Robin Pope Safari News
It’s Monday 23rd July 2018 and time for the photos to do the talking
(Thanks a lot Emily and Ton for your beautiful article on my pics)
I do hope that you are well, sitting comfortably and have of course had a fabulous weekend. So what news from the Luangwa Valley? Well this week I am going to try not to talk too much and instead I am going to let some incredible photos of a leopard-kill do the talking. Last month we had Marie and Denis Grenouillet stay with us up at both Tena Tena and Nsefu and over their stay they had some incredible sightings, however this amazing daytime leopard kill really was the highlight.
They witnessed this battle between a relatively small female leopard and this rather large male impala from start to finish. Whilst it is always sad to see an animal’s life ending let’s also remember that this is nature and survival and at the same time there is a beauty to the battle and the life that is given to the leopard as a result.
So for this week over to these incredible photos.
Marie and Denis thank you so much for sharing these with us and for those of you who are interested take a look at their website, it’s full of wonderful wildlife images from around the world on www.planetstillalive.com.
Other than that it’s all been happening up at Mobiles with a whole host of incredible sightings including lions, loads of elephants and even an aardvark! Kanga heads back up there next week so I am sure we will have more stories coming back to us. The rest of the camps have also been having some amazing sightings which I am not going to go into too much this week as I am running out of time but just a little update from the cute fluffy side — there are hyena pups up at Nsefu which are always just wonderful to watch.
So before I find myself delving into more tales of the bush I am going to whisk myself away and wish you all another fabulous week ahead with plenty of smiles and laughter and as always don’t forget to look after each other.
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From:www.nathab.com/ Photo of the Day
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 4:22 PM
Subject: Congratulations, Your Photo Has Been Selected
Dear Marie-France,
Congratulations, we’ve chosen your photo « Schalow’s Turaco in Flight” as the Wildlife Photo of the Day! We receive hundreds of entries each month, so you should be very proud of winning a spot among some of the world’s greatest wildlife photographers. Read more
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Ornithomedia
Observer les oiseaux
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
(Colombie)
Il s’agit de la plus haute chaîne de montagnes côtière du monde et de l’un des plus importants centres d’endémisme continentaux de la planète.
Vue sur la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta depuis les hauteurs de la réserve El Dorado (Colombie).
Photographie : Marie-France Grenouillet
La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta est un massif montagneux colombien, de forme pyramidale isolé des autres chaînes du pays et bordé au nord par la mer des Caraïbes. Elle culmine à 5 775 mètres d’altitude à seulement 46 km de la côte, ce qui fait d’elle la zone montagneuse côtière la plus haute du monde.
Du fait de la variété de ses climats et de ses habitats, mais aussi de son isolement géographique, ses richesses faunistiques et botaniques sont impressionnantes. 673 espèces d’oiseaux y ont été observées, dont 22 sont endémiques, une concentration exceptionnelle au niveau mondial. Une visite de la réserve El Dorado, créée et gérée par l’association ProAves, permet d’observer la quasi-totalité de ces espèces uniques au monde.
Marie-France Grenouillet, créatrice du site web www.planetstillalive.com, a séjourné dans cette réserve et elle nous a transmis des informations et des photographies. Nous remercions aussi l’association ProAves pour nous avoir aidés à compléter l’illustration de cet article.
Because of its altitudinal variation as well as its location, the range contains a mosaic of globally significant biomes (nearly all those to be found in tropical America) from mangroves, semi-deserts, tropical dry forests and tropical wet forests, montane forests and páramos. With only 1,48 % of the national territory has 635 bird species, that is 35 % of the whole Colombia, including 22 endemics.
Most of them can we be spotted in the ProAves El Dorado Reserve. Marie-France Grenouillet (website : www.planetstillalive.com) visited it and she sent to us some photos and tips.Read more
February 2013
Female anaconda rescue
Read more
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December 2012
FEATURED BY WORDPRESS
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October 2012
PUBLICATION IN TATTLER TOURISM – Official Trade Journal on African Tourism :
Goliath Heron frights away Hippo with baby – Zimbabwe
Goliath Heron takes on Hippos
Stunning action images from the lens of wildlife photographer Marie-France Grenouillet. These images were taken during a boat trip from Ruckomechi Camp Lodge on the Lower Zambezi, Zimbabwe on 13 May 2012. Born in Normandy, Marie-France spent her childhood in a village with one dream: to discover the world. If the images categorised by continent and country in her website are anything to go by she is certianly living her dream. “Pictures show what words cannot translate precisely and help us to keep an authentic memory of the past – they are a faithful witness when the souvenirs become just a sepia tone memory!” says Marie-France. Read more on page 34
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July 2012
June 2012
My Belize Experience – French Wildlife Photographer Captures Belize’s Beauty
Marie-France Grenouillet visited Belize recently and captured the country’s diverse wildlife with her camera. Take a journey through her photographer’s eye and see Belize’s jungles like you’ve never seen them before! Read more
Travel Explorations
The planet is still alive, according to Marie-France Grenouillet, a French wildlife photographer. She has travelled around the world through several years for taking photos. As Marie-France says about her mission: I want my photos to make people dream and then help to protect the wonderful wildlife in the world… Read more
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Makila Voyages Blog
« Marie France c’est une inconditionnelle des voyages, une passionnée des animaux, des grands espaces, des couleurs et la nature lui rend bien ! Tout cet amour se retrouve dans ses photos spectaculaires car oui Marie France est une photographe d’excellence… » Read full article
