Text and Photos by Ken Logan June 2022 Ken Logan has allowed me to post his wonderful trip report on a 16 day birding trip to Alaska. He states in his cover email “birds were great but travel is difficult in these Covid times- lots of delayed flights and one cancelled flight and Stephanie picked up…
Category: Feature blog
Feature: Harare and Mana Pools, Zimbabwe.
October 2021 by Rob & Paige McLennan-Smith On Friday 15th October 2021 Paige and I flew with our daughter Kirsty and her husband James Hendry (photo 3) from Johannesburg to Harare for a Covid delayed trip to Zimbabwe. Kirsty and James planned to do some wildlife videography for their YouTube programmes, and I have been…
A “Bucket-list” Holiday of a Lifetime – Sentinel Mara Safari
September 2021 A feature blog from a member Ian A W Macdonald and Jane E Wiltshire {Editors note: Please click on images to see larger renditions} Jane and I have enjoyed many holidays in African national parks and game reserves. However, neither of us had ever managed to “go on safari” in Kenya. We both had…
A Bucket List Trip – 5 weeks through Botswana.
May/June 2021 A member feature report by Rob & Paige McLennan-Smith Two years ago along with friends of ours, Alan and Olga Tennant, we started planning my 60th birthday present – a camping trip through Central and Northern Botswana and taking our time about it, my longest holiday ever away from a busy medical practice…
A first for southern Africa – A great excuse for a trip!
23 – 28 June 2021 A member feature report by Nicolette & Ticky Forbes (clicking on photos will bring up a bigger image) Shall we go? The announcement that a bird turning up just south of Kruger which had never been recorded in South Africa, and in fact not recorded in the southern hemisphere, got…
BLSA National Owl Awards
BirdLife eThekwini KZN members scoop awards! Following the recent fantastic news that our Honorary President, David Allan was awarded the 2021 Gill Memorial Medal for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Ornithology in southern Africa at BirdLife South Africa’s 92nd AGM, the news of three club members receiving BLSA National Owl Awards at last nights event really added to…
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
17 – 29 October 2020 Let me start off by saying that Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) is an experience like no other and a destination that should be on every birder’s and nature lover’s bucket list. There are a few things one should mention at the outset: The roads are rough, very sandy and corrugated….