8th September 2010
Summer

Climate: - Trees and grass very green. Very hot and humid

Game Drives: - Lots of young animals and birds. Long grass cover limits visability

Buffalo

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Buffalo bulls spar during May and June testing their strength against other mature bulls

Buffalo love water and will drink regularly if available

Buffalo being ruminants spend long hours resting and chewing their food

An immature red billed oxpecker living on the exterior parasites of these animals

A mature bull displaying fhlemen, this is done to test the female’s hormonal status

During winter months herds approaching waterholes causes a lot of dust, allowing for spectacular photography

Tangala has plus minus 300 buffalo to view

Red billed oxpecker female feeding her immature chick on a termite on top of the back of a buffalo

Fighting between bulls rarely cause injury or death

The calving season starts in November and peaks in March to April

Ruminants spends long hours chewing their cudd

Being one of the big five buffalo kill more hunters annually than anyone of the other members of the big 5

Younger animals display a more chocolate brown color, which changes to black the older they become

Buffalo are accomplished swimmers and will regularly take to water

Males display fhlemen to determine weather the females are ready to breed or not

95% of red Billed oxpeckers died consist of ticks

Grazing animals need a lot of water to digest the dry grass matter


Buffalo silhouette

Cape glossy starling feeding on insects disturbed by a herd of buffalo

Buffalo will frequently wallow in water holes during the summer to cool down

A young bull showing testing the hormonal state of a female the phenomena is called \'fhlemen\'.

In summer buffalo gain allot of wait due to the high protein contant of grass at this time of year.

 

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