.  *This image is copyright of its original author We got word that the Matimba males are settling quite far south of our boundaries, but moved off when the Birmingham males were close. We hope that the lion dynamics will start settling down again, and that we will see the Birmingham males starting to sire their own offspring soon. |
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