SA Rare Bird News Report - 04 July 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 04 July 2022.
Information has been gleaned from various websites, email groups as well as from individual observers who have passed on their sightings. This report cannot be taken as being totally comprehensive as it is based only on information made available at the time of writing. All bird sightings reported here are reported in good faith based on information as provided by the observers. Any inaccuracies are totally unintentional and the writer cannot be held liable for these.
None of the records included in this report have undergone any adjudication process with any of the subregion’s Rarities Committees, so inclusion in this report does not constitute any official confirmation of the particular record. Observers are still encouraged to make the necessary submissions accordingly.
For those who may have only joined the group recently and are interested in finding out what has been seen in the past, previous reports can be viewed at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews |
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Starting in the Western Cape, there were still a number of FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS at Strandfontein Sewage Works yesterday while at least another 4 FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS were reported at the Winterbottom hide at Rondevlei Nature Reserve on Saturday. Other records of local interest included a BROWN SNAKE EAGLE seen along the R315, west of Malmesbury, at -33.44, 18.561 on Friday and an AFRICAN RED-EYED BULBUL seen in a garden in Velddrif on Friday while, over on the Garden Route, a WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER was found on the du Plessis Pass (R327) between Herbertsdale and Mossel Bay at -34.075, 21.761 yesterday (and 2 birds were present there this morning) and a SQUACCO HERON was seen at Island Lake in Wilderness on Saturday and, slightly inland, the COMMON SCIMITARBILL was still at the picnic site in Meiringspoort at -33.367, 22.555 this morning as well.
Up in the Northern Cape, slightly delayed news has also come through of a RED-BILLED TEAL seen just north of Kij Kij in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park at -26.152, 20.850 last Monday, a pretty unusual species for the park. | |||||||||
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Fulvous Whistling Ducks at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Daryl de Beer | Fulvous Whistling Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Gerrit Hattingh | ||||||||
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African Red-eyed Bulbul in Velddrif © Linda du Plessis | White-fronted Bee-eater on the du Plessis Pass © Dean Boshoff | ||||||||
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Red-billed Teal north of Kij Kij © Jacqui Badenhorst | |||||||||
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In the Eastern Cape, it was all about LITTLE-BEE-EATERS with no fewer than 10 birds found near Lambazi Lodge at -31.374, 29.897 on Saturday and a singleton reported from a small dam near Kei Mouth on Friday.
Kwazulu Natal held on to several of its star attractions with the ARNOT’S CHAT still at Manyoni Private Game Reserve yesterday, the RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON still at Umbogavango Nature Reserve in Amanzimtoti yesterday and the EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER still on the beach near Umdloti earlier today.
Over in Mpumalanga, Leeupan near Leandra held several birds of interest earlier today including an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (ssp fuscus often treated by some authorities as a separate species, Baltic Gull) and 3 SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATERS while the juvenile CHESTNUT-BANDED PLOVER was also still there. Elsewhere, there were 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS at Mjejane Dam on Mjejane Game Reserve again on Friday while there was also an unconfirmed report of a BUSH BLACKCAP in the Mdluli Concession in south-western Kruger in the vicinity of the small water point at -25.167, 31.219, less than 10km from Numbi Gate, on Friday morning.
In Gauteng, the AFRICAN GOSHAWK was back again in Fairland in Johannesburg on Saturday and yesterday. | |||||||||
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Arnot’s Chat at Manyoni Private Game Reserve © Fred Lubbe | Lesser Black-backed Gull at Leeupan © Tobie Pretorius | ||||||||
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African Skimmers at Mjejane Dam © Mario Paul | |||||||||
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Up in Namibia, the ROSS’S TRUACO was still at Taranga Safari Lodge, west of Rundu, this morning, a group of YELLOW-THROATED LEAFLOVES were seen at Caprivi River Lodge in Katima Mulilo yesterday and the AFRICAN CRAKE was still at Swakopmund Retirement Village on Friday.
And finally, in Mozambique, as many as 8 EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHERS were present yesterday on Magaruque Island at -21.983, 35.423. | |||||||||
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African Crake at Swakopmund Retirement Village © Eckart Demasius | Yellow-throated Leaflove at Caprivi River Lodge © Cheni Langley | ||||||||
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Thank you to all observers who have contributed their records. Please continue to send through any reports of odd birds as well as continued updates on the presence of rarities already previously reported, no matter how mundane you think they may be. Even if you think someone else has probably sent in a report, rather send the report yourself as well. The only way to improve this service and to make it as useful as possible to everyone is if it can be as comprehensive as possible.
Kind regards Trevor | |||||||||
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TREVOR HARDAKER Cape Town, South Africa |
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