Art. # 292
BIRDING
REPORT
(21.06.’14 – 12.07.’14)
Text and photos from Stefan Rust
2014
(In terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these
texts belong to Stefan Rust)
Dear birding friends,
as birdwatching is a relatively new and one of the fastest
growing and a most popular pursuit, it attracts people of all ages around the
world. There can hardly be a better place than southern Africa (Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa) to nurture an
interest in birds as it supports almost 1000 bird species, which is about 10
per cent of the world's entire bird. Taking birding to new heights,
Hobby-Ornithologist Stefan Rust together with BirdsConTour represents some of
the ontour bird sightings and several other interesting birding aspects to
showcase the fun of birding, promote citizen science, highlight conservation,
indicate where to view what birds and raise awareness of southern Africa's
(sometimes international) birds and their habitats.
All countries that BirdsConTour is involved with are
mentioned in these Birding Reports, such
as Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South
Africa.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WORK GETS DISTRIBUTED
INTERNATIONALLY
Have a quick look if your name or business is included
in this scientific informational work (alphabetically arranged):
Bwabwata NP., Namibia
Camp Chobe, Namibia
Casa Piccolo, Namibia
Chamäleon Reisen
Chobe NP., Botswana
Etosha National Park, Namibia
Etosha Safari Camp (Gondwana Collection), Namibia
Gauchas Farm (Argo Rust), Namibia
Ghaub Guestfarm, Namibia
Gorges Lodge, Zimbabwe
Gondwana Collection (Etosha Safari Camp), Namibia
Kapps Farm (Steinmeister Plot), Namibia
Lianshulu Bush Lodge, Namibia
Little Sossus Lodge, Namibia
Mudumu NP., Namibia
Nunda River Lodge, Namibia
Popa Falls, Namibia
Rust Argo, Farm Gauchas
Sea Breeze Guesthouse, Namibia
Sossusvlei, Namibia
Steinmeister Plot, Namibia
Swakopmund, Namibia
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls NP., Zimbabwe
Walvisbay Lagoon, Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Sites and countries visited during this period incl.
amount of species per site:
(0-0 - Haven’t been there myself)
(single letter – indicates several sites per day)
21.06: (A) Road from Windhoek to Steinmeister Plot (6
species), (B) Steinmeister Plot
(26
species)
22.06: (A) Road from Windhoek to Farm Gauchas (26
species), (B) Farm Gauchas (37
species)
23.06: (A) Farm Gauchas (6 species, additional to
yesterday)
24.06: (A) Farm Gauchas (14 species, additional)
25.06: (A) Farm Gauchas (1 species, additional)
26.06: (A) Farm Gauchas (2 species, additional), (B) Road
from Farm Gauchas to
Windhoek (1 species, additional to 22nd)
27.06: (A) Windhoek (11 species), (B) Road from Windhoek
to Hosea Kutako Airport (9
species)
01.07: (A) Casa Piccolo & Windhoek (7 species,
additional to yesterday), (B) Road from
Casa
Piccolo to Little Sossus Lodge (26 species), (C) Sossus Vlei (11 species), (D)
Little
Sossus Lodge (7 species)
02.07: (A) Little Sossus Lodge (7 species, additional to
yesterday), (B) Road from Little
Sossus
Lodge to Sea Breeze Guesthouse (26 species), (C) Walvisbay Lagoon (6
species), (D) Sea Breeze Guesthouse & Swakopmund (12 species)
03.07: (A) Sea Breeze Guesthouse (2 species, additional to
yesterday), (B) Road from
Sea
Breeze Guesthouse to Etosha Safari Camp (22 species), (C) Etosha Safari
Camp
(7 species)
04.07: (A) Etosha Safari Camp (9 species, additional), (B)
Etosha National Park (40
species)
05.07: (A) Etosha Safari Camp (4 species, additional to
previous day), (B) Etosha NP.
