May 25th to 29th 2015 Paul and Sally Bartho Having received an invitation to stay at the TEBA Lodge right at the mouth of Kosi Bay, we accepted with alacrity. We had four nights at the lodge and spent our time birding early morning and in the evenings as well as sunning on the beach…
Month: May 2015
Rocky Wonder Aloe Nursery.
Rocky Wonder Aloe Nursery. Weekend and Sunday Outing 22 – 24 May 2015 Rocky Wonder is near Ashburton. It is an aloe nursery. The property is 22 acres of virgin Bushveld. Peter and Heather, the owners, have opened it up to nature lovers and birders. They have built 7 camp sites and a few self catering suites….
Iphithi N.R. Outing- 20 May
Iphithi N.R. Outing- 20May With Sandi Du Preez Sixteen birders turned up for the outing to this lovely reserve, which was a rather large group for a gloomy Wednesday! Specials were White-eared Barbets, Grey-headed Bushshrike (heard and seen), Black Crake, African Crowned Eagle, and 5 Sunbird species (Amethyst, Collared, Greater Double-collared, Grey and Olive.) 40…
Dolphin Coast May Newsletter.
Click on this link to read the Dolphin Coast May Newsletter.
White-backed Duck at Cotswold Downs, Hillcrest
BirdLife Port Natal ran a stand at the Kloof Conservancy Open Indigenous Gardens weekend held at The Cotswold Golfing Estate in Hillcrest. While the cold overcast weather made birding difficult, a bird list of the weekend sightings by Derek Spencer exceeded 50 species. Of particular interest to the experts was a White-Backed Duck swimming among…
For ID
Seen in the Mkhuze campsite right next to the Jojo rainwater tank by its tap. Please ID.
African Black Oystercatchers
I saw 6 African Black Oystercatchers on the beach at San Lameer last week. They weren’t on the rocks, where I have seen them before but only ever one at a time, but flew past me as I was walking on the beach and settled on the shore line just in front of me. There…
Greater Painted Snipes Video
Click on this link to see the You Tube video of the Greater Painted Snipes seen in Umlaas Canal – just north of the old Durban Airport.
St. Lucia and Mkhuze – May 2015 Part Four
Mkhuze Report by Paul and Sally Bartho The Mkhuze campsite is expensive compared to Sugarloaf in St. Lucia. It is also out on a limb at the main entrance to the park with major water issues. That said we never experienced any problems with hot water. Power is supplied by generator from 05h00 to 08h00…