I don’t know if it’s just me being not too good at pipits but I recently discovered that I had misidentified this bird. What do you think it is? Penny de Vries
Month: July 2014
Umhlanga Lagoon NR
Seen at Umhlanga Lagoon NR on Sunday 27th July: Paul Bartho
Cumberland NR – Allen’s Gallinules
Mid-day today Sally and I went to Cumberland NR to see if we could find the Allen’s Gallinules which Norman Freeman had reported seeing yesterday. On the water we saw Egyptian Geese, two pairs of Little Grebes and a juvenile, several pairs of Red-knobbed Coots, a number of Common Moorhens and a pair of Purple Swamphens but…
BirdLife South Africa Media release
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Allen’s Gallinules at Cumberland NR.
Please can you circulate sighting of two Allen’s Gallinule today at +/- midday at the dam at the entrance to Cumberland Nature Reserve, Table Mountain – miles out of range. Unfortunately no photo but positive sighting re: distinctive call which I imitated for 5 mins before they emerged – two adults and confirmed bill colours….
Palmnut Vulture
I saw a pair of Palmnut Vultures on Mount Edgecombe Estate One Golf Course yesterday. Great to see them back again. Regards Wayne Sykes
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Wakkerstroom Newsletter No. 24
Click here for this issue of the Wakkerstroom newsletter which marks the second anniversary of our newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did compiling it. Best Regards John Barrow Secretary/Treasurer, Wakkerstroom Bird Club 0822556778
For Identification
Unidentified species seen at Hilton College NR which eluded all our attempts to get a great sighting. Full grey head to just below the eye, white throat, greeny-yellow stomach and green back. Anyone got any ideas? If so please have your say below this post. The closest we came to identifying the bird was that…