(25
species, additional) (C) Road from Etosha Safari Camp to Ghaub Guestfarm (5
species) (D) Ghaub Guestfarm ( species)
06.07: (A) Ghaub Guestfarm (4 species, additional to
yesterday), (B) Road
from
Ghaub Guestfarm to Nunda River Lodge (21 species), (C) Nunda River
Lodge
(47 species)
07.07: (A) Nunda River Lodge (7 species, additional to
yesterday), (B) Road from Nunda
River
Lodge to Lianshulu Bush Lodge (19 species), (C) Lianshulu Bush Lodge &
Mudumu
NP (59 species)
08.07: (A) Lianshulu Bush Lodge & Mudumu NP. (13
species, additional)
09.07: (A) Lianshulu Bush Lodge (1 species, additional),
(B) Road from Lianshulu Bush
Lodge
to Camp Chobe (22 species), (C) Camp Chobe (52 species)
10.07: (A) Camp Chobe & Chobe NP (27 species,
additional)
11.07: (A) Camp Chobe (2 species, additional), (B) Road
from Camp Chobe to Gorges
Lodge
(13 species), (C) Chobe NP. (41 species), (D) Victoria Falls NP. (7
species), (E) Gorges Lodge (3 species)
12.07: (A) Gorges Lodge (15 species, additional)
Total Distance traveled:
3 723 km
Personal Highlights:
SOUTHERN WHITE-CROWNED SHRIKE
RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON
GOLIATH HERON (Prey of hippo)
HARTLAUB'S GULL
GREY-RUMPED SWALLOW
21.06.’14 Steinmeister
Plot, Kapps Farm, Windhoek Helmeted
Guineafowl (8) In some parts of the world
guineafowl are used to control ticks.
22.06.’14 Rehoboth,
Namibia Southern
White-crowned Shrike (2) Classified as a
near-endemic species to southern Africa, these two birds spotted in Namibia, 12
km south of Rehoboth, live on the southernmost distribution area within
Namibia.
22.06.’14 Farm
Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia Nature
Conservation Measures The purpose for this excursion to Farm
Gauchas is for BirdsConTour to deputize for Mr. Argo Rust while he is on short
leave. With cattle on this 2 500 ha sized farm an environmental management
grazing system is followed in which a high concentration of cattle graze on an
area as small as possible for a short period before being moved to the next
one, mimicking the way large herds of game once moved from one area to another
– only returning to an area after the necessary recovery time for the
vegetation.
23.06.'14 Farm Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia
Double-banded Courser (2) With its reluctance to fly, it is easily
overlooked. This bird eats a high percentage of harvester termites, ants and
beetles.
23.06.’14 Farm
Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia Anti-Poaching
Crusade Poaching seems to know no boundaries. BirdsConTour removed 7
wire slings on the southern border fence of farm Gauchas. Poachers secure these
shaped wire slings on wires where game often passes under the fence. Once a
wild animal passes under the fence the noose closes around the animal and holds
it in place by the sling that is attached to the fence. Most such animals die a
painful death because the poachers do not immediately discover them.
24.06.'14 Farm Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia
Speckled Pigeon (1) Since
occupation by Mr. Argo Rust, this is the first spotting of a Speckled Pigeon on
Farm Gauchas. They make extensive and regular daily movements from roosts to
foraging sites.
25.06.’14 Farm Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia Karoo Scrub-Robin (2) On Farm Gauchas, situated on the northern
border of this specie’s distribution area, the Cercotrichas coryphoeus
abbotti subspecies only lives in woodland which lines a dry river
bed.
25.06.’14 Farm
Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia Animal
Friendly Habitat A bird friendly garden results in a pest
free garden. That is why the bird feeding station in the farm Gauchas garden
was optimized today. This station attracts all different kind of birds and
automatically they scan the garden for food, keeping insects at bay.
26.06.’14 Farm Gauchas, Kalkrand, Namibia Helmeted Guineafowl (31) Before 1900 this species probably never
occurred south of the Orange River. This flock counts 31 members, being the
only one on about 2 000 ha. They roost in trees and some roosts are used for
many years. Females tend to walk flat-footed whereas the males walk erect on
toes.
