Birds of Tintswalo

Birding at Tintswalo Safari Lodge has been pumping for normal winter birding standards. The frequency of big bird sightings have been immense and worth boasting about.

Secretary Bird, Ground Hornbill and Common Ostrich have been stalking the open plains while Lappet Faced Vulture roamed the thermals. African Openbills and Saddle Billed Storks frequent the dams and even a Narina Trogon made its presence known at the lodge itself.

Birding dynamics have been quite interesting as the bush is drying out and winter is setting in.The large quantities of water at Main Dam (the largest body of water on the Manyeleti Game Reserve) is home to a wide variety of water birds as well as their predators. Storks and Herons wade through the shallows in search of frogs and fish. As the water level recedes, their prey finds it harder to hide. This ensures a bountiful season.

The large natural open area's scattered throughout the reserve comprise of many seep lines which naturally attract a lot of nomadic predatory bird's such as the powerful Secretary Bird as well as large flocks of small seed eaters. In turn this attracts even more raptor activity.

~ The undertaker eating the undertaker ~
We found these Lappet Faced Vulture feeding on a Hyeana carcass