Dark Chanting Goshawk juvenile on the hunt in our garden Mug shot African Emerald Cuckoo female/juvenile African Emerald Cuckoo female/juvenile Ashy Flycatcher My second Brown-backed Honeybird of late. See previous post The Retz's Helmet-Shrikes are showing well at the moment A late season European Roller A proud male Crested Francolin with a single chick
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A mix of the regulars and a few newcomers Common Waxbill Cape White-eye African Yellow White-eye tbc Green-winged Pytilia male Green-winged Pytilia female Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Red-faced Mousebird Blue Waxbill Late season Willow Warbler
A juvenile Greater Honeyguide Male Chinspot Batis Retz's Helmet-Shrike. A family came to feed in the canopy one with small moth and another with lizard A non-breeding Whydah spp tbc Female African Paradise-Flycatcher Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Brown-backed Honeybird
A lifer for me and a special sighting as they are vagrants to inland water bodies as was this one located at a dam on a Citrus Farm in the district. It had the local twitchers twitching and even got a mention in the SA Rare Bird News Report of 07/03/2022 Red-necked Phalarope
Jameson's Firefinch male Blue Waxbill White-bellied Sunbird male Willow Warbler, a late season Palearctic migrant Spotted Flycatcher, another late season Palearctic migrant Golden-breasted Bunting male Golden-breasted Bunting juvenile African Yellow White-eye Green-winged Pytilia male Green-winged Pytilia female Pytilia pair
I went to stake out the Pan to confirm that the Lesser Moorhens had bred here this season. Whilst I waited for them to bring chicks out into the open I busied myself recording all the other action taking place A small flock of White-faced Ducks have taken up residence over the last few weeks and are enjoying the vegetation cover and the feeding opportunities it brings A late season Woodland Kingfisher was still present This Dwarf Bittern was enjoying the warm early morning sun Dwarf Bittern Success at last! A single chick on what looks like a nesting platform A parent approaches with a food item The chick follows the parent on a feeding foray Being fed on the waters edge under the cover of overhanging reed growth Being fed on the water close to the cover of the reeds Getting brave and venturing off alone Lesser Moorhen
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