SA Rare Bird News Report - 15 July 2024
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 15 July 2024.
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 https://groups.google.com/g/sa-rarebirdnews |
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Starting in the Western Cape, a seawatch from Cape of Good Hope this morning yielded at least 2 SOUTHERN FULMARS. In fact, there were 6 different encounters with 2 birds seen together on 2 occasions. There was also some surprize when a YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY was found associating with Cape Canaries in the Philippi farmlands at -34.025, 18.540 on Saturday which was still there this afternoon while other lingerers included the mega LESSER WHITETHROAT still at Mosaic Lagoon Lodge near Stanford today, the AFRICAN JACANA still at White Horse Dam in Plettenberg Bay at -34.020, 23.368 on Saturday and the COMMON SCIMITARBILL seen again at Watermill Farm near Van Wyksdorp yesterday.
In the Eastern Cape, the mega TEMMINCK’S STINT was still at Pan 7 in Port Elizabeth on Saturday while a juvenile PALM-NUT VULTURE was present at Sibuya Private Game Reserve on Friday. The Quenera River in East London produced a STRIATED (GREEN-BACKED) HERON again this morning at -32.956, 27.959 while the BLACK HERON was also still present there at -32.964, 27.962 this morning as well. | |||||||||
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Yellow-fronted Canary in Philippi farmlands © Oli Main | Yellow-fronted Canary in Philippi farmlands © Gilbert Reinhardt | ||||||||
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Yellow-fronted Canary in Philippi farmlands © Michael Mason | Yellow-fronted Canary in Philippi farmlands © Graham Luden | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat at Mosaic Lagoon Lodge © Jimmy Kirby | Palm-nut Vulture at Sibuya Private Game Reserve © Nikki Garner | ||||||||
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Moving up the coast into Kwazulu Natal, the ALLEN’S GALLINULE was still at the private farm dam in Port Edward on Friday.
Mpumalanga held on to at least one AFRICAN SKIMMER which was still around the low level bridge near Lower Sabie in the Kruger National Park earlier today.
Over in the North-west Province, the long-staying YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKER was still present in Madikwe Game Reserve on Saturday. | |||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Port Edward © Stan Culley | Yellow-billed Oxpecker in Madikwe Game Reserve © Matt Jones | ||||||||
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Limpopo chimed in with a GREY-BACKED SPARROWLARK at Settlers between Zaagkuildrift and Warmbaths yesterday while the popular COLLARED PALM THRUSH was still at Crooks Corner near Pafuri in the Kruger National Park this morning. | |||||||||
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Collared Palm Thrush at Crooks Corner © Carel van Heerden | Collared Palm Thrush at Crooks Corner © Daniel Engelbrecht | ||||||||
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Up in Namibia, no fewer than 4 YELLOW-THROATED LEAFLOVES were still around Caprivi Houseboat Safari Lodge in Katima Mulilo on Saturday.
And finally, in Zambia, although not considered part of the countable Southern African subregion, this record should definitely be of interest to subregion listers. A group of 2 (and possibly as many as 5) out of range BLUE-BREASTED BEE-EATERS were found just west of Simungoma in southern Zambia yesterday which probably represents the southernmost record of this species ever. For subregion listers, this is of particular interest because it is only 5,5 km away from the main Zambezi channel, with the Namibian trees visible in the background! | |||||||||
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Yellow-throated Leaflove at Caprivi Houseboat Safari Lodge © Roger Hogg | Blue-breasted Bee-eater near Simungoma © Wouter van Spijker | ||||||||
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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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