SA Rare Bird News Report - 07 June 2021
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 07 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, the male DUSKY SUNBIRD was still near Strandfontein Pavilion yesterday while the KNOB-BILLED DUCKS were still on Pan P1 at Strandfontein Sewage Works on Saturday. Both KNOB-BILLED DUCKS then moved across to Rondevlei Nature Reserve yesterday where they were hanging around to the left of Winterbottom hide and at least one was still there earlier today. Close by, the AFRICAN JACANA was also still at Little Princess Vlei on Saturday while, slightly further north, an AFRICAN CRAKE was found at Rietvlei Wetland Reserve at -33.837, 18.499 on Saturday and an AFRICAN PALM SWIFT was seen at Milnerton Race Course on Saturday as well. Further east, the ROSEATE TERNS were still around Kleinbaai yesterday while, over on the Garden Route, there were still 2 SQUACCO HERONS in the channel linking Langvlei and Rondevlei, near Wilderness, yesterday and a GOLIATH HERON and GREAT EGRET were both present on Sedgefield Lagoon yesterday visible from Swartvlei Beach road. | |||||||||
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Knob-billed Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Zunaid Barday | Knob-billed Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Kevin Shields | ||||||||
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Knob-billed Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Hernus Langeveldt | Knob-billed Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Riel Tredoux | ||||||||
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Knob-billed Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Otto Schmidt | Knob-billed Duck at Strandfontein Sewage Works © Sandy Schmidt | ||||||||
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Knob-billed Duck at Rondevlei Nature Reserve © Garret Skead | Knob-billed Duck at Rondevlei Nature Reserve © Ian Rijsdijk | ||||||||
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Dusky Sunbird near Strandfontein Pavilion © Otto Schmidt | Dusky Sunbird near Strandfontein Pavilion © Zunaid Barday | ||||||||
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Dusky Sunbird near Strandfontein Pavilion © Hernus Langeveldt | Dusky Sunbird near Strandfontein Pavilion © Riel Tredoux | ||||||||
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African Palm Swift at Milnerton Race Course © Robin Maritz | Squacco Heron between Langvlei and Rondevlei © Louis Heyns | ||||||||
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Great Egret at Sedgefield Lagoon © Pieter Uitenweerde | Goliath Heron at Sedgefield Lagoon © Pieter Uitenweerde | ||||||||
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Up in the Northern Cape, the AFRICAN DUSKY FLYCATCHER was still hanging around near Prieska at -29.535, 23.000 earlier today.
In the Eastern Cape, both the LESSER NODDY and LITTLE BEE-EATER were still at Cape Recife until at least Saturday. | |||||||||
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Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Lynette Rudman | Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Tim Cockcroft | ||||||||
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Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Louis du Plessis | Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Edwin Polden | ||||||||
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Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Sabrina Elliott | Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Annatjie Reilly | ||||||||
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Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Trevor Flugel | Little Bee-eater at Cape Recife © Dave Todd | ||||||||
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Moving up the coast into Kwazulu Natal, the BLUE KORHAAN was still present in grasslands south of Midmar Dam at -29.557, 30.154 yesterday. The AFRICAN CRAKE was also still present at Umlalazi Nature Reserve in Mtunzini yesterday and an AYRES’S HAWK EAGLE was reported over Meerensee in Richard’s Bay yesterday again as well. | |||||||||
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Blue Korhaan south of Midmar Dam © Hennie Jordaam | Blue Korhaan south of Midmar Dam © Decklan Jordaam | ||||||||
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Ayres’s Hawk Eagle (with African Harrier Hawk and Pied Crow) over Meerensee © Nada Crafford | |||||||||
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Into Mpumalanga where at least 7 SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATERS were seen along the Bankplaas road near Middelburg at -25.522, 29.337 yesterday.
Up in Limpopo, the 2 PINK-BACKED PELICANS were still at Vogelfontein on Saturday.
And finally, in Mozambique, the long-staying HARTLAUB’S GULL was still present in Maputo Bay on Friday. | |||||||||
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Swallow-tailed Bee-eater along the Bankplaas road © Marc Cronje | Pink-backed Pelicans at Vogelfontein © Arnold van Zyl | ||||||||
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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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