26.06.’14 Corner
B1/D1254, Namibia Clean
World Today the corner of the B1 and D1254 was cleaned.
Read more in the electronic newsletter Words of Feather (www.birdscontour.blogspot.com)
article 286.
27.06.’14 Windhoek,
Namibia Support Awards,
Words of Feather BirdsConTour announces its new Greeting
Cards campaign to promote welfare, conservation and tourism by BirdsConTour. To
the recipient of this greeting card directly from BirdsConTour, by purchase or
as a thank you, BirdsConTour confirms his or her support of welfare,
conservation and / or tourism.
27.06.’14 Windhoek,
Namibia Support Award Read
more in the electronic newsletter Words of Feather (www.birdscontour.blogspot.com)
article 284 how BirdsConTour supports Pack Safari with the upcoming award
assessment by Eco Awards Namibia.
30.06.'14 Windhoek, Namibia Grey
Heron (1) Range expansion has most probably occurred through
agriculture and construction of man-made water bodies.
01.07.'14 Sossusvlei, UNESCO World Heritage Site,
Namibia Spotted Eagle-Owl (2)
Often a host for ticks. They bath and drink regularly if water is available but
they can survive in areas without water such as in Sossusvlei.
02.07.'14 Little Sossus Lodge, Namibia Cape
Eagle-Owl (1) Although classified as an
uncommon species, it might occur more often than records suggest.
03.07.'14 Ngatuve Vatere Orphanage, Namibia
Aiding Wings and Support Award
On the occasion of a two penguin
rated Welfare & Tourism Support 2014 Award presentation and
knowing that Namibia's children are in FIFA World Cup fever, often being better
informed about for example German strikers as is many a German citizen,
BirdsConTour has given a brand new soccer ball and four not to be overlooked
goalposts to the children of the Ngatuve Vatere orphanage.
Read more in articles # 289 and 290.
04.07.’14 Etosha
National Park, Namibia Shaft-tailed
Whydah (5) Breeding males have mainly
December till June four rectrices greatly elongated with a long slender racket
at tip. Now in July they still have their breeding plumage.
05.07.’14 Etosha
NP, Namibia Chestnut-backed
Sparrowlark (50) Their movements are
poorly understood. Currently plenty of them are present in the Etosha NP.
05.07.’14 Klein
Okevi Waterhole, Etosha NP, Namibia
Hartlaub’s Gull (1) One
individual totally out of range. Usually only a coastal bird.
06.07.’14 Ghaub
Guestfarm, Namibia African Scops-Owl
(1) Occasionally these tiny owls are killed by hornbills during nest box
competition.
07.07.’14 Bwabwata
NP., Namibia Wahlberg’s Eagle (2) A
pale and a dark morph. The population density of this species is almost two
times higher in protected areas as in adjacent unprotected areas. This
intra-African breeding migrant arrives August till September and departs to
Nigeria up to Sudan by March until April. It is recorded that some birds remain
south of Equator, a few as far south as Zimbabwe, in this case Namibia as well.
08.07.’14 Lianshulu
Bush Lodge, Namibia Rufous-bellied Heron (1) Classified as an uncommon species in southern Africa. Only along
the Okavango, Linyanti and Chobe River and associated wetlands in Caprivi
(Namibia) and northern Botswana it occurs quite often.
09.07.’14 Lianshulu
Bush Lodge, Namibia Goliath Heron
(1) Possibly this species falls prey to hippopotamus quite often. An encounter
with an incidence of a hippo chasing a Goliath Heron during take off gave this
thought. After the huge heron took off because of the approaching boat, a
hidden hippo leaped out of the Kwando River in an attempt to snap the
low-flying heavy bird. The hippo fell into the water and jumped out of the
water a few meters onwards, mouth wide open, trying to catch the bird,
unsuccessful. Was this chase a territorial defense or a deliberate hunt trying
to catch the Goliath Heron for food? Adult hippos can run rapidly on the bottom
of a river and hippos are selective grazers, but do they sometimes supplement
their diet with flesh? Whether territorial defense or deliberate hunt, this
remarkable observation provides the first hard evidence of such a phenomenon.
