The Birmingham Males

[Ngala]

Photo and information credits: Dawid Pretorius

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From Cheetah Plains Private Game Reserve:
"The Birmingham males were located up in the north. They were all rather flat, except for the one male who popped his head up for us." Images by Andrew Khosa

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From At Close Quarters - Photographic Safaris, Rulers of the North by Joshua McPhail:
"After finding some lion tracks, we followed them until we found a large male lion, one of the Birmingham coalition, sitting close to small pan. He yawned and looked towards us in some beautiful early morning light which provided some wonderful photo opportunities."

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"A nearby watering hole provided plenty of photographic action as a breeding herd of buffalo quenched their thirst, soon joined by an elephant. We then headed off in search of the Birmingham coalition of male lions who rule the northern parts of the Sabi Sands. We found the three of them sleeping in an open area. We left the sighting for a brief sundowner stop before heading back, and were just in time to photograph them as they woke up, yawned, groomed and as if in a finale, roared all around us. What an experience!"

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Photo and information credits: Joshua McPhail
"Have had a great start to our #BigCatPhotoSafari, Lion & Leopard on both of our first 2 drives. Here's a shot of one of the Birmingham boys this morning from some of the machine gun fire"

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