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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
But for now, I still have the hornbills I saw in South Africa a few years ago. It is now almost exactly two years that I last was outside of China. At some point, my stock of memories of birds seen outside of China will be used up, I am afraid. I’ll always have Paris”, I guess.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Of course, like many natural reserves in South Africa, Hluhluwe has the usual assortment of animals that have been ejected from European and US zoos and thus have to survive in the wild. Or more quality-conscious, if you want to take a more positive perspective (usually not my thing though). Poor creatures.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. I am sure it has some value, but would I really want to spend a few months or even years on “Ticks on Crested Francolins and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa “ ?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2021
One in November 2018 included a one-day birding trip in the Drakensberg area, a mountain range in the border area between South Africa and Lesotho. Originally restricted to Africa, it is now also well-established in parts of Europe and South Africa. But of course, it is also nice to remember past birding trips.
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2022
St Lucia is a small town on the Southeastern coast of South Africa. It seems to consist mainly of hotels and restaurants, as the local economy depends on visitors to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. They mostly come to see the hippopotamuses and Nile crocodiles living in and near the Saint Lucia Estuary.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2023
The reason to come to Eshowe as a birder is to see Dhlinza Forest, a subtropical forest important for its biodiversity. The Dhlinza Forest has a boardwalk stretching 125 metres through the forest understory to a 20 metre high viewing platform.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa. That was easily fixed by adding a post-Safari trip to Eastern South Africa, led by dashing Rockjumper guide Clayton Burne, to my itinerary. The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders.
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2015
The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. It is a good place for South African birders, as several species are found here and nowhere else in South Africa, and it holds a small number of endemics that it shares with the Mozambique lowlands.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2015
Birds kites South Africa' They aren’t a hard species to see, but I’d never taken much time to do so, which is a shame as they as accomplished fliers as their relatives as their cousins the Black and Red Kite. And as you can see, they are pretty good looking too. A valuable lesson in looking twice at the ubiquitous species.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2018
With no real chance of any internet connection to report whatever new birds I am able to find, I am scheduling this photo essay featuring a few of my favorite pictures from Kruger National Park, South Africa. With over 13,000 photos saved from my time there, this was no easy task. See you all in two weeks.
Reddit Animals
MARCH 11, 2023
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2015
I’ve not made spectacular progress writing up my trip to Africa earlier this year, so perhaps I should get on that. So instead let’s talk about South Africa’s best kept birding secret (at least outside of the country) Wakkerstroom.
Reddit Animals
JANUARY 25, 2023
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10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2021
A wet African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa). A wet European Bee-eater (Mkuze, South Africa). A wet Brown-headed Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa). Wet Red-billed Oxpeckers (Mkuze, South Africa). Wet Red-billed Queleas (Mkuze, South Africa).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. This cruise rose funds for the Mouse-free Marion project of Birdlife South Africa which will attempt to eradicate house mice from Marion Island.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2020
African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa, Nov 2018). African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018). European Bee-eater (Hluluwe, South Africa, Nov 2018). Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa, Nov 2018). Purple-crested Turaco (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018).
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2022
Southern Ground Hornbill (Kruger Park, South Africa). White-bellied Sunbird (Kruger Park, South Africa). Yellow-billed Hornbill (Kruger Park, South Africa). Purple-crested Turaco (Mkuze, South Africa). Siberian Rubythroat (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Spotted Owlet (Delhi area, India).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2020
African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018). Malachite Kingfisher (Cape Town and Pafuri, South Africa, Nov 2018). Pied Kingfisher (Skukuza, South Africa, Nov 2018 and Nanhui, China, Jul 2020). Here are some that I have seen in the past few years. Belted Kingfisher (Reno, USA, Jan 2015).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 1, 2021
African Penguins, asleep (Cape Town, South Africa). A Burnt out Barn Owl (Kruger Park, South Africa). A Somnolent Speckled Mousebird (Cape Town, South Africa). A Snoozing Spotted Eagle Owl (Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa). A Tired Teal ( Eurasian Teal , Nanhui, Shanghai).
Critter News
DECEMBER 13, 2010
This is just horrible and sick, sick, sick. It's at a vomit level with me. From news24.com. Johannesburg - A Bloemfontein man received a criminal record on Friday for a "backyard experiment" on a pregnant monkey, the NSPCA said. The NSPCA in November 2008 charged Jordaan for his "merciless treatment" of a heavily pregnant vervet monkey.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
The Bearded Woodpecker (Mkuze, South Africa) does not really look any more bearded than many other woodpeckers. The name of the Cardinal Woodpecker (Letaba, South Africa) is misleading, as not all of them are Catholic or even cardinals. It is the most widespread woodpecker in Africa, claims the HBW. ”).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Before that, while you all know what South Africa is, what exactly is Southern Africa? And so, back to political entities, this field guide covers Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , the southern half of Mozambique (south of the Zambezi River), South Africa , Lesotho and Eswatini ( Swaziland ).
