by Avian Leisure | Apr 7, 2023 | NEWS
Mid-November in the northern parts of South Africa ushers in a cacophony of striking intra-African cuckoos all clamouring vocally in territorial dispute. The air is thick with the repetitive calls of widely ranging vocal composition, from monotones of mournful...
by Avian Leisure | Mar 13, 2023 | NEWS
Lover of shrub dotted rocky hill slopes in the higher rainfall areas to the east of South Africa, this relatively shy and, outside of the breeding season, vocally subdued cisticola, is more prinia than classic cisticola in general appearance and inquisitive...
by Avian Leisure | Mar 13, 2023 | NEWS
‘Vagrants’ in the ornithological form of navigationally disorientated migrant birds invariably present an almost ephemeral challenge to the birder with no guarantee of a ‘hook up’ in the quest for a credible sighting during what is invariably short stay…...
by Avian Leisure | Mar 13, 2023 | NEWS
Possibly the most commonly encountered colourful bird in the Kruger Park is the Lilac-breasted Roller: a year round resident conspicuously perched on an open branch providing the classic bird’s ‘eye view’ of its immediate surroundings. Yet it is only one of a...
by Avian Leisure | Mar 9, 2023 | NEWS
Pafuri, located in the far north east corner of the Kruger National Park is indeed iconic as a birding destination. Low lying, and flanked by the Limpopo river the mix of yellow fever trees and stately baobabs is home to at least fifteen highly sought after bird...
by Avian Leisure | Mar 6, 2023 | NEWS
The year 2023 ushered in the 75th anniversary of the ‘Cape Bird Club’. The largest bird club in South Africa of which I have been a member for over fifty years following my relocation to Cape Town from Johannesburg as a then active member of the ‘Witwatersrand Bird...
