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The Birmingham Males
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Credits to Haresh de Soysa - Leopard Trails.
Face to face with a Birmingham male lion, on our Leopard Trails outbound safari in the Sabi Sands. The Birmingham coalition of 5 brothers (now down to 4) first started entering the Northern Sabi Sands in October 2015. They come from the Timbavati area and were pushed out by their fathers to avoid competition. Today they dominate a vast area within the Sabi Sands. 
credits to MalaMala Game Reserve; photo of Kambula lionesses and a Birmingham male by @cherylhooge, posted June 9th 2018
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Credits to Chene Wales-Baillie AdventureWild.
Just a little update.. saw two of the Birmingham males last night (Nehna & Tinyo) with two of the Nsevu females. They had a warthog kill and it looked as though Tinyo was keeping it for himself!  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Fin Lawlor - Londolozi.
Watching the Birmingham males take over Londolozi has been one of my highlights of the year so far. Here he left the side of an Nstevu female he was mating with for a few minutes which offered us a quick chance to get this imagine.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Anthony Goldman.
One of the 4 members of the Birmingham coalition of male lions.He has earned his place as king of the beasts with scars to prove it ,Londolozi,South Africa!  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Londolozi
Posted by John Mohaud June 24, 2018 Lions Take Down Wildebeest Unexpectedly Three vehicles were sitting watching two Birmingham males and three Ntsevu females as dusk fell, hoping they would get active. A bit of grooming was taking place but all in all the lions were doing very little Suddenly a herd of impala started alarming a hundred metres or so away from us, which immediately caught one of the lionesses’ attention. Or was it something else she had heard?She began stalking off in that direction, showing definite intent in something, and ranger Nick Kleer and I decided to follow in our Land Rovers. There was a sudden snort as she disappeared behind a raisin bush, and coming around the corner we were more than a little shocked to see a struggling wildebeest pinned beneath her. It seems that a pair of wildebeest males had been fighting and we hadn’t heard the commotion, but the lioness had, and knowing they would be distracted had immediately begun a stalk, which she had clearly managed very successfully. One of the Birmingham males had heard the disturbance and now came wandering over. the second male then joined and ended up forcing the lioness off the wildebeest, finishing the suffocation process himself. Despite the lioness having made the inital takedown, she and her pride mates weren’t allowed to feed, and the males dominated the carcass into the night as we sat there for over an hour. NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS:  *This image is copyright of its original author With a kill of this size we almost expected the males to allow the females certain feeding rights, but it was not to be, and they would react aggressively each time one of the lionesses approached. The evening’s drama was not yet over though, as one of the vehicles attempted to leave the sighting but discovered their vehicle battery had become drained through spotlight use, which necessitated a hasty plan being made to tow them out of the sighting and get them started again, with the lions feeding nearby. Never a dull moment at Londolozi!
Credits to Brock Cartlidge - Londolozi.
Guest post, A Surreal First Safari: A Birmingham male in the fading evening light, in the moments between naptime and dinner.  *This image is copyright of its original author Two of the Birmingham males at rest in a dry riverbed, the one in the background slightly more so…  *This image is copyright of its original author Lions had been spotted earlier in the day, but in the evening, they were nowhere to be found. That was until Grant & Jerry were able to track the lions on foot and found one sleeping in tall grass. Upon further investigation, what we thought was a single female lion turned out to be two of the Birmingham males napping alongside four females. We watched in awe as they slowly woke up, until all of the sudden, something in the distance caught the attention of a lioness and she took off running. Grant quickly put our vehicle in motion and followed her over the hill. The pursuit was thrilling. As we drove to catch up to her, the males were running alongside us. Clear frustration on the face of a lioness as she waits her turn to feed on the wildebeest.  *This image is copyright of its original author In the few seconds lead that the lioness had on us, she was able to capture a wildebeest that had been distracted in a fight. It was incredible to see how this creature could bring down such a large animal in a split second. The males arrived just behind us and quickly stepped in to finish the gruesome task. For the next hour, we held our front-row seat to six lions eating the wildebeest. It was a surreal experience to watch this sequence from start to finish, to see them peacefully wake up from a nap to them devouring the wildebeest as the sun-faded from the sky. One of the Birmingham males ends the wildebeest’s struggles.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to MalaMala, Photo by Marlon du Toit.
MALAMALA TODAY: June 26th. Lions and hyenas were vocalizing throughout the night around Sable Camp but whatever transpired under the cover of dark had ended by first light. The cacophony was replaced by an eerie silence as a heavy fog rolled in. A Gowrie male lion and 2 lionesses from the Kambula pride were found first south of Sable Camp but whatever they were involved in overnight was water under the bridge. During the course of the day the lionesses ditched the male and moved eastwards on the hunt be for returning to the Sand River where they chased the Island female leopard up a tree.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Alex Jordan - Londolozi.
A Birmingham male follows the scent trail of females of the Ntsevu pride. Just the footprints alone contain enough scent for this male’s acute sense of smell to recognize and follow. Is another female in oestrus and is she ready to mate?  *This image is copyright of its original author
Birmingham Male Lions
Birmingham Boys - Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, Naaila Hessa - 4 Jun 2017  *This image is copyright of its original author
(07-09-2018, 09:49 PM)Pckts Wrote: Birmingham Male Lions Is there a video?
I'm quite worried about Mfumo. Mala mala said in a comment they haven't seen him for some time now.
(07-09-2018, 09:49 PM)Pckts Wrote: Birmingham Male LionsIs the order correct: Nsuku, Mfumo, Nhenha, and Tinyo?  (07-12-2018, 01:32 PM)Gabriele GLG Wrote: I'm quite worried about Mfumo. Mala mala said in a comment they haven't seen him for some time now. They posted a picture of him 5 days ago. Photo by ranger Gary Bruce  *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.facebook.com/malamalagamereserve/photos/a.191706490880983.56685.131724370212529/1970524792999135/?type=3&theater |
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