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Welcome to the Leopard Mountain Game Lodge BlogPosted by: adminTagged in: Untagged
Hello, Welcome to the Leopard Mountain Game Lodge Blog Comments
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 written by Jutta , February 17, 2010
Hi,
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its a nice website, but I miss the funny bones?! Greetings from Germany - Jutta report abuse
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 written by Kristian Bergan , February 19, 2010
Hello. It has now ben four years since me and my famely visited you on the lodge. You hawe got a beautifull website. And you have the moast beautifull place. i wish me back every day. Say hello to Ryan and the other gides from uss.
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Best greetings from Fam Bergan from Norway report abuse
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 written by Lodge Manager - Melissa van Rooyen , September 03, 2010
Hi folks,
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Don’t FORGET 04th of September 2010 is INTERNATIONAL VALUTURE AWARENESS DAY On 4 September 2010 International Vulture Awareness Day will focus the attention globally on vulture conservation. The aim is to focus on the dire plight of many of the world's vultures and highlight the awareness and regional activities of organizations’ who participate in vulture conservation. International Vulture Awareness Day has its roots in the awareness campaigns run by the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Birds of Prey Working Group in South Africa, and the Hawk Conservancy Trust in England. For more information on how to become involved, please visit http://www.vultureday.org http://www.international-vulture-awareness-day.org  report abuse
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 written by Owner - Jo Vivier , November 17, 2010
On the 14th November we saw the First of the New Borns, Both Impala and Warthog. With the Good rains both Species have picked up good condition and the Grass is now getting long enough to start hiding these babies from Predators. Soon the Veld will be full of these new arrivals, but it is always exciting to see the Fist for the Season.
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written by Jocelyn Vivier , December 11, 2010
Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus)
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The Golden Pipit, is this is an extremely sought after bird for most Southern African birders with only a handful of records. This particular Bird is a Vagrant to South Africa, and for the Southern Africa bird “listers” this is a top bird for the collection. The Golden Pipit was first seen on Monday, 06 December 2010 @ 10h25 by Dominic, Patrick Rollinson and Andre Bernon, who were birding in the Area. There is a Web site for Rare Birds that anyone is able to subscribe to, in order to be Alerted when one of these rarities is located. Dominic, Patrick & Andre phoned through to Trevor Hardaker at the SA Rare Bird News to report their sighting. On the 11th of December 2010. Ryan, Jocelyn, Clive, Mathew and Thomas Vivier joined a few other "twitchers" from the Zululand Rhino Reserve; to go and find the Elusive Golden Pipit. With GPS Co-ordinates and Directions, the group set off at sunrise to find this Special bird. On entering the Pongola Nature Reserve the excitement grew as we were not quite sure if this bird would still be around. With no mates in the area he could very well leave at any time. Had we left it for too many days after the First sighting recorded to see it? With much anticipation we noticed many more birder in the Pongola Nature Reserve also heading to see it, we turned round the first corner and then at the next saw a vehicle stopped and knew we were in the correct place. We all bailed out of the vehicle, binoculars, Camera’s and Scope attached to any limb that could carry it, and were showed by the Generous birders who were already there as to its whereabouts. There is was, even more Amazing and Beautiful than any bird book could describe or illustrate. We felt like this bird looked nothing like a Yellow Throated Long claw. We were told to get there early in the morning so that we were able to get a sight of his displays. We were very fortunate to him displaying, flying from tree to tree and trying to chase any other birds away from his display perches. This will truly be a memory that I and everyone will keep with us forever. We need to encourage more people to start looking at the Amazing birdlife around them, and taking note. Birding has to be the most rewarding Hobby that I could have ever given myself, and it had also brought to my attention, how many birds are affected but the choices humans make on a daily basis. I have been fortunate enough to see birds that are on the verge of extinction, and possibly have a hand in helping them. From the Vivier Family - Happy Birding!! report abuse
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