The Birmingham Males

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Credit: Londolozi The Week in Pictures by Peter Thorpe, November 15, 2018

Birmingham male lion stares intently down the river, where two hooded vultures had just flown overhead. When we arrived at this sighting, the lion was fast asleep. The sound of the vulture wing-flaps caught his attention immediately. It turns out he had made an nyala kill and stashed it amongst the thicket in the river. The vultures landed in a tree directly above the kill.

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The same Birmingham male lion that has been frequenting the Sand River looks up toward a herd of impala on the banks. He had once again been hanging around with the Tsalala lioness on this day. We followed him into a thicket in which an impala kill was stashed. Shortly after this the rains came down quite hard, providing some much needed relief from the heat we have been having.

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A Birmingham male lion stops feeding for a moment as the Tsalala lioness moves close by. He won’t let her get too close to the kill, nor will he let her move too far away. This week was all about natural frames for me. A few times we had sightings in thick bush. At first glance, bushes and branches may appear as obstacles, however often they can make for a more interesting shot than a standard portrait.

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A few more from Londolozi. Images by Jules Maury, November 17, 2018

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Image by StarryStarryNightsTravel at Londolozi Tree Camp, November 17, 2018

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A member of the Gowrie coalition in the Sabi Sands. One look at this big guy and you know why the Sabi Sands and neighbouring Kruger NP have been known to house some of the most beautiful and vicious lions in all of Africa. Image by Arjun Anand, posted November 17, 2018

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