10.07.’14 Camp
Chobe, Namibia Nature Conservation Measures, Animal Friendly Habitat The
conservation conscious managers of Camp Chobe, Mrs. Charmaine and Mr. Riaan
Beeslaar, pointed out a unique observation to BirdsConTour; a pair of Lesser
Striped Swallow is not roosting as usual in nests or similar, but in a rodent
hole. This rodent hole is situated only about one meter away from the busy
restaurant of Camp Chobe, in the lawn on the level ground. The entrance hole
has a diameter of 3.5 cm and then leads about 13 cm vertically into the moist
soil before it makes a sharp bend and forms a horizontal chamber. About 18:10
they pass the hole in low flight while chirping, almost as if they are locating
the exact entrance via “radar”, almost as bats use to do, before the swallows
then basically vanish by dive-bombing into the hole for roosting during the
night. Another explanation for this low flight behavior, lasting about 10
minutes, might be to make sure no other small animal took occupation of “their”
roosting hole or even to chase a possible inhabitant out, before entering.
To avoid guests and staff members stepping onto this tiny
hole, Riaan and BirdsConTour set up a signpost, to avoid damage to this now
“scientifically famous” rodent hole on the property of Camp Chobe.
Read more in the next issue of the electronic newsletter
Words of Feather (www.birdscontour.com) (click news) in
article 300.
11.07.’14 Gorges
Lodge Lodge, Zimbabwe Travel & Help, Support Award By
traveling directly with BirdsConTour or making use of a guide from BirdsConTour
you support welfare, conservation and tourism. To say THANK YOU, every tour
participant receives a Support Award at the end of the tour.
Today eight German and five Swiss guests were rewarded
with one penguin-rated Tourism Support 2014 Awards.
Read more in the electronic newsletter Words of Feather (www.birdscontour.com)
(click news) in article 71 and 274.
12.07.’14 Gorges
Lodge, Zimbabwe Verreauxs’ Eagle
(2) Pair members stay close together for 75-95 % of the day. At first light and
dusk they are most active and their distribution closely follows that of the
rock hyraxes.
Index to bird species observed in this period:
(English names and date when seen)
(* - See
text about species on according date above)
(A or B – Appears when species is recorded at different
sites on same day, specifying where on according date beneath species list)
-Acacia Pied Barbet 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(D) / 03.7.(B) / 05.7.(B) / 10,7,(A) /
-African Black Swift 12.7.(A) /
-African Darter 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-African Fish-Eagle 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-African Golden Oriole 05.7.(D) /
-African Green-Pigeon 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-African Grey Hornbill 22.6.(A) / 05.7.(D) / 06.7.(B)(C) / 07.7.(B) /
08.7.(A) / 09.7.(B) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(B) /
-African Hoopoe 02.7.(B) / 10.7.(A) /
-African Jacana 06.7.(C) / 09.7(C)(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-African Marsh-Harrier 09.7.(C) /
-African Mourning Dove 06.7.(C) /
-African Openbill 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-African Palm-Swift 30.6.(B) / 04.7.(B) / 06.7.(B) / 07.7.(C) /
-African Pied Wagtail 06.7.(C) /
-African Pipit
05.7.(B) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-African Pygmy Goose 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-African Red-eyed Bulbul 21.6.(A)(B) / 22.6.(A)(B) / 30.6.(A) / 01.7.(A)(D) /
