S'funny - I've never been a twitcher, but we have seen such a variety of birdlife that it is just calling out to me to record whatever I can.
Where possible I will identify them using Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, but if I get it wrong, or there is no name, and you know what it is, please feel free to leave a comment and let me know :)
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| 1 Bully Canary (I didn't know there were wild canaries LOL) |
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| 2 Cape Wagtail |
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| 3 Golden weaver |
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| The weaver obviously enjoyed the sugar water - it started making a nest on the chain supporting the sugar water bottle |
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| 4 Swamp Boubou |
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| 5 Unidentified |
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| 6 Fallow deer |
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| 7 A ringed Feral Pigeon taking cover on RMan's braai during a very welcome rain shower |
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| 8 Blackheaded heron |
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| 9 Cape Bulbul |
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| 10 House Sparrow (male) |
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| 11 Greater Doublecollared Sunbird |
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| 12 House Sparrow (female) |
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| 13 Malachite Sunbird |
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| 14 Fiscal Flycatcher (thanks Franz for ID) |
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| 15 Forktailed Drongo |
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| 15 Forktailed Drongo |
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| 16 Rock Pigeon |
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| The Rock Pigeon flew into our gas storage area and made a nest on top of a coil of steel wire. It has diligently sat on that nest, with us walking passed at all times of the day, until it's young hatched this morning (19/10/2014) |
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| 17 Glowing insect - on the right it created just enough light to photograph a blur without the flash. |
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| 18 Hadeda Ibis |
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| 19 Hoopoe |
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| 20 Black Kite - spotted on our grape vine support posts and on top of our garden umbrella |
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| 21 Bearded Robin |
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| 22 Secretary Bird |
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| 23 Baboon |
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| Look at the claws on this little tortoise (+/- 15cms long) |
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| 24 Baby & adult tortoise |
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| 25 Baboon Spider |
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| 26 Hares before dawn and early morning |
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| 27 Frog |
28 Wagtail nest with eggs
(spotted by RMan when he was mowing the grass) |
| 29 Button spider lurking in my old compost maker |
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| 30 Bullfrog or terrapin? |
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| 31 Terrapin catching some warmth on the dam wall |
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| 32 Duberria lutrix (Common South African slug-eater) |
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| 33 Goshawk |
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| 34 Cape Cobra (hiding by our LP gas cylinders) |
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| 35 Blue Headed lizard (pic by Isadore Kleinsmith) |
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| 36 Malachite Sunbird (male) |
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| 37 Olive Woodpecker (female) |
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| 38 Olive Woodpecker (male) |
39 Raucous Toad, Ranger's Toad, Kei Road Toad Lawaaipadda
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| 40 Evidence of Rooikat in our garden - territory marking under our pomegranate tree |
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| 41 Spectacled Weaver |
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| 42 A pair of African Spoonbills (Carly, the alpaca was fascinated with them) |
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| 43 Bokmakierie |
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| 44 Spurwinged Goose |
45 Reed Cormorant  |
| 46 Spurwinged geese |
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| 47 Common Waxbill |
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| 48 Brown house snake (eats rodents / lizzards) |
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| 49 White owl |
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| 50 Pintailed Whydah |
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| 51 Malachite Kingfisher |
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| 52 Rock Martin |
53 Spotted Dikkop
54 goshawk or falcon? - still trying to establish
55 Cape Whiteye & Marico Sunbird (female)
56 Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird (female)
57 Male & female Cape Weaver
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58 Cape Parrot feather
59 Cape Whiteye & Whitebellied Sunbird
60 Spectacled Weaver
List:
1 Bully Canary
2 Cape Wagtail
3 Golden Weaver
1 Bully Canary
2 Cape Wagtail
3 Golden Weaver
4 Swamp Boubou
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6 Fallow Deer
7 (ringed) Feral Pigeon
8 Blackheaded Heron
9 Cape Bulbul
10 House Sparrow (male)
11 Greater Double Collared Sunbird
12 House Sparrow (female)
13 Malachite Sunbird
14 Fiscal Flycatcher
15 Forktailed Drongo
16 Rock Pigeon
17 Glowing insect
18 Hadeda Ibis
19 Hoopoe
20 Black Kite
21 Bearded Robin
22 Secretary Bird
23 Baboon
24 Baby & adult tortoise
25 Baboon spider
26 Hares
27 Frog
28 wagtail nest
29 Button spider
30 Bullfrog or terrapin
31 Terrapin
32 Slug eater
33 Goshawk
34 Cape Cobra
35 Blue headed lizard
36 Malachite Sunbird (male)
37 Olive woodpecker (female)
38 Olive Woodpecker (male)
39 Toad
40 Rooikat evidence
41 African Spoonbills
43 Bokmakierie
44 Spurwinged Goose
45 Reed Cormorant
46 Spurwinged geese
47 Common Waxbill
48 Brown house snake
49 White Owl
50 Pintailed Whydah
51 Malachite Kingfisher
52 Rock Martin
53 Spotted Dikkop
54 Goshawk / falcon?
55 Cape Whiteye & Sunbird
56 Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird
57 Cape Weaver (male & female)
58 Cape Parrot feather
59 Cape Whiteye & Whitebellied Sunbird
60 Spectacled Weaver
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