Let's see your African Buffalo...

[Bush dog]

Serengeti, May 2011

[Peter Connan]

That makes the fifth bird specie I have seen perched on buffalo.

 

Very interesting, and great photo as usual Mike!

[Bush dog]

@@Peter Connan

 

Thank you, Peter!

 

In East Africa, on some occasions, I've seen wattled starlings also perching on zebras.

[Bush dog]

Ruaha, November 2014

[Bush dog]

Ruaha, October 2010

 

 

[gatoratlarge]

Here are some of mine:

 

From the Masai Mara, outside Kruger, and parts in between---one of them has horns like "That Girl's" hairdo

[gatoratlarge]

They all have "attitude":

 

 

[johnweir]

CAPE BUFFALO

Both images taken in early July 2015

Image 1: Close up facial study. One of a small herd of around 15 individuals. At the time of taking the image the herd was being stalked by a lion pride. The outcome was not witnessed. Ngorongoro Crater. 06.50.

EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS Mk1. 400mm. f/5.6. 1/200. ISO 200. Very slight crop to centre the image.

Image 2: Part of a large aggressive herd, 150+ individuals. Tarangire N.P. 08.35.

EF 24-105mm f/4L IS Mk 1. 105mm. f/5.6. 1/200. ISO 100. Cropped to remove excessive foreground.

[gatoratlarge]

Here are a couple forest buffs from Dzanga Bai to round out my African buffalo portfolio :

 

They mainly enjoyed laying in the cool mud and ignoring the elephants until one young bull (or an old bull) scattered them to show their prowess over the bai:

 

 

 

 

[Soukous]

Chobe River, Botswana. May 2017

[Soukous]

Chobe River. May 2017

[Soukous]

Chobe River. May 2017

[theplainswanderer]

Ah brings back  great memories of our two days on the Chobe!   Lovely! 

 

[LizW]

Lake Manyara, central Serengeti TZ, Aug 2017

[Peter Connan]

Now here's an old bugger:

 

 

Rietvlei Nature Reserve, 7 July 2019

[Tom Kellie]

 

Dagga-boy with Buddies

 

 

~ Photographed with a Canon EOS 1D X camera mounted with an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens, hand-held, Shutter Priority shooting mode.

 

Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya on 5 October, 2014 at 12:37 pm, ISO 160, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec.

 

 

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A grouping showing how disparate species get along.

[BRACQUENE]

On foot close to a herd in South Luangwa NP September 2014 

 

 

 

 

 

[BRACQUENE]

Ruaha National Park October 2017

[AndrewB]

I have been decorating my Office and covering the walls with photos, love it! Each one brings back a memory.

This shot was taken in 2015 (October) on the Talek River, Masai Mara. I find it lovely and moody.