04.7.(A)(B) / 05.7.(D) /
-African Sacred Ibis 09.7.(C) /
-*African Scops-Owl 06.7.*(A) / 07.7.(C) /
-African Spoonbill 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-African Stonechat 07.7.(C) /
-African Wattled Lapwing 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-Ant-eating Chat 22.6.(A) / 01.7.(B) / 05.7.(B) /
-Arrow-marked Babbler 06.7.(C) /
-Ashy Tit
25.6.(A) /
-Barn Owl
05.7.(A) / 07.7.(A) / 11.7.(A) / 12.7.(A) /
-Barred Wren-Warbler 24.6.(A) /
-Bateleur
05.7.(B) / 09.7.(B)(C) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-Black-backed Puffback 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(C) / 12.7.(A) /
-Black-chested Prinia 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(C) / 04.7.(B) /
-Black-chested Snake-Eagle 03.7.(B) /
-Black-collared Barbet 07.7.(C) / 11.7.(E) /
-Black Crake
06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Black-crowned Tchagra 10.7.(A) /
-Black Cuckooshrike 10.7.(A) /
-Black-faced Babbler 10.7.(C) /
-Black-faced Waxbill 23.6.(A) /
-Black-headed Heron 05.7.(B) /
-Black-headed Oriole 06.7.(C) / 11.7.(D) /
-Black-shouldered Kite 30.6.(B) / 01.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) /
-Black Stork
12.7.(A) /
-Black-throated Canary 23.6.(A) / 04.7.(B) / 05.7.(A) /
-Black-winged Stilt 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Blacksmith Lapwing 04.7.(B) / 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(B)(C) /
11.7.(C) /
-Blue Waxbill
07.7.(A) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(C)(D) /
-Booted Eagle
02.7.(B) /
-Bradfield’s Hornbill 07.7.(B) / 09.7.(B) / 11.7.(C) /
-Bradfield’s Swift 02.7.(B) /
-Brown-crowned Tchagra 06.7.(B) /
-Brown Snake-Eagle 05.7.(C) / 10.7.(A) /
-Brown-throated Martin 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-Brubru
24.6.(A) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) / 09.7.(C) /
-Burchell’s Courser 01.7.(C) / 02.7.(B) /
-Burchell’s Starling 22.6.(A) / 03.7.(B) / 06.7.(B)(C) / 07.7.(B)(C) /
09.7.)B) /
-Cape Cormorant 02.7.(C)(D) /
-Cape Crow
02.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-*Cape Eagle-Owl 02.7.*(A) /
-Cape Glossy Starling 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 30.6.(B) / 01.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
05.7.(C)(D) /
-Cape Sparrow
22.6.(B) / 01.7.(C) / 02.7.(A)(D) / 03.7.(A) /
-Cape Teal
05.7.(B) /
-Cape Turtle-Dove 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(D) / 02.7.(B) /
03.7.(C) / 04.7.(B) / 05.7.(D) / 06.7.(B)(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(B)(C) /
11.7.(B)(C) /
-Cape Wagtail
21.6.(A) / 30.6.(A)(B) / 02.7.(B)(C) / 03.7.(A) / 09.7.(B) /
-Capped Wheatear 22.6.(A) / 05.7.(B) /
-Cattle Egret
01.7.(A) / 06.7.(C) / 09.7.(B)(C) /
-Chat Flycatcher 22.6.(A)(B) /
-*Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark 04.7.*(B) / 09.7.(C) /
-Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) /
-Chinspot Batis 07.7.(C) / 12.7.(A) /
-Chirping Cisticola 09.7.(C) /
-Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 03.7.(C) / 12.7.(A) /
-Collared Pratincole 09.7.(C) /
-Comb Duck
07.7.(A) / 09.7.(C) /
-Common Fiscal
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A) / 01.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) /
-Common Ostrich 01.7.(B)(C) / 02.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Common Quail
24.6.(A) /
-Common Scimitarbill 22.6.(A)(B) / 06.7.(B) /
-Common Waxbill 07.7.(C) /
-Coppery-tailed Coucal 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Crested Barbet 08.7.(A) /
