SA Rare Bird News Report - 16 May 2022
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Monday, 16 May 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, Strandfontein Sewage Works held on to the AFRICAN JACANA on Pan T1 and numbers of FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS on Pan P4 yesterday while a single WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER was reported visiting a garden at Onder Papagaaiberg in Stellenbosch on Thursday and was still present in the area until at least Saturday morning. Up on the west coast, a LESSER SAND PLOVER was seen at the salt marsh south of the restaurant at Geelbek in the West Coast National Park on Saturday and another was reported at the Geelbek hide on Saturday as well while the Velddrif region kept birders entertained with the GULL-BILLED TERN still at De Plaat yesterday and the RED-NECKED PHALAROPES still at Kliphoek Salt Pans until at least Friday. The MARABOU STORK was also still at the dump near Op die Berg at -33.064, 19.333 yesterday and an AFRICAN JACANA was also found at Hawston Sewage Works at -34.376, 19.128 yesterday. Over on the Garden Route, the long-staying GROUNDSCRAPER THRUSH was reported again in Belvidere Estate in Knysna on Saturday while SQUACCO HERONS were reported at Oubaai near Herolds Bay at -34.048, 22.415 this morning and at White Horse Dam in Plettenberg Bay on Saturday. | |||||||||
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White-fronted Bee-eater in Stellenbosch © Pamela Vorster | Marabou Stork at Op die Berg © Garret Skead | ||||||||
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African Jacana at Hawston Sewage Works © Johan van der Westhuizen | African Jacana at Hawston Sewage Works © Keith Hamilton | ||||||||
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Gull-billed Tern at De Plaat © Georg Jacobs | Red-necked Phalarope at Kliphoek Salt Pans © Georg Jacobs | ||||||||
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Squacco Heron at Oubaai © Richard du Toit | Squacco Heron in Plettenberg Bay © Neil Ebedes | ||||||||
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Up in the Northern Cape, a WHITE-BACKED VULTURE was seen west of Richmond at -31.448, 23.626 on Friday while a rather out of range ASHY FLYCATCHER was found in front of Chalet no 9 at Witsand Nature Reserve on Friday as well.
Gauteng’s birders were entertained with 3 GREY PENDULINE TITS which were found in the Seringveld Conservancy at -25.602, 28.433 on Saturday and were still present there yesterday as well as a group of no fewer than 10 SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATERS reported in stand of bluegums in Vlaklaagte at -25.706, 28.79 on Saturday.
Over in Mpumalanga, the 2 AFRICAN SKIMMERS were still at Mjejane Dam in Mjejane Nature Reserve on Saturday. | |||||||||
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White-backed Vulture near Richmond © Etienne Albertyn | Grey Penduline Tit in the Seringveld Conservancy © Michael Johnson | ||||||||
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Namibia’s lingerers included 3 YELLOW-THROATED LEAFLOVES still close to Caprivi Houseboat Safari Lodge in Katima Mulilo yesterday and the ROSS’S TURACO still at Taranga Safari Lodge, west of Rundu, on Saturday.
Over in Zimbabwe, a LONG-TOED LAPWING was reported at Mbiti Lodge at Darwendale Dam near Harare yesterday.
And finally, in Mozambique, there was some local excitement when an AFRICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen on the beach at Macaneta on Saturday, still a very rare species in the country. | |||||||||
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African Oystercatcher at Macaneta © Anthony Dee | |||||||||
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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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