SA Rare Bird News Report - 20 October 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 20 October 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 some FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS at Strandfontein Sewage Works yesterday while a single AFRICAN PALM SWIFT was reported at Arabella Country Estate near Bot River on Tuesday and a LONG-CRESTED EAGLE was seen at Bredasdorp Sewage Works at - 34.545, 20.06 yesterday. Over on the Garden Route, the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen again at Lookout Beach in Plettenberg Bay yesterday, the SNOWY SHEATHBILL was found again at the tip of the Robberg Peninsula in Plettenberg Bay on Monday and was still there yesterday and a LESSER SAND PLOVER was found at Bietou Vlei in Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday and was still there this afternoon. | |||||||||
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Fulvous Whistling Ducks at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Jacque Smit | Lesser Black-backed Gull at Lookout Beach © Ian Pletzer | ||||||||
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Snowy Sheathbill on the Robberg Peninsula © Ian Pletzer | Lesser Sand Plover at Bietou Vlei © Tim Carr | ||||||||
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Up in the Northern Cape, a RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen in Nossob camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on Saturday.
The Eastern Cape delivered a bit of a provincial mega with a BROAD-BILLED ROLLER found at Kei Mouth at -32.68, 28.38 on Tuesday. | |||||||||
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Ruddy Turnstone at Nossob © Dean Fahn | Broad-billed Roller at Kei Mouth © Foden Saunders | ||||||||
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Moving up the coast into Kwazulu Natal, there were 2 CASPIAN PLOVERS at Mpempe Pan on Tuesday and at least one still there yesterday, 2 ALLEN’S GALLINULES were reported at Muzi Pan yesterday, one RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON remained on at Amazibu hide on the Eastern Shores of iSimangaliso Wetland Park this morning and an AYRES”S HAWK EAGLE was seen in Kosi Bay yesterday as well while a EURASIAN CURLEW was found near the Ski Boat Club in St Lucia this afternoon. | |||||||||
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Caspian Plover at Mpempe Pan © Zach Simpson | Caspian Plover at Mpempe Pan © Keenan Houareau | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule at Muzi Pan © Keenan Houareau | Ayres’s Hawk Eagle at Kosi Bay © William Maliepaard | ||||||||
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Mpumalanga held on to its star attraction with the mega MADAGASCAR CUCKOO still present at Kranspoort Holiday Village today while an hepatic COMMON CUCKOO was also seen at the same site yesterday. Elsewhere, a PALM-NUT VULTURE was seen in the western sector of the Sabi Sands at -24.759, 31.371 on Tuesday, the 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS were still at the Malelane bridge on Tuesday and Mkhombo Dam continued to hold on to its attractions with several RUDDY TURNSTONES, CASPIAN PLOVERS and EURASIAN WHIMBRELS all still there yesterday. An AFRICAN SNIPE was also seen yesterday in the Kruger National Park on the causeway just east of the S119 along the S25. | |||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Francois du Plessis | Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Rian Boshoff | ||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Johan van Rensburg | Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Martin Potgieter | ||||||||
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Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Rudolph Steyn | Madagascar Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Mark Marais | ||||||||
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Common Cuckoo at Kranspoort Holiday Village © Martin Potgieter | Palm-nut Vulture in the Sabi Sands © Neil Whyte | ||||||||
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Caspian Plover at Mkhombo Dam © Pieter du Plessis | Caspian Plover at Mkhombo Dam © Etienne Hinrichsen | ||||||||
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Caspian Plover at Mkhombo Dam © Johan van der Walt | Eurasian Whimbrel at Mkhombo Dam © Johan van der Walt | ||||||||
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Ruddy Turnstone at Mkhombo Dam ©Johan van der Walt | Ruddy Turnstone at Mkhombo Dam © Pieter du Plessis | ||||||||
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African Snipe along the S25 © Kerry Balaam | African Snipe along the S25 © Marc Cronje | ||||||||
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Limpopo also had at least one CASPIAN PLOVER at Mooiplaas windmill near Mopani in the Kruger National Park this morning.
Up in Namibia, the NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER continued to entertain twitchers from all over the subregion and was still near Nunda River Lodge today while a pair of THREE-BANDED COURSERS were still in place at Klein Namutoni waterhole in Etosha National Park yesterday.
And, finally, in Botswana, a RUDDY TURNSTONE was found next to Chobe Lodge yesterday afternoon and slightly delayed news has also been received of a MARSH OWL drinking at Mpayathutlwa Pan Waterhole in Mabuasehube at -25.056, 21.989 on the evenings of 8 and 9 October. | |||||||||
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Ruddy Turnstone near Chobe Lodge © Wim van den Heever | Marsh Owl at Mabuasehube © Kerry-Lee Young | ||||||||
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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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