-Crimson-breasted Shrike 21.6.(B) / 23.6.(A) / 10.7.(A) /
-Crowned Lapwing 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Dark-capped Bulbul 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(D) / 12.7.(A) /
-Dark Chanting Goshawk 05.7.(B) /
-Dickinson’s Kestrel 06.7.(B) / 09.7.(B) /
-*Double-banded Courser 23.6.*(A) /
-Double-banded Sandgrouse 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(A) /
-Dusky Sunbird
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 02.7.(A)(B) / 04.7.(B) / 07.7.(C) /
-Egyptian Goose 21.6.(B) / 02.7.(D) / 04.7.(B) / 07.7.(A)(C) /
09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 05.7.(B) / 06.7.(C) / 09.7.(B) / 12.7.(A) /
-Familiar Chat
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(A) / 04.7.(A) / 06.7.(A) /
-Fiery-necked Nightjar 23.6.(A) / 07.7.(A) /
-Fork-tailed Drongo 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A)(B) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(A)(B) /
05.7.(D) / 06.7.(B) / 07.7.(B)(C) / 09.7.(B) / 11.7.(C) /
-Gabar Goshawk
22.6.(A)(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Giant Kingfisher 08.7.(A) /
-Golden-tailed Woodpecker 09.7.(C) /
-Golden Weaver
06.7.(C) /
-*Goliath Heron 07.7.*(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Great Egret
09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Great Sparrow
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A) / 23.6.(A) /
-Greater Blue-eared Starling 07.7.(B)(C) / 09.7.(B) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-Greater Flamingo 02.7.(C)(D) /
-Greater Kestrel 01.7.(C) / 02.7.(B) /
-Green-winged Pytilia 24.6.(A) /
-Green Wood-Hoopoe 07.7.(C) /
-Grey-backed Camaroptera 24.6.(A) / 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(C) /
-Grey-backed Sparrowlark 01.7.(B) / 02.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Grey Go-away-bird 21.6.(B) / 30.6.(B) / 01.7.(A)(B) / 03.7.(C) /
05.7.(B)(D) / 06.7.(B)(C) / 07.7.(B)(C) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(C) /
-Grey-headed Gull 05.7.(B) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-*Grey Heron
30.6.*(A) / 05.7.(B) / 06.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Grey-rumped Swallow 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(C) /
-Groundscraper Thrush 01.7.(B) / 07.7.(B) / 10.7.(A) /
-Hadeda Ibis
07.7.(C) / 10.7.(A) /
-Hartlaub’s Babbler 07.7.(C) /
-*Hartlaub’s Gull 02.7.(B)(C)(D) / *05.7.(B) /
-Hamerkop
07.7.(C) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(C) /
-*Helmeted Guineafowl 21.6.*(B) / 22.6.(B) / 05.7.(B) / 06.7.(A)(B) /
07.7.(B) / 08.7.(A) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-House Sparrow
21.6.(B) / 02.7.(C)(D) /
-Kalahari Scrub-Robin 22.6.(B) /
-*Karoo Scrub-Robin 24.6.*(A) /
-Kelp Gull
02.7.(B)(C)(D) /
-Kittlitz’s Plover 05.7.(B) / 09.7.(C) /
-Kori Bustard
02.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Lanner Falcon
11.7.(C) /
-Lappet-faced Vulture 01.7.(C) / 04.7.(B) / 11.7.(C) /
-Lark-like Bunting 22.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(B) / 02.7.(A)(B) /
-Laughing Dove
21.6.(A) / 22.6.(A)(B) / 30.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(A)(B)(D) / 02.7.(D) /
09.7.(B) / 03.7.(B)(C) / 05.7.(C)(D) / 06.7.(B)(C) / 07.7.(B)(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Lesser Jacana
09.7.(C) /
-Lesser Striped Swallow 07.7.(B)(C) / 09.7.(B)(C) / 11.7.(B) /
-Lilac-breasted Roller 01.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) / 05.7.(C) /
