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How do you do?

How do you do? This evening whilst driving on the marsh we were lucky enough to encounter a young lioness with 2 cubs playing through the open grasslands. Eventually their late afternoon activities caught the attention of a number of giraffe nearby. Imagine our surprise and delight when a giraffe bull approached the lioness and cubs and appeared to...

Posted: Phinda by Brandon Ford, Date: 7 May 2008

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queen of the night

Leopard anyone? After years in the Sabi-Sands where leopards were a speciality rather than a scarcity it has been incredible to watch the leopard viewing at Phinda develop over the last year to a point where they are not only been viewed often but are increasingly relaxed around the vehicles. This evening was the absolute cherry on the cake with the best...

Posted: Phinda by Brandon Ford, Date: 7 May 2008

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Hyena gets easy meal

While driving to the lodge in the early dawn light I noticed a large animal moving quickly from side to side with its nose nearly fixed on the ground. On closer inspection I saw it was a hyena moving along sniffing the ground obviously on something’s scent. It wasn’t concerned about the vehicle, which was unusual because hyenas on Phinda are generally...

Posted: Phinda by Steve Fly, Date: 4 May 2008

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Nature Reminds Us

Every job, no matter how romanticized, has its seemingly mundane tasks. Thursday the 2nd May proved to be a day that I was to perform such a task. Our temperamental but ever so faithful Land Rover was having another bad day, we use this vehicle in the training of prospective rangers, and a few of the new rangers having never “off-roaded” before had...

Posted: Phinda by Donovan de Swardt, Date: 2 May 2008

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Lioness kills nyala bull

Lioness kills nyala bull Late evening and no luck with the north pride who continue to push further south they seemed to have dissapeared into the mountains. Feeling a little dispondent we headed off to look for spot and watch the sunset. Mary a guest of mine suddenly shouted lion ... we turned and with delight followed her. I noticed her mammary glands...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 29 April 2008

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Lemon-breasted Canary, a special bird to see!

This special little bird is a near endemic to Southern Africa and Phinda is one of the best locations to view this bird. One of Phinda’s seven special habitat types is Lala Palm Veld and it is in the leaves of these palms, that the birds breed. Ian Mey and I were out with guests looking for this bird and we found one nesting, typically in the frond of a...

Posted: Phinda by Daryl Dell, Date: 25 April 2008

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Territorial Clash of Leopards!

The Mid-day sun was baking and the call of a male Leopard close to Mvubu Pan could not be mistaken for anything else. As we neared the pan we realized that it had moved off into jungle like bush, so we decided to return a little later. The starry sky was cool and the voice of nightjars was warm, we were patiently waiting for the Leopard to give us a...

Posted: Phinda by Daryl Dell, Date: 18 April 2008

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Aardvark Dances with Death!

The long grass down at the river kept the female Leopard well hidden but an ear sticking out of the top was enough to keep us interested. While waiting for her to make her move the echoing grunts of Hippo’s in the Mzinene River and the croaking call of the Marsh Owl close by, was a sign that the darkness was going to be active. The Hippo’s had submarined...

Posted: Phinda by Daryl Dell, Date: 18 April 2008

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Cheetah on a kudu kill

Driving on the marsh, Thulani one of the other forest rangers called in a cheetah with five cubs. Arriving at the sighting, there it was, a cheetah and her five cubs feeding of a fully grown kudu cow. The carcass looked to be killed the previous day and what we know about cheetahs, they dont scavange. This single mother killed this kudu all on her own....

Posted: Phinda by philip de bruyn, Date: 18 April 2008

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ZebraElephant?

Upon returning from the airstrip, we stopped to view some Giraffe and Zebra enjoying the morning sunshine outside Mountain lodge. While watching a sparring match between two young male Giraffes, our attention was drawn to a zebra that had taken to peeling off strips of bark from an Acacia tree! Not only was it "debarking" the tree it was crunching it up...

Posted: Phinda by Ian Mey, Date: 15 April 2008

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