SA Rare Bird News Report - 28 June 2021
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 28 June 2021.
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 was still plenty of local excitement for the Garden Route birders with the juvenile ALLEN’S GALLINULE that continued to show well in Wilderness at -33.993, 22.582 throughout the weekend and was still present there today. Elsewhere, at least one SQUACCO HERON was still in the channel connecting Langvlei and Rondevlei, near Wilderness, yesterday and the COMMON SCIMITARBILL was also still on view in Meiringspoort at -33.368, 22.551 yesterday while a number of provincial listers also made their way across to Roam Private Game Reserve where at least 2 LONG-TAILED PARADISE WHYDAHS were still showing well there yesterday. | |||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Brian Taggart | Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Neil Ebedes | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Ben Fouche | Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Mike Mills | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Ian Farr | Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Mike Bridgeford | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Albert McLean | Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Diane McLean | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Rudolph Steyn | Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Justin Ponder | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Mike Pienaar | Allen’s Gallinule in Wilderness © Elmarie Brits | ||||||||
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Allen’s Gallinule twitchers in Wilderness © Neil Ebedes | |||||||||
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Squacco Heron between Langvlei and Rondevlei © Regard van Dyk | |||||||||
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Long-tailed Paradise Whydah at Roam Private Game Reserve © Michael Mason | Long-tailed Paradise Whydah at Roam Private Game Reserve © Stanislav Novotny | ||||||||
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Long-tailed Paradise Whydah at Roam Private Game Reserve © Patrick Raymond | |||||||||
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In the Eastern Cape, the LITTLE BEE-EATER was still hanging around at Cape Recife yesterday.
Moving up the coast into Kwazulu Natal, the SOUTHERN WHITE-FACED OWL was back in a private garden in St Andrew’s Drive in Durban North on Saturday, the BLACK-NECKED GREBE was still at Lake Shepstone at -27.858, 30.173 on Saturday, a RUFOUS-BELLIED HERON was reported at Umgavusa Dam on Friday and a LESSER MOORHEN was still at Tala Game Reserve on Friday while there was also some surprize when a freshly dead STRIPED CRAKE was found at Mtunzini Fish Farm this morning. | |||||||||
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Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Patrick Killian | |||||||||
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Striped Crake at Mtunzini Fish Farm © Hugh Chittenden | Southern White-faced Owl in Durban North © Zach Simpson | ||||||||
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Mpumalanga continued to be front and centre in everyone’s minds with the mega LESSER WHITETHROAT that continued to show well flitting about in the trees in the carpark around the Amazing Kruger View Restaurant in Henk van Rooyen Park throughout the weekend and was still drawing the crowds earlier today while many twitchers could also divert to connect with an AFRICAN SKIMMER that was found at Sunset Dam near Lower Sabie in the Kruger National Park on Saturday. | |||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Keenan Houareau | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Marc Cronje | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Zies van Zyl | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Maans Booysen | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Bart Fokkens | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Wade Lee | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Hennie Storm | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Lance Robinson | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © John Graham | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © George Skinner | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Rene Rousouw | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Peter Rosewarne | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Peter Thompson | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Philip Yiannakou | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Michael Mandy | Lesser Whitethroat in Henk van Rooyen Park © Tom Drinkwater | ||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat twitchers in Henk van Rooyen Park © Frans-Hendrik Joubert | |||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat twitchers in Henk van Rooyen Park © Carron Hinchley | |||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat twitchers in Henk van Rooyen Park © Hanneline Smit-Robinson | |||||||||
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Lesser Whitethroat twitchers in Henk van Rooyen Park © Sheleph Burger | |||||||||
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African Skimmer at Sunset Dam © Rene Rousouw | African Skimmer at Sunset Dam © Philip Yiannakou | ||||||||
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African Skimmer at Sunset Dam © Tom Drinkwater | |||||||||
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Up in Limpopo, a CAPPED WHEATEAR was found at Boyela waterhole, about 6km south of Babalala picnic site, in the Kruger National Park yesterday.
And finally, in Zimbabwe, there was some local surprize when no fewer than 3 LONG-TOED LAPWINGS were found at Marlborough Sewage Ponds in Harare at -17.739, 30.994 on Friday, a really odd record for the area, and this was then followed up with a further 2 LONG-TOED LAPWINGS found at Darwendale Dam near Harare on Saturday. | |||||||||
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Long-toed Lapwing at Marlborough Sewage Ponds © Barry Launder | |||||||||
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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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