06.7.(B)(C) / 07.7.(B)(C) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-Little Bee-eater 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-Little Egret
02.7.(B) / 06.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-Little Grebe
05.7.(B) /
-Little Swift
22.6.(A) / 30.6.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah 05.7.(B) / 06.7.(B) /
-Ludwig’s Bustard 02.7.(B) /
-Magpie Shrike
07.7.(B) / 08.7.(A) / 09.7.(B)(C) /
-Malachite Kingfisher 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Marabou Stork
07.7.(C) / 09.7.(B) / 11.7.(C) /
-Marico Flycatcher 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 05.7.(B) /
-Meves’s Starling 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(B) /
-Meyer’s Parrot 05.7.(D) / 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(B) / 11.7.(D) /
-Monteiro’s Hornbill 24.6.(A) / 26.6.(B) / 05.7.(B) /
-Mountain Wheatear 01.7.(B) / 02.7.(B) /
-Namaqua Dove
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(D) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) / 06.7.(B) /
12.7.(A) /
-Namaqua Sandgrouse 22.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(B)(D) / 02.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Natal Spurfowl 12.7.(A) /
-Northern Black Korhaan 22.6.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 12.7.(A) /
-Orange River Francolin 04.7.(A) /
-Orange River White-eye 02.7.(D) / 07.7.(A) /
-Osprey
06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-Pale-winged Starling 21.6.(B) / 30.6.(A) /
-Pearl-spotted Owlet 05.7.(D) / 08.7.(A) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Pied Crow
30.6.(B) / 01.7.(C) / 02.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) / 06.7.(B)(C) /
09.7.(B) / 11.7.(E) /
-Pied Kingfisher 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Plain-backed Pipit 10.7.(A) /
-Pririt Batis
22.6.(B) / 04.7.(A) /
-Purple Roller
05.7.(D) /
-Pygmy Falcon
22.6.(A) / 26.6.(A) /
-Rattling Cisticola 05.7.(B) / 10.7.(A) /
-Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 01.7.(B) / 08.7.(A) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(B) /
-Red-billed Firefinch 07.7.(C) / 12.7.(A) /
-Red-billed Hornbill 06.7.(B) / 07.7.(B)(C) / 10.7.(A) / 11.7.(B)(C) /
-Red-billed Oxpecker 07.7.(B) / 11.7.(C) /
-Red-billed Quelea 24.6.(A) / 04.7.(B) / 07.7.(C) / 10.7.(A)
-Red-billed Spurfowl 24.6.(A) / 04.7.(A) / 05.7.(D) / 06.7.(B)(C) /
07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Red-billed Teal 05.7.(B) / 09.7.(C) /
-Red-capped Lark 04.7.(B) /
-Red-crested Korhaan 22.6.(B) / 03.7.(C) / 04.7.(B) /
-Red-eyed Dove
06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(B) / 10.7.(A) /
-Red-faced Mousebird 24.6.(A) / 01.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) / 06.7.(C) / 08.7.(A) /
-Red-headed Finch 22.6.(B) / 30.6.(A) / 04.7.(B) /
-Red-headed Weaver 10.7.(A) /
-Red-winged Starling 11.7.(D)(E) /
-Reed Cormorant 06.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Rock Kestrel
01.7.(B) / 02.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Rock Martin
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(B)(D) / 02.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Rosy-faced Lovebird 01.7.(B) / 02.7.(B) /
-Rüppell’s Korhaan 02.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) /
-*Rufous-bellied Heron 07.7.*(C) / 10.7.(A) /
-Sabota Lark
22.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Scaly-feathered Finch 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(C) /
-Scarlet-chested Sunbird 12.7.(A) /
