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Birding Cape Town

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It is a good place to come down to from the city and look for Ostrich, Cape Gannets , Cape Cormorants , Cape Sparrows , Cape Buntings, Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Grassbirds and presumably lots of other birds with cape in the name. Cattle Egret in spring flowers. Fynbos flowers are highlight of the cape. Boulders Beach. Greater Flamingos.

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Tanzania – Africa at its best

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Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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Duncan’s 2015 List

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Struthionidae (Ostriches). Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Zebra Dove ( Geopelia striata ); Paser Ris, Singapore, 26 February. Ostritch ( Struthio camelus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. ANATIDAE (DUCKS). White-faced Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna viduata ); Kasane, Botswana, 1 January.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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And Great Tinamou gets knocked from its taxonomic top spot (a position that it has held since day 1) by the Common Ostrich. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. Lesser Adjutant – Leptoptilos javanicus. Kuala Selangor Nature Park. 12 Jun 2018. Kuala Selangor Nature Park.

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Collaborative List – June 2018

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Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. The Year List has been boosted to 1999 and the Life List has passed another landmark to reach 3519. 23 May 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Zebra Finch – Taeniopygia guttata. Slaty-backed Forktail – Enicurus schistaceus. Jeriau Waterfall. 12 Jun 2018. Jeriau Waterfall. 12 Jun 2018.

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