Stierling’s wren-warbler in South Africa
There is a loud, high-pitched, monotonous warbling sound that is heard throughout the bushveld in the Hoedspruit area in summer, particularly in areas…
Category: Birding
General posts about birds and the art of birding.
Oxpeckers at Satara
Oxpeckers on a weekend at Satara, Kruger National Park On Saturday morning (Dec 4), I crawled out of bed at 3:30 to be early to…
The Rules of Twitching!
Here in Southern Africa, the start of 2021 has been a special twitching season. Over this period a host of good rarities have showed up…
Birding in the southern Drakensberg
Tips to finding the southern Drakensberg specials in the Rhodes, Naude's Neck Pass, Tenahead and TIffendell areas.
Wader conservation world watch 7 for 2020
A world-wide count of Waders / Shorebirds is happening Saturday 31st October 00h00(SAT) to Sunday 1st November 23h59 (SAT) 2020
Educational Bird Videos with Lynette Rudman
Lynette Rudman talks about her journey into becoming an educational bird video Youtube contributor. Discover what made her follow this path.
Diederik cuckoo – observations and photos of mating rituals and nest intrusions
The unmistakeable, loud deed-deed-deed-deed-er-ick call of the diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius, is a characteristic of the spring and summer landscape of southern Africa. The species…
Lucky weekend with Long-billed pipits in Marakele National Park
On the weekend of Aug 22, 2020, when we were finally allowed to travel between provinces, I was lucky enough to spend two mornings observing Long-bill…
A tale of serendipity
In March of 2017 I was leading a birding tour to Southern Mozambique. On 3 March, while searching for the Green Tinkerbird some 30km inland…