Reddit Animals
MAY 10, 2021
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
The Crested Barbet (Kruger Park, South Africa) looks a bit like a pointillist painting gone wrong. Lucia, South Africa) will be your favorite. Unfortunately, I have so far seen only a few of them, and none of the ones in the Americas … but here are ten that I have seen and got halfway decent photos of.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2020
Mkuze Game Reserve is in the Eastern part of South Africa, about 5 hours away from Johannesburg, and one of the best places I have ever been to for bird photography. More birds of South Africa here. Kurrichane Thrush. Laughing Dove. Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike. Three-banded Plover. Violet-backed Starling.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2011
A sad reminder of what is ultimately behind the birds you find in cages: birds being taken from the wild and subjected to horrible stress and, often, death. Even birds that were bred in captivity are still not domesticated, have wild instincts, and are not meant to live in cages.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2021
When you mention “Africa” to a birder, it is likely that at least two thirds will instantly think “Kenya”, and for a good reason: it is home to over 1,060 bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas. The only thing left for me is to test this guide within Kenya.
Reddit Animals
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2021
The losing streak of the bulbul family continues with some other species such as the … … Dark-capped Bulbul (Drakensberg area, South Africa; eBird: “a rather nondescript thrush-sized brown bird”) … … White-eared Bulbul (Mumbai, eBird: “a dull gray-brown bulbul). Lucia, South Africa).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
The next time I saw a barn owl was in South Africa, at Kruger National Park in November 2018. In summer 2018, I spent a couple of nights near barn owl nesting boxes, watching the parental delivery service and its expectant customers. In December 2019, I found a roosting barn owl on my last day in Germany.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2019
Our first Day In South Africa, I spotted the Burchell’s Courcal, as it flew across the road in front of us we entered Kruger National Park. We were able to photograph 6 different hornbills in South Africa, but these regal little Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills quickly became an all time favorite.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2016
Madikwe , in South Africa, wasn’t a site of importance before it came into existence. And so South Africa’s fifth largest park came to be (it’s worth remembering that its largest park, Kruger, is the size of Israel) on marginal land that no one in particular could do much with. But they are very cute!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2011
My home country of South Africa can only be described as a birding paradise! The Cape Rockjumper (here a female) is best sought at Rooiels, on the east coast of South Africa, north of Cape Town. An image of a male can be found in my African Birding Beat intro post [link].
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2013
A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. Trips Mammals South Africa'
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2020
A small flock of Merops bullockoides were feeding in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Being able to spend a bit of time simply watching and enjoying. Thus my BBOTY for 2019 was; White-fronted Bee-eater. They were chasing flies around a rhinoceros midden.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
In November 2018, I spent a few days birding in Cape Town, South Africa. While apparently not the safest of places, it is a great spot to see birds. Here are some of my sightings. An absolute highlight were the African Penguins at Boulders Beach.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2020
I`ve seen three more buntings – one in Germany ( Yellowhammer ) and two in South Africa ( Cape Bunting, Golden-breasted Bunting ). And if you are willing to travel a bit further within China, you can see the Crested Bunting , which arguably has a bit more star quality …. Yellowhammer. Cape Bunting. Golden-breasted Bunting.
Reddit Animals
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2014
It was whilst walking along the beach at Kommetjie, a coastal village near Cape Town in South Africa, that I came across a pair of White-fronted Plovers. This tiny plover is endemic to Africa, south of the Sahara. Birding South Africa White-fronted Plover' Charming Charadrius marginatus.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2014
You probably have to go to a resturant in Botswana or South Africa to find Tigerfish on the menu. The story I saw on my Twitter feed referred to scientists from North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, working in the Mapungubwe National Park in South Africa. One is on the plate, as dinner.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2018
And so we are out of Africa, or South Africa at least. Having done the lower end of South Africa, I truly long to get to see the parts farther north. Sunbirds, are in my interpretation, the hummingbirds of South Africa. South Africa has certainly brought this clearly into focus.
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 25, 2012
Kisiri, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. The birth brings the total white and black rhino population at the adventure park to eight.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
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