Saturday 1 January 2011

Cape Turtle-dove

Bulwer, KZN. May 2010
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Buff-streaked Chat

Sani Pass, November 2008
(Photo Stan Culley)

Ant-eating Chat

Myrmecocichila formicivora



27th Oct 2011
(Photo Ron Whitham)
Wakkerstroom February 2013
(Subspp orestes)
(Photo Hazel van Rooyen)

Rietvlei NR, Pretoria. September 2009
(Subspp minor)
(Photo Stan Culley)

Arnot's Chat

Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. September 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

adult skimming centimetres above the water
 Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

adult skimming centimetres above the water
 Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Pied Crow

Hluhluwe GR, 29th August 2008
(Photo Ron Whitham)

Port Edward, April 2006
(Photo Stan Culley)

African Openbill

African Openbill taken by David Allen at Mt Edgecombe on 25 Aug 2008
 He thinks this could well be the bird we saw
 at Umdoni Park Trust on 12th October 2008













See also this post

Arrow-marked Babbler

on my Sleeping Bag in tent at Kasane, Botswana
(Photo & text Barry Porter)

Mana pools, Zimbabwe. September 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana



feeding chicks, Ndumo GR, September 2013
 (Photo Hazel van Rooyen)
Stan's Garden, Port Edward, July 2013
(Photo Stan Culley)

 in Doug's garden. Feb 2007
(Photo Doug Butcher)
Stan's Garden, August 2006
(Photo Stan Culley)

African Darter

Anhinga rufa

Rietvlei NR, Pretoria. September 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

(Photo Barry Porter)

White-chinned Petrel

Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

African Fish-eagle

(Photo Ron Whitham)

Port St Johns EC 16/05/10
(Photo Ron Whitham)

Cape White-eye

Zosterops virens


The status of subspecies in our area may be uncertain. The green race virens is abundant, but there are also grey birds being seen. These could either be hybrids of virens x capensis or true grey race capensis birds.


Stan's garden October 2011
(Subspp virens)
(Photo Stan Culley)

Bathing in Ron's garden
(Subspp virens)
(Photo Ron Whitham)

Dimorphic Egret

In Madagascar
(Photo Ron Whitham)

Lemon Dove

Aplopelia larvata



Igwalagwala Forest 20 May 2012
(Photo Stan Culley)

Little Sparrowhawk

Andy's garden June 2008
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Magpie Mannikin

Ron's garden 12/03/10
(Photo Ron Whitham)


Andy's garden January 2006
(Photo Andy Ruffle)


Ron & Elaine Whitham's garden, January 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

Reed Cormorant

Rietvlei NR, Pretoria. September 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

Ramsgate Lagoon May 2005
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Ramsgate Lagoon May 2005
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Ramsgate Lagoon May 2005
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia episcopus


John Howe's garden, Umzumbe 20th Jan 2013
(Subspp microscelis)
(Photo John Howe)

John Howe's garden, Umzumbe 20th Jan 2013
(Subspp microscelis)
(Photo John Howe)

Manaba Jan 2005
(Subspp microscelis)
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus
  
Uvongo River Conservancy, 24th June 2012
(Photo Doug Butcher)
Mpenjati Reserve, March 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

White-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris talatala

juv male, Port Edward
Mystery bird no.6
(Photo Stan Culley)

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus



Stan's Garden, Port Edward, 2013
 Subspp bilineatus
(Photo Stan Culley)
Ron's garden 13/08/2008
Subspp bilineatus
(Photo Ron Whitham)
Andy's garden January 2002
 Subspp bilineatus
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Spotted Thick-knee

Ndumo GR, November 2009
(Photo Stan Culley)

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Hlane RNP, Swaziland. March 2010
(Photo Stan Culley)

Anchieta's Tchagra

Wamba Marsh, Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe. October 2010
(Photo Stan Culley)

Sooty Shearwater

Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)

Durban pelagic 4th July 2009
(Photo Andy Ruffle)