Report back:- Outing to Pigeon Valley on Wed. 7 Aug 3 ladies joined me for the outing. We had glorious, windless weather which was very conducive to good birding. Although we did not see the spotted ground thrush, we had some nice bird parties which included yellow-rumped tinkerbirds, bar-throated apalis, Cape white-eyes, collared, grey and olive sunbirds, Cape…
Day: August 14, 2013
Blue or Chinese Painted Quail resolved.
Sally and I took Guy Gibbon with us today to check out the Quail. We went to see whether it has a blue belly and chestnut ‘shoulders’ and flanks (Blue Quail) or a chestnut belly, blue flanks and brown shoulders (Chinese Painted Quail) – as per advice from Derek Spencer and Dave Allan. Guy’s verdict:…