-Secretarybird
01.7.(C) /
-Senegal Coucal 06.7.(A)(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-*Shaft-tailed Whydah 24.6.(A) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.*(B) /
-Sharp-tailed Starling 07.7.(B) /
-Short-toed Rock-Thrush 01.7.(B) / 05.7.(A) /
-Sociable Weaver 22.6.(A)(B) / 01.7.(B) / 02.7.(A)(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-South African Shelduck 02.7.(B)(D) / 05.7.(B) /
-Southern Black Tit 04.7.(A) / 07.7.(C) /
-Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 22.6.(A)(B) / 05.7.(A) / 10.7.(A) /
-Southern Ground-Hornbill 11.07.(C) /
-Southern Masked-Weaver 21.6.(A)(B) / 22.6.(B) / 30.6.(A) / 02.7.(A) /
04.7.(B) / 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(B)(C) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Southern Red Bishop 21.6.(A) /
-*Southern White-crowned Shrike 22.6.*(A) / 03.7.(B) / 06.7.(B) /
-Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A) / 24.6.(A) / 05.7.(B)(D) /
06.7.(B) / 07.7.(B) / 08.7.(A) / 09.7.(B) /
-*Speckled Pigeon 21.6.(B) / 24.6.*(A) / 01.7.(A) / 02.7.(A) /
05.7.(C)(D) / 06.7.(B) /
-Spike-heeled Lark 22.6.(B) /
-*Spotted Eagle-Owl 01.7.*(C) /
-Spotted Thick-knee
04.7.(A) / 06.7.(C) /
-Spur-winged Goose 07.7.(A) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Squacco Heron
06.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) /
-Stark’s Lark
04.7.(B) /
-Swainson’s Spurfowl 03.7.(B) / 05.7.(D) / 08.7.(A) /
-Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 22.6.(B) / 01.7.(B) / 03.7.(B) / 04.7.(B) /
-Swamp Boubou
06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-Swamp Nightjar 11.7.(A) /
-Tawny Eagle
22.6.(A) / 01.7.(B) / 05.7.(B) / 06.7.(B) / 07.7.(B) / 09.7.(B)(C) /
-Tawny-flanked Prinia 07.7.(C) / 10.7.(A) /
-Terrestrial Brownbul 11.7.(D) /
-Tropical Boubou 07.7.(C) /
-Verreaux’s Eagle 22.6.(A) / 01.7.(B) /
-Village Indigobird 07.7.(C) /
-Violet-eared Waxbill 22.6.(B) / 03.7.(B) /
-*Wahlberg’s Eagle 07.7.*(B) /
-Water Thick-knee 08.7.(A) / 09.7.(C) /
-Wattled Starling 04.7.(B) / 09.7.(C) /
-Whiskered Tern 09.7.(C) /
-White-backed Mousebird 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) / 30.6.)A) /
-White-backed Vulture 21.6.(B) / 05.7.(B) / 08.7.(A) / 12.7.(A) /
-White-breasted Cormorant 02.7.(D) /
-White-browed Robin-Chat 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) / 11.7.(C)(D) /
-White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 21.6.(B) / 22.6.(A) / 30.6.(A) / 01.7.(A) / 03.7.(B) /
04.7.(A)(B) / 11.7.(B) / 12.7.(A) /
-White-crested Helmet-Shrike 08.7.(A) /
-White-faced Duck 07.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-White-fronted Bee-eater 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-White-fronted Plover 02.7.(D) /
-Wire-tailed Swallow 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(B)(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Yellow-bellied Eremomela 26.6.(A) /
-Yellow-bellied Greenbul 10.7.(A) /
-Yellow-billed Egret 06.7.(C) / 07.7.(C) /
-Yellow-billed Oxpecker 09.7.(C) /
-Yellow-billed Stork 06.7.(C) / 09.7.(C) / 11.7.(C) /
-Yellow Canary
21.6.(B) / 22.6.(B) /
Total number of species identified:
235
Enjoy Birding,
Stefan Rust
Please note: Most scientific information has been taken
from Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, V11th edition!
(For further reading see www.birdscontour.blogspot.com)
(For more information contact Stefan Rust
on +264 (0)81 129 8415 or birdscontour